Hello Bryan, I've mostly learned other keyboards by typing in TextEdit, but there's another way you can shortcut your typing of Spanish characters if you have TextExpander for the Mac. See this link to the Spanish snippets definitions with download link: http://blog.smilesoftware.com/2009/03/24/textexpander-26-and-spanish-accents/ (Note, the downloaded snippets file won't be of any use unless you have TextExpander Touch on your iOS devices or TextExpander on the Mac). This is not the same as learning all the accent key positions on a Spanish keyboard, because it basically lets you type accented character combinations with standard keys.
I don't know of a good typing tutor that isn't visual. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Sep 6, 2011, at 07:48, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hello All, > > I'm in the process of attempting to adapt to a Spanish ISO QWERTY keyboard > layout and am thinking I might benefit from the use of a typing tutor > application. Has anyone here successfully used a VO accessible typing tutor, > particularly one that is compatible with multiple languages and keyboard > layouts? While the letter keys on the Spanish ISO layout closely match those > of my usual US English layout, there are enough differences in the size and > location of other keys that I think I could use some formalized assistance. > > If such an application exists, my next question would be: Since VO already > serves to provide an echo of the key pressed, does the typing tutor app > provide any learning enhancements above and beyond what I can achieve just by > pressing, memorizing and practicing the various keys? > > The reason I have the notion of a typing tutor app stuck in my head is > because I had great success learning to touch type back in the 1980s by using > a program called "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" which ran on MS-DOS and > provided some entertaining games that held my attention and kept me > practicing, but I was fully sighted at the time and that app was very visual. > > Thank you in advance for any insight, > Bryan > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
