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27 wpm, and insights about my synesthesia.. 13 months ago

Now I’m off the homerow and Shift and have added “e” and “n.” I actually find e and n easier than my trouble homerow keyes: s, k, and l.

I’m starting to think that my synesthesia is making this hard. The type I have, grapheme → color synesthesia, is an involuntary association of letters with specific colors (I see an “a,” my brain perceives it as red, “b” is blue, etc…).

I have an ok time typing with my left hand and a noticibly harder time with my right, even though I am right-handed. I think this may be due to the fact that the left-handed keyboard keys are letters with very strong color associations, while I perceive most of the right hand keys as neutral colors. J, K, L, ;, and N only vary slightly from beige (N) to very light lavender (J). In essence, I think I see an “L” come up in the typing practice and it takes noticibly longer for my brain to distinguish which letter to type than say, for “e,” which is a unique, vivid green.

Hmm.



26 wpm and counting... 13 months ago

...on the “homerow keys,” that is, and not even with the Shift key yet. I found a great webpage with free typing lessons (FreeTypingGame.net) and got through the first 4 lessons like lightning. Now, however, I find it extremely hard to move my pinkies without taking my whole hand off the keyboard so the “a” and ”;” and Shift are ruining EVERYTHING!! :)
Still, I improve my wpm so much in the space of 15 minutes practice that I’m confident this is going to work for me.

I noticed I’m typing this the cheater way. Ha.

PS- Posture changes everything. Easier to type with a straight back!



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