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I can touch-type in Russian and English layouts. My favorite keyboard is British up to the point of me specifically picking a laptop/physical keyboard with a B
by heavenlyblue 6y ago
I can touch-type in Russian and English layouts.
My favorite keyboard is British up to the point of me specifically picking a laptop/physical keyboard with a British layout.
Just learn both and you'll be OK.
- _ph_ 6y agoLucky for you, that you managed to learn to touch type on the different layouts. It might help though, that Russian and English are entirely different layouts. The problem with German and English layouts is, that they are mostly identical, and only about 10% of them differ. This makes it very difficult to master both layouts at the same time. I tried it for a while, when I had to use an English layout temporarily. My experience was, that it thoroughly made my typing worse on both layouts.
- heavenlyblue 6y agoI've got friends who used the phonetic version of Russian keyboard where about 80-90% of the letters are going to be similar phonetically. All of them can touch-type by now. The thing with touch-typing is that you don't think so you have to go through a period of discomfort.
- _ph_ 6y agoI am very proficient with touch typing. But in my experience, mixing German and English keyboards erroded my skills considerably.
- Narishma 6y agoI regularly switch between American and French layouts. I don't think it's particularly hard. Edit: If that wasn't clear, I meant that I touch-type on both layouts quite easily.