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    Typing From Thought (Not a Screen)

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    I tried searching the forums on this topic, but it's hard to describe.

    Background:

    • I started looking for a new layout in the summer of 2024 (focused on comfort/balance, not speed).
      I got my first split keyboard (Voyager) in August, and started using Colemak at the same time.
      I've practiced at least 30 minutes everyday since then using keybr.com, in addition to using Colemak at work.
      As of now, about three months later, my average wpm on keybr.com is around 60 with 98% accuracy (and my top speed is around 80).

    The issue I've noticed is that I'm much faster typing random words on a screen (like keybr or monkeytype) as compared to typing from my mind on a blank screen. If I'm drafting an email at work, where I have to think up words in real-time (or write this post that is taking forever), my wpm drops to about 30 wpm and accuracy drops as well.

    Is this common? Is there a term for this phenomenon? Is there a different way of practicing to improve this? I don't care about my keybr stats if that type [sic] of practice isn't the best for the real-world usage at work or home.

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    It's not uncommon while you're still quite new. Just keep building your mileage, and you'll be fine.

    I've type-read several books for mileage, which felt both fun and useful. See the BigBag Training page.

    Oh, and: You're welcome to join our Discord server for more discourses.

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    Thanks. Funny you mentioned typing books... I do some of my practice using Entertrained, but the odd thing is that I'm so focused on typing that I don't absorb any of the story or really understand any meaning behind the words.

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    I have a question about Keybr using the voyager keyboard

    I have my Voyager successfully flashed for Colemak DH. And I have keybr set up to display a colemak keyboard on the screen. But when I press the Colemak he thinks I’m pressing a QWERTY key.

    I can’t find where to make any adjustments, but apparently you do know how to use it. What am I possibly doing wrong?


    Thanks in advance

    Greg

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    If your Voyager sends Colemak key presses, Keybr shouldn't think it's QWERTY. In fact, it might result in a perverted "double-Colemak" in which for instance a Colemak E key press (the QWERTY L key) is sent by the keyboard as the E key scan code – but that gets converted by Keybr to F which is the Colemak key sitting on QWERTY E. Sure that's not what's happening to you? You should take care to only convert once.

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