dvorak home row

aoeu / htns — and the index reaches i, d.

Every one of Dvorak's eight resting keys is a letter, and four of the five vowels — a o e u — sit under the left hand while h t n s sit under the right. Read the finger codes: e is left middle and t is right middle, so the two commonest letters in English are typed by the two strongest fingers, and i is a single left-index reach away. The ridges under u and h are what your index fingers feel for.

0 wpm 100% acc target 18/93%

1 resting keys 2 index reaches 3 words 4 passage

resting keys one key at a time

switch your OS keyboard to Dvorak before this lesson
Dvorak rests your fingers on a o e u / h t n s
the bumps are under u and h — your index fingers

TYPE ~/learn/touch-typing-alt-layouts · resting keys · rung 1/4 type to advance the ladder finger map · on miss esc exit

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