I’ve decided to jump back into learning a new layout, specifically semimak JQ, from Dvorak. I’ve heard that as long as I practice both I should be able to maintain Dvorak while I learn semimak.
I was wondering if people here had any experience learning new layouts could share some insight for that?
Any other tips would be very appreciated. I’m sitting at somewhere around 26wpm on semimak atm, and 130-140 on Dvorak
from there you should be fine, just need to practice more for speed. i have had a few layouts learned to about 40-90wpm on a regular keyboard, two on a characorder to 40-60wpm, and can fingerspell 20-25wpm w/ steno. learning a new layout is not that bad, it just feels weird for about a week, and you need to put in 15-20 hours on a typing site/app, practice everyday, and sleep on it. it one of those things where you don’t see the gains until the next day or two. the charachorder took a little longer at first, but that was because you also have to learn the charachorder too. at 25 wpm you would be mostly building speed which is layout independent.
That’s good insight. Thank you. Also had me look up the characorder. It looks like it would be fun to use! Never heard of it before