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Keyboard questions! Can you type without looking at the keys? Do you have a preferred format or make of keyboard?

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    Our country's layout of course. What is touch type?

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    Typing without looking at the keyboard

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      Typing without looking at the keyboard

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      Yes, I do it always when at the computer. Never on the mobile.

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        Our country's layout of course. What is touch type?

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        I edited the title for clarity. Touch typing is typing without looking at the keys. By layout, I meant the size/arrangement.

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          I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too 😄

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          I can touch-type but only in Dvorak.

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          • R [email protected]

            I edited the title for clarity. Touch typing is typing without looking at the keys. By layout, I meant the size/arrangement.

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            I edited the title for clarity.

            No, you changed it LOL

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              I edited the title for clarity.

              No, you changed it LOL

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              Isn’t an edit a change?

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                I edited the title for clarity.

                No, you changed it LOL

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                The definition of editing includes making changes or corrections, and clicking on the pencil logo beside my post will display a message of the time it was “Edited”.

                But since it’s very important to you, sure, we can call it whatever you like 😉

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                  I can touch-type but only in Dvorak.

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                  Wait what? Why would you add such absurd context? What’s next? You use Dvorak but only on columnar staggered split layouts?

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                    I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too 😄

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                    I can. Never properly learned it, but spent so much time on my computer that it became second nature I guess. Can even do it on my phone with maybe about 90% accuracy.

                    I like full-size mechanical keyboards with red switches. Currently using a Ducky One 3.

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                      I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too 😄

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                      I use a cursed variant of dvorak so looking at the keys won't help.

                      I'll use any keyboard with a properly sized and shaped enter and backspace key. Fuck those laptops that halve the size of backspace or mangle the enter key.

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                        I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too 😄

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                        I can, until i realize that I'm doing it, then it just all goes to shit and i have to switch back to hunt and peck.

                        I can ten-key like a mother fucker though, used to work at a bank doing data entry...

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                          I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too 😄

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                          Yes, and full sized Keychron for me. I enjoy being able to put in what ever switches and keycaps I want on a keyboard that's infinitely better than any trashheap in waiting that any Corsair or Razer keyboard is.

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                            I use a cursed variant of dvorak so looking at the keys won't help.

                            I'll use any keyboard with a properly sized and shaped enter and backspace key. Fuck those laptops that halve the size of backspace or mangle the enter key.

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                            You can replace the key caps.

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                              Yes, and full sized Keychron for me. I enjoy being able to put in what ever switches and keycaps I want on a keyboard that's infinitely better than any trashheap in waiting that any Corsair or Razer keyboard is.

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                              Keychron? Which one? Don’t leave me hanging like that.

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                                I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too 😄

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                                Yes. I only used QWERTZ, so QWERTZ is my preferred format.

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                                  Wait what? Why would you add such absurd context? What’s next? You use Dvorak but only on columnar staggered split layouts?

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                                  Absurd? It's literally what OP asked.

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                                    Absurd? It's literally what OP asked.

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                                    It’s absurd because one does not learn Dvorak without taking effort to do so. You usually have to be already proficient before you switch to Dvorak. I’d expect you to be a touch typist in another layout before Dvorak.

                                    It would be different if you didn’t say “only in”

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                                      I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too 😄

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                                      Yep, I'm a touch typist. QWERTY on a compact 1800 format keyboard (an old TX-CP).

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                                        I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too 😄

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                                        100%. On the other hand, when it comes to musical instruments, cooking, driving and anything that requires dexterity/hand-to-eye coordination I'm just awful, lol.

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                                          Yes, I do it always when at the computer. Never on the mobile.

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                                          Back in the late 90s/early 00s, it used to be a requirement for any self-respecting teen with crushes to text in the middle of class!

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