[lmilcin]

As usual, that will depend a lot on your current typing technique and speed.

I learned touch typing on an electric typewriter at school decades ago so I don't really remember how it is to not know how to do it.

This is what I did to learn typing Dvorak well AFTER I left school:

- I used laminated piece of paper with the layout of the keyboard wedged between monitor and desk. This allowed me to see the keyboard layout without looking at the keyboard.

- I used programs to learn Dvorak

- I used metronome to learn to type constant stream of characters. Pressing shift registers as a single beat. This is not strictly necessary for typing speed but I really like the feel of producing characters this way. My colleagues say the sound is fantastic as if a machine was typing.

- I use only high quality mechanical keyboards with US international layout. I don't waste time on keyboards that have uneven action and don't register presses same way every time.