No real progress to report on the speedbuilding, although I was writing at 260 at one point yesterday. My accuracy has also been pretty good so far; I just wish I could write the minute without any drops with that accuracy, and then I’d be set. I realized that I hadn’t finished setting up my capital typing alphabet, so I did that today, and I also edited my integral prefix and suffix table. Trying to incorporate endings in words that end in R, N, or L causes way too many conflicts, so I’ve decided it’s better not to do it at all, and I fixed my table to stop suggesting -ing and -ed for those. I’ll have to go back sometime and delete all the entries I’ve already made that include endings for those, too. I also need to go back and add an alphabet that attaches single letters to the last word.
One thing that’s kind of frustrating about the Phoenix drill book is all the words that are mixed in to help with transitions. I think that’s a great idea, and an important thing to work on, but it seems like those are the words that always throw me off, because they’re words that I have trouble with to begin with. "Merge" and "starve" are in with the words that end in -rt. I don’t really have a problem with -rt, but then I have to record a low speed because something like merge or starve tripped me up. Doing the drills is good for focus, though. It’s so hard to pay attention to them and not let my mind drift, especially to think about how I just got a word, or how I barely just got a word. Of course, that’s the kind of thing you have to be constantly trying not to do in regular writing, too.
I had no idea I would have such a hard time writing mammogram. I have 17 entries for it in my dictionary because I misstroke it so many different ways.
I ordered a Report-It a while ago, and it came today. I just spent about an hour and a half messing with it. I tried the method outlined in the manual first, which is to position yourself properly for posture and align the Report-It and your machine accordingly. That didn't work, so I tried sitting like I usually do and getting the Report-It under my arms, and that didn't feel good, either. I just felt really restricted, and I couldn't get in a spot where my arms were comfortable and I could reach the keys at the same time.
So, now I have the option of either keeping the thing for $160, or sending it back for $40.
I ordered a Report-It a while ago, and it came today. I just spent about an hour and a half messing with it. I tried the method outlined in the manual first, which is to position yourself properly for posture and align the Report-It and your machine accordingly. That didn't work, so I tried sitting like I usually do and getting the Report-It under my arms, and that didn't feel good, either. I just felt really restricted, and I couldn't get in a spot where my arms were comfortable and I could reach the keys at the same time.
So, now I have the option of either keeping the thing for $160, or sending it back for $40.
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