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Use a mech keyboard. Probably some misses are because poor registering and not because you.
Not because you what? If you use a mech keyboard, then this isn't a strong endorsement.
As a consequence, I had to learn to touch-type.
As of now, I am slower than before, but there is hope ;)
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.
Play a MUD?
Moving to VIM worked for me.
Concerted practice. It doesn't matter what you do, as long as you practice purposefully consistently. As mentioned typeracer.com is great, there's also 10fastfingers.com as well. Are you a touch typist?
Try transcribing articles as you read them.
I was tracking my progress on typera.net, which is quite dated, but seems to have a nice balance of challenging words and phrases.