What Does Dvorak Keyboard Mean?
The Dvorak keyboard is an ergonomic keyboard layout. It is designed to increase typing speed compared to the QWERTY keyboard layout. The keyboard layout was patented by Dr. August Dvorak and his brother-in-law, Dr. William Dealey in 1936. Since then, some changes have been made to the keyboard layout in order to improve it.
Techopedia Explains Dvorak Keyboard
The purpose of designing the Dvorak keyboard layout was to reduce finger travel distance and making typing faster. Dvorak extensively studied the physiology of people’s hands and the most frequently used letters. After that, he designed the keyboard layout to make it more efficient in terms typing speed and user friendliness. The Dvorak layout was purposefully designed to overcome issues faced with the QWERTY layout.
