Dvorak Order Form
__ Typewriting Behavior, Dr. Dvorak's seminal 536-page, 1936 book which details his team's 12-year effort to understand the mechanics of the typewriter keyboard -- and their design of the far superior "Simplified Keyboard". Not available anywhere else, and it's only $30 plus shipping*.
__ Randy Cassingham's book The Dvorak Keyboard -- the first (and still only!) general interest book about the Dvorak, which explains its design, benefits, and how to switch if you already know how to type. $12.95 cover price, now just $10 plus shipping*.
__ Recently re-typeset! Copies of the U.S. Navy's famous report on the effectiveness of retraining typists to Dvorak, A Practical Experiment in Simplified Keyboard Retraining. Completed in 1944, it is a detailed scientific experiment on the Dvorak, complete and objective with very positive results. Our version includes A Comparison of Typist Improvement from Training on the Standard Keyboard and Retraining on the Simplified Keyboard, a supplement to the earlier report. These reports are very difficult to find, but we have them together under one cover for only $9.00.
__ A Historical Study of Typewriters and Typing Methods: from the Position of Planning Japanese Parallels by Hisao Yamada, University of Tokyo, 1980. This excellent, detailed paper on keyboard design (with much emphasis on the Dvorak) demands that the Japanese don't make the same mistakes made in the West when they adopt a standard keyboard layout. 29 pages, including an extensive bibliography, $8.00.
__ There is a Better Typewriter Keyboard by August Dvorak, 1943. Reprint from Dvorak's introduction of the keyboard to the world, it explains in the inventor's words the benefits of the newer keyboard. 5 pages, $2.50.
__ U.S. Patent #2,040,248, Typewriter Keyboard, 1936, by August Dvorak, et al. The keyboard's original patent specification, with rationale about the design. 8 pages, $4.00.
__ "A One-Hand Keyboard" by August Dvorak. Reprint from Handicap magazine (year unknown), this is one of the very few original sources of information on Dvorak's special keyboards for one-handers. With illustrations and charts. 3 pages, $2.00.
__ Report of Carmel Middle School Experiences with DSK Typewriters by Albert Kolb (undated, c1979). A report on the pilot California Junior High typing program with Dvorak keyboard-equipped typewriters. Includes comments by Randy Cassingham. 7 pages, $5.00.
__ Eastern Region Trial of the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard by R.V. Janelle, Western Electric, August 20, 1974. A report on AT&T's experience with retraining typists to the Dvorak keyboard. Includes comments by Randy Cassingham. 7 pages, $5.00.
__ A copy of our database of Dvorak keyboard-related articles in the popular literature. More than 125 references, dating back to the 1930s. All are confirmed "good" articles -- we have a copy of each in our files. $10.00.
__ A printout of more than 4800 words that can be typed on Dvorak's home row. 7 pages, $4.00.
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