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Dvorak and Mavis Beacon v.15.0 (2005)
 

Earlier versions of the Mavis Beacon typing program included lessons for the Dvorak keyboard layouts, but current versions do not. So when secondary students, who use Dvorak keyboards for single-handed typing, wanted to participate in Mavis Beacon keyboarding lessons along with their peers in the computer lab, teams in Prince Rupert created custom Dvorak Left or Right-Handed lessons. Now that's teamwork.

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Dvorak Keyboards for Windows 98/2000/XP: This tutorial includes instructions for making Dvorak layout keyboards and install the keyboard drivers on any Windows machine.

icon - Text/PDF View Text / PDF Dvorak and Mavis Beacon (v. 15): This tutorial includes instructions for creating custom lessons based on your own text using the practice and game features of Mavis Beacon.
icon - Text/PDF View Text / PDF Single-Handed Dvorak Text Files: Typing practice files in the .txt format required for input to Mavis Beacon. These practice files were originally developed by single-handed typist Bob Harrell who made them freely available to educators on his website which now resides at http://brandonfla.com/typingtutor/.