Importance of typing
You've wondered how much time you waste between looking at your computer monitor and looking at your keyboard for an hour. If you multiply it by all the hours you spend at your computer writing a report or other document, even if you spend a lot of time on Facebook, Twitter, etc. He will realize that it is a considerable time, it is dead time, wasted.
If you don't want to waste your time, typing comes to our aid, in which ten fingers are used to type without looking at the keyboard, increasing our productivity and concentrating on typing rather than on how to do it.
Since the time we spend writing on the computer, learning to type is crucial. It is recommended for people of all ages, and even more, it is very important to influence the smallest so that from an early age they learn to type correctly, making use of typing techniques. On the net there are multitudes of programs to learn typing, there are free and paid, free and proprietary, then we will list some programs that can help us in the task of learning typing.
Among the main typing programs we have Klavaro, Ktouch; for children we have TuxType, these programs can be run on both GNU / Linux and Windows. We also have Mecanog running on Windows, it probably runs on GNU / Linux using Wine.
This time we are going to install Klavaro, but it would be appropriate for you to try the different programs described to see which one best suits your personal preferences.
Klavaro installation:
aptitude install klavaro
It is also possible to do the installation graphically, using Synaptic; search for the desired program and then select to install it, it is extremely simple.
Klavaro shows a main menu with 4 options, it is necessary if you are a typing neophyte to use the introduction that is offered.
After reading the introduction we can begin to practice. Klavaro includes dictation, if we want to deactivate it, just deactivate the Dictation option in the main menu.
When starting the basic course it is possible to show a window in which it shows which finger should be used for each typed letter, as shown in the following animation (CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO PLAY):
Great, I was just thinking of looking for applications like that for Linux. Now I try it.
It's a bit late for me to use those tools on Linux. I have learned in Macamatic for Windows, but it is appreciated on behalf of the new ones who want to learn these experiences from Tux ..
I did not know about the marks on the f and j keys
Very useful for those people who are just starting to play a keyboard in their life.
For my part, I started typing using an old typewriter (so far it works) when I didn't even have a printer, which has helped me a lot when typing with the keyboard.
What useful information, I only knew about KDE and I don't even use KDE. KDE is very good but it is quite good, suddenly you want to make it even more beautiful. And then it is not necessary.
But… does someone really look at the keyboard when they type !? WTF !!!
Knowing that the indexes go in the F and the J (HINT - HINT: for that they have the relief, so that we can identify them instantly without having to look at the keyboard) and accommodating the rest of the fingers according to, it is not necessary to look at the keyboard not only to type words but for brackets, braces, symbols, backspace, caps, tab, whatever you want.
If a computer scientist does not know how to type without looking at the keyboard, he should go looking for another hobby / profession>: D
Well, I learned to type using a typewriter when I didn't even have to pay for a printout, and the truth is that it has helped me cope when typing and I didn't even have problems with the keyboard; on the contrary, I am a bullet when it comes to typing.
Well, not exactly computer scientists, but I know that there are still many journalists who type with 2 fingers ... that is, the index of each hand, and look at the keyboard when writing. : /
Old school typewriter. Using 3 fingers or more is enough that you can type with a decent typing speed.
I never took a typing class. I write looking at the keyboard, but I write fast.
But it's never too late to learn :), thanks for commenting.
are you big head?
And taking advantage of the fact that we are talking about typing, could any of the commentators or editors make a comment regarding the effectiveness of using keyboard layouts other than traditional QWERTY such as Dvorak?
From what I have seen on the Internet, I have the impression that Linux users are the most likely to use other keyboard layouts, so I dare to ask here.
Well, I've been using Dvorak for a while now, and the truth is that writing, just writing, is pretty good, you try less effort and naturally use all your fingers. To program it is not so comfortable (especially if you use an English keyboard), in that case it would be better to use a Colemak distribution, the problem is that the muscle memory of the fingers is unaccustomed to the other distributions ... I used to write fast in QWERTY (hehe, how strange it is to write that word on a Dvorak XD keyboard) but now it's hard for me ...
I still like Dvorak better.
For lefties, the QWERTY keyboard is quite comfortable for typing (since I usually use my left hand for most things, I have not been uncomfortable from that factor using another keyboard layout.
There are also ergonomic QWERTY keyboards for programmers:
http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_best_keyboard.html
The name QWERTY comes from the layout of the keys, look at your keyboard starting with Q and ending with Y.
Microsoft's keyboards from that branch turn out to be the most comfortable I've handled so far. They are simply wonderful.
The creator of the Dvorak keyboard, to design it, did a study and statistically determined which keys we pressed most frequently and ordered them according to this criteria.
The Dvorak keyboard has not had the spread that was expected and the most used is QWERTY, that is why there are more applications and support for it.
I know that many people use it and it is very good, the important thing is to use a method that helps us write quickly and efficiently.
I guess everyone has a way of typing fast, either with two, three or four fingers xD, but that program is very good to do it correctly de
Thank you very much for the tip, now we try it
I used the typing master, I try this one and I tell you, thanks for the contribution.
Very useful to perfect our technique, thank you.
Good post
Take my +10 😉 http://i.imgur.com/wlZjCQz.png
fuck yeah!
The best way to learn typing is to use a typewriter, because of the hardness of the keys, although this helps compared to windows alternatives.
Well, I learned to use the QWERTY keyboard thanks to a typewriter. A mistake is fatal.
Another program with a title in Esperanto. 🙂, free software is full of them.
Take a look at gtypist. I wrote an article about him in GUTL, but now he's offline for maintenance reasons http://gutl.jovenclub.cu/how-to-aprender-a-utilizar-correctamente-el-teclado/
I have also tried gtypist, it is very good. The link you provide is not accessible.
There is also ktouch, it's nice I use it because it supports my French keyboard: 3.
The AZERTY keyboard? I have already gotten used to the Latin American and Spanish keyboard, but I have not gotten used to the inclés keyboard and less the French.
The English keyboard is the same, only without the ñ (always in the place of the semicolon).
The one that would be interesting is the dvorak keyboard.
I learned to write with two fingers, and learning to type has given me laziness. I'm comfortable with two fingers, let's see if this will do me better ...
Sure you will do better, you'll see.
I just registered, Very good articles, it is much better to read them from the original source Than to follow in Taringa!
Unfortunately, there is no quick way to use virtual keyboards on smartphones, and worse still, if they are from Android.
For KDE there is Ktouch. It is part of desktop environment so it's in all distributions.
But whoever really wants to learn to type faster might want to consider switching to a Dvorak keyboard. It was invented by a doctor to be able to write faster and without getting so tired; and it was replaced by the Qwerty that we know because it was too efficient and made secretaries very clogged with the little arms of typewriters.
What's more, here is my PDF of the Dvorak keyboard for you to download. They print it on sticky paper, stick it on their keyboards and voila… to practice:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90229091/dvorak-es-qwerty.pdf
Warning: Cost quite Get used.
Yes indeed, Dvorak keyboards have a better arrangement of the keys, designed for the most frequent use we make of them. Thanks for your comment and the pdf.
I have it installed on the family computer, used basically by my parents, who about two years ago they changed the xp to lubuntu and not a single complaint on their part (for mine less) and from time to time they use it, they have created a kind of competition to see who gets the most beats per minute xD
I have been telling myself for years how important it is to learn typing, I have downloaded and installed countless applications and none have helped me. Not because they are bad tools, it is simply that I do not use them ... Let's see if I spend even half an hour a day with this one and I stop writing with only 3 fingers, I'm fast, but with 10 fingers ...
Thanks for the review 🙂
Interesting 🙂
I did not know that there was software to learn to type. 🙂
I have been using the Dvorak keyboard for a few months now, I feel that I have faster typing.
However, so far it seems that the effect is psychological since before with the
QWERTY keyboard towards 28 ppm (words per minute) and now I do 30 ppm. I have seen videos on youtube where people say to type 80-100 wpm. If true, this person would be incredibly fast since with my 30 ppm I already think I'm fast haha. Can anyone here do 80-100 wpm?
By the way when reading this post install the klavaro in suse 12.3, it worked fine as far as
to the click but there is some conflict with the sound. The voice that repeats the words fails and causes many error signals. Thanks for the post.
I already installed it on Debian 7 Wheezy with LXDE and it works fine. It will do me good to educate my chaotic way of writing. Thank you. Good contribution.
This would have been good two years ago, although I learned with Mecamatic 🙁 I'm going to practice a bit with these.
Installed on my VoromvOS (derived from Ubuntu 12.04 with Consort as desktop) without any problem with Synaptic (with terminal it gave me an error).
The truth is that
Ha ha ... I was going to say that "I already know how to type" ... and I touched something and it sent the message ... 😀 😀 😀
I install it so that my children (especially my daughter) get involved to learn. I am clear that if it starts in a few days I have her writing novels longer than those of Ken Follet 😀
Thank you very much I will use it.
Hi, I need to know what programs are used for typing. Besides Word, if there is any other ????
Typing with free software - http://www.typingstudy.com .
Very useful for those who are just starting to play a keyboard.
Good that!
I was always born with a computer, but my father always emphasized that I learn a lot of productive things and leave my free time for later (being the only son who uses GNU / Linux at home thanks to that). My typing method was a typewriter notebook, but that did quite a bit of good when you first started in Word or OpenOffice.org (at the time?).
Now I want to use it to train a little more, since I enter university and in my free time I want to dedicate a little more to it to get used to ticking and punctuation marks.