The Anonymous Widower

Right-Handed Typing

I’ve now decided, that even if the mangled nerves in my left arm, aren’t the cause of my problems, holding up my left arm for typing irritates the hand and makes everything worse.

So I’ve now started using just my right hand for typing.  I just rest my left arm and hand in my lap.

Years ago, there was a picture taken of me, in a recumbent position with the monitor more-or-less between my feet, which were on the desk and the keyboard in my lap. So I’ve always had problems about getting a convenient position for typing.

I’ve looked for one-handed keyboards on the web and there is nothing like I want. Although, one site says a laptop keyboard is best for one-handed typing and that is what I use anyway.

One thing that may affect my typing is that I’ve done any awful lot of setting of letterpress type.  This is a right-handed operation, where the stick is held in the left and the letters are picked and placed by the right. I’m not sure, if I ever did any typsetting after my arm was broken, but if I did, it could explain how easy I find this method of typing.

After all, the last four or five posts have been done this way!

March 24, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | Computing | Keyboard