Mark Rejhon
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Hi,
In a deaf-hearing relationship, and I am profoundly deaf.
Instead of sign or another form, we usually communicate by keyboard. I am a fast typist (about 140 words per minute at 5 keypresses average per word as rated by www.typingtest.com ... over two words a second, about 11 keypresses per second...getting myself myself in the top 100 list there... plus I can type TREO/Blackberry thumbboards a whopping 70 words per minute at 5 keypresses average per word). That means I can type as fast as I can talk! Sometimes slightly faster, since I have to talk slow to be clearly heard. And we never ask each other to repeat, if we're using the keyboard. So that means keyboard becomes faster than talking or sign for me because I type slightly faster than when I am talking as clearly as I can.
It also helps that we're both computer geeks -- I've got a pocket Folding Keyboard that works with a PalmPilot/PocketPC as well, plus a few keyboards, and also a WiFi connected laptop here, as well as 5 computers.
Does anybody else use unconventional methods of communication in person, such as keyboard side-by-side?
We'll eventually communicate by our hands, but we never felt the urge to learn lately just because there's so many keyboards here and we're fast typists... I've lost count of how many gadgets I have...
Thanks,
Mark Rejhon
http://www.marky.com
In a deaf-hearing relationship, and I am profoundly deaf.
Instead of sign or another form, we usually communicate by keyboard. I am a fast typist (about 140 words per minute at 5 keypresses average per word as rated by www.typingtest.com ... over two words a second, about 11 keypresses per second...getting myself myself in the top 100 list there... plus I can type TREO/Blackberry thumbboards a whopping 70 words per minute at 5 keypresses average per word). That means I can type as fast as I can talk! Sometimes slightly faster, since I have to talk slow to be clearly heard. And we never ask each other to repeat, if we're using the keyboard. So that means keyboard becomes faster than talking or sign for me because I type slightly faster than when I am talking as clearly as I can.
It also helps that we're both computer geeks -- I've got a pocket Folding Keyboard that works with a PalmPilot/PocketPC as well, plus a few keyboards, and also a WiFi connected laptop here, as well as 5 computers.
Does anybody else use unconventional methods of communication in person, such as keyboard side-by-side?
We'll eventually communicate by our hands, but we never felt the urge to learn lately just because there's so many keyboards here and we're fast typists... I've lost count of how many gadgets I have...
Thanks,
Mark Rejhon
http://www.marky.com
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