A keyboard layout designed in the 1930s by August Dvorak, University of Washington, and his brother-in-law, William Dealey. Almost 70% of all English words are typed on the home row compared to 32 ...

Although the Dvorak keyboard layout never gained widespread ... type could pick up Dvorak in one-third the time it took to learn QWERTY. Dvorak entered his typists into contests, and they ...