Typewriting Behavior Psyc... (1936)
by August Dvorak et al.
As an important instance of interference, there are errors on even the most common, simple words that can be explained in only one way. These errors are intruding from a crude keyboard, a hang-over from last century's machines with their sewing-machine lines, clumsy foot throw, ugly Gothic capitals, and blind writing. This is the only patchwork still preserved in an otherwise modern typewriter. This "universal" keyboard needlessly handicaps one fourth of all ordinary typing. Actually it uses no genuine home row, but tosses the typing mostly into an upper row of keys. It overburdens lesser fingers and the left hand to an extent quite unrealized. It forces frequent idling of one hand while the other types entire words. Excessive and awkward finger motions that weaken the rhythm, tire the student, and mistreat his record with errors silently block rapid progress. A "simplified" keyboard that practically does away with this tremendous yet hidden interference holds its important place in the pages that follow.🏁
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As an important instance of interference, there are errors on even the most common, simple words that can be explained in only one way. These errors are intruding from a crude keyboard, a hang-over from last century's machines with their sewing-machine lines, clumsy foot throw, ugly Gothic capitals, and blind writing. This is the only patchwork still preserved in an otherwise modern typewriter. This "universal" keyboard needlessly handicaps one fourth of all ordinary typing. Actually it uses no genuine home row, but tosses the typing mostly into an upper row of keys. It overburdens lesser fingers and the left hand to an extent quite unrealized. It forces frequent idling of one hand while the other types entire words. Excessive and awkward finger motions that weaken the rhythm, tire the student, and mistreat his record with errors silently block rapid progress. A "simplified" keyboard that practically does away with this tremendous yet hidden interference holds its important place in the pages that follow.🏁