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Japanese typing tutor software - gombost - 2012-11-21
Hi!
I'm searching for a (preferably Linux) typing tutor software for Japanese keyboard layout. A long time ago I used Klavaro to learn touch typing on a normal keyboard but it doesn't seem to have Japanese support.
Any ideas?
Japanese typing tutor software - weirdo - 2012-11-21
gombost Wrote:Japanese keyboard layout.Are you saying that you want to learn kana-entry? Because the Japanese layout is the standard QWERTY plus different punctuation locations here and there and maybe 2 extra keys. It's not really something you'd need to a program for.
Nobody uses Kana entry, romaji is the standard method in Japan.
Japanese typing tutor software - gombost - 2012-11-22
I saw a video on YouTube the other day where a guy was typing with kana input and it looked super fast. I would have asked him about it but I deleted my account when they made compulsory to have a Google+ account for YT commenting.
It's not that I'm dissatisfied with romaji input but it would be nice to have this skill because I like typing in general
Japanese typing tutor software - Daichi - 2012-11-22
Not Linux, but Gainax put out a series of typing games a while back. Eva, Mahoromatic, & Gunbuster typing. You can switch them all to Japanese keyboard layout. For the most part they are all in kana, I found them quite enjoyable back in the day for standard romaji typing and drilling those kana's into my head with speed.
Japanese typing tutor software - Stian - 2012-11-22
Kana input is nice when you don't have to use dakuten (etc.) or when you don't want tyo use small や-line characters like ょ, ゅ, etc. which requires three quite uncomfortable keystrokes.
One thing you could do though, is to just start typing in kana-input and keep improving - it'll only take a couple of days to learn where all the characets are. The only annoying character on romaji input is the ん in the middle of words, whereas kana-input has a lot of other annoyances to deal with.
Japanese typing tutor software - amillerchip - 2012-11-23
You could always get one of these. ;-)
Japanese typing tutor software - gombost - 2012-11-23
amillerchip Wrote:You could always get one of these. ;-)Looks trivial
