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Dvorak Typing Lesson 01: N & O Keys

Instructions

Begin with your fingers on the home row. The home row is the middle row of letters on your keyboard.

These keys are usually marked with a raised dot or dash to help you find the keys without looking. The rest of your fingers line up in the adjacent keys – shown highlighted in the illustration below.

picture of dvorak keyboard with the home row keys highlighteddvorak keyboard with letters N and O highlighted

Sample Data Entry Test Prompt

ooo nnn ono non ooo nnn ono non Ooo Nnn ooO nnN Onn Noo Non Ono ooo nnn ono non ooo nnn ono non noon Non non Non on Non ooo nnn ono non ooo nnn ono non Ooo Nnn ooO nnN Onn Noo Non Ono ooo nnn ono non ooo nnn ono non no Non on Ono ono Ono ooo nnn ono non ooo nnn ono non Ooo Nnn ooO nnN Onn Noo Non Ono ooo nnn ono non ooo nnn ono non no Noon

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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

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More about the Dvorak Keyboard Layout

Dvorak is a keyboard layout for English patented in 1936 by August Dvorak and his brother-in-law, William Dealey, as a faster and more ergonomic alternative to the QWERTY layout. Dvorak proponents claim that it requires less finger motion and as a result reduces errors, increases typing speed, reduces repetitive strain injuries, or is simply more comfortable than QWERTY.

Although Dvorak has failed to replace QWERTY, most major modern operating systems allow a user to switch to the Dvorak layout. iOS does not provide a system-wide, touchscreen Dvorak keyboard, although third-party software is capable of adding the layout to iOS, and the layout can be chosen for use with any hardware keyboard, regardless of printed characters on the keyboard.

Several modifications were designed by the team directed by Dvorak or by ANSI. These variations have been collectively or individually termed the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, the American Simplified Keyboard or simply the Simplified Keyboard, but they all have come to be known commonly as the Dvorak keyboard or Dvorak layout.