Re: Updated keyboard
- From: "Pat Walters [MSFT]" <a-patwal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 18:24:52 -0700
"SKearney",
While this is an intriguing idea to improve typing speed, this newsgroup is
exclusively for issues regarding Windows Update--including questions, and
answers.
Please do not post items outside of Windows Updates or related technologies.
Sincerely,
Pat Walters [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. Use
of included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm";
<skearney@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> Aset keyboard
> It has been said that the most common letters were taken off the home
> row of the first typewriter keyboard to slow down the typist and
> prevent jamming.
> On a Dvorak keyboard almost sixty percent of average text is typed from
> the home keys. Transposing the letters 'etni' with 'dfjk' would put
> more than 55% of text on the home keys, up from only 26% on the qwerty
> layout. Thats more than twice the text typed without lifting a finger.
>
> The change is quite pleasant and easy to learn. I hope you will pass
> this on.
>
> To put e, t, n and i back where they belong, there is a keyboard
> remapping program that is free, downloads quickly and is very easy to
> use. I am typing this post on a keyboard remapped to the 'etni'
> transposition layout. The program is called 'Keytweak 2.11' and can be
> googled up by that name. It is available from several sites, including
> PC magazine and recommended by several keyboard manufacturers,
> including TypeMatrix. The creator of the program is Travis Krumsick.
>
> 1) After you have loaded the program click start.
> 2) Click the "KeyTweak" icon and a graphic of a keyboard will appear.
> 3) Click the "Full Teach Mode" at the bottom of the screen.
> 4) A box will appear. Click "Begin Teach Mode".
> 5) Press the key you want to reassign, then the key you want it
> reassigned to, in this case D to E.
> 6) Click "Remap Key#1 to Key#2"
> 7) The box will disappear and the scancodes of the keys will appear in
> the "Pending Changes" window at the bottom right.
> 8) Follow the same procedure (from 3) for E to D, and the remaining
> six remaps.
> 9) Click "Apply" and you will be asked if you want to turn off the
> computer to apply the changes.
> At the top there is also a clickable "Restore Defaults" to give
> you back your qwerty layout.
> I was able to remap in under three minutes and restore qwerty in
> thirty seconds, not including the restart.
>
> You can try out the sample lines of text below to discover that your
> fingers already know where etni should go.
>
> nineteen lean little saints settle in a nest
> jkjdfddj ldaj lkffld askjfs sdffld kj jdsf
>
> an alien eats an ant antenna in atlanta
> aj alkdj dafs aj ajf ajfdjja kj aflajfa
>
> elite sense entails a siesta in a satin seat
> dlkfd sdjsd djfakls a skdsfa kj a safkj sdaf
>
> a stain is seen at a linen sale
> a sfakj ks sddj af a lkjdj sald
>
> a latent latin talent tast tests in seattle
> a lafdjf lafkj faldjf fasf fdsfs kj sdaffld
>
> insane santa sails in sea salt
> kjsajd sajfa sakls kj sda salf
>
> Many thanks,
>
.
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