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|Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial  Introduction to KTouch.
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|In this tutorial you will learn about KTouch and the KTouch interface.  
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|Welcome to the '''Spoken Tutorial''' on  '''Introduction to KTouch'''.  
  
 
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|You will learn how to type:
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|In this tutorial, you will learn about '''KTouch''' and the '''KTouch interface'''.
  
 
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|Accurately, quickly, and efficiently, on a computer keyboard that has the English alphabet keys.  
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|You will learn how to type: accurately, quickly, and efficiently on a computer keyboard that has the English alphabet keys.  
  
 
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|You will also learn to:
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|You will also learn to
  
 
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|Type without having to look down at every time you type.
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|type without having to look down at the keyboard every time you type.
  
 
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|What is KTouch?
 
|What is KTouch?
  
 
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|KTouch is a typing tutor. It teaches you how to type using an online interactive keyboard.  
 
|KTouch is a typing tutor. It teaches you how to type using an online interactive keyboard.  
  
 
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|You can learn typing at your own pace.  
 
|You can learn typing at your own pace.  
  
 
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|You can gradually increase your typing speed and along with it, your accuracy.  
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|You can gradually increase your typing speed and along with it your accuracy.  
  
 
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|KTouch also has lectures or typing samples, in various levels of difficulty, for you to practice with.  
 
|KTouch also has lectures or typing samples, in various levels of difficulty, for you to practice with.  
  
 
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|Here, we are using KTouch 1.7.1 on Ubuntu Linux 11.10.
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|Here, we are using '''KTouch 1.7.1''' on '''Ubuntu Linux 11.10'''.
  
 
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|You can install KTouch using the Ubuntu Software Centre.
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|You can install KTouch using the '''Ubuntu Software Centre'''.
  
 
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|For more information on Ubuntu Software Centre, please refer to the Ubuntu Linux Tutorials on this website.  
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|For more information on 'Ubuntu Software Centre', please refer to the '''Ubuntu Linux Tutorials''' on this website.  
  
 
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|Let’s open KTouch.  
 
|Let’s open KTouch.  
  
 
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|First, click Dash Home, which is the round button, on the top left corner of your computer desktop.
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|First, click '''Dash Home''' which is the round button on the top left corner of your computer desktop.
  
 
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|The Search box appears.  
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|The '''Search box''' appears.  
  
 
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|In the Search box type KTouch.  
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|In the Search box, type: "KTouch".  
  
 
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|The KTouch icon appears beneath the Search box.Click on it.  
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|The '''KTouch icon''' appears beneath the Search box. Click on it.  
  
 
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|The KTouch window appears.  
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|The KTouch '''window''' appears.  
  
 
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|Alternately, you can open KTouch using the Terminal.  
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|Alternately, you can open KTouch using the '''Terminal'''.  
  
 
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|To open a Terminal press the CTRL and ALT and T keys together.  
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|To open a Terminal, press the '''Ctrl''' and '''Alt''' and '''T''' keys together.  
  
 
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|To open KTouch, in the Terminal, type the command: ktouch and press Enter.  
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|To open KTouch in the Terminal, type the command: '''ktouch''' and press '''Enter'''.  
  
 
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|Now, let’s familiarize ourselves with the KTouch interface.  
 
|Now, let’s familiarize ourselves with the KTouch interface.  
  
 
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|The Main menu comprises the File, Training, Settings, and Help menus.  
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|The main menu comprises the '''File, Training, Settings''' and '''Help''' menus.  
  
 
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|Click Start New Session to start a new session to practice typing.  
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|Click '''Start New Session''' to start a new session to practice typing.  
  
 
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|Click Pause Session to pause while typing.  
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|Click '''Pause Session''' to pause while typing.  
  
 
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|Click on Lecture Statistics to know your typing progress.  
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|Click on '''Lecture Statistics''' to know your typing progress.  
  
 
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|Level indicates the level of complexity, in terms of the number of keys used when typing.  
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|'''Level''' indicates the level of complexity, in terms of the number of keys used when typing.  
  
 
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|Speed indicates the number of characters that you can type per minute.  
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|'''Speed''' indicates the number of characters that you can type per minute.  
  
 
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|The Correctness indicator displays the percentage correctness of typing.  
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|The '''Correctness''' indicator displays the percentage correctness of typing.  
  
 
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|The New Characters in This Level field displays the characters that you need to practice at the selected level.  
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|The '''New Characters in This Level''' '''field''' displays the characters that you need to practice at the selected level.  
  
 
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|The Teacher’s Line displays the characters that have to be typed.  
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|The '''Teacher’s Line''' displays the characters that have to be typed.  
  
 
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|The Student’s Line displays the characters that are typed by you using the keyboard.  
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|The '''Student’s Line''' displays the characters that are typed by you using the keyboard.  
  
 
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|The Keyboard is displayed in the centre.  
 
|The Keyboard is displayed in the centre.  
  
 
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|The first line of the keyboard displays numerals, special characters, and the Backspace key.  
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|The first line of the keyboard displays numerals, special characters and the '''Backspace''' key.  
  
 
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|Press the Backspace key to delete typed characters.  
 
|Press the Backspace key to delete typed characters.  
  
 
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|The second line of the keyboard comprises alphabets few special characters, and the Tab key.  
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|The second line of the keyboard comprises alphabets, few special characters and the '''Tab''' key.  
  
 
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|The third line of the keyboard comprises alphabets,colon, semicolon, and Caps lock keys.  
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|The third line of the keyboard comprises alphabets, colon, semicolon, and Caps lock keys.  
  
 
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|Press the Enter key to go to the next line while typing.  
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|Press the '''Enter''' key to go to the next line while typing.  
  
 
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|Press the Caps Lock key to type  capital letters.  
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|Press the '''Caps Lock''' key to type  capital letters.  
  
 
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|The fourth line of the keyboard comprises alphabets, special characters, and shift keys.  
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|The fourth line of the keyboard comprises alphabets, special characters, and '''Shift''' keys.  
  
 
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|Press the shift key together with any other alphabet key to type capital letters.  
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|Press the '''Shift''' key together with any other alphabet key to type capital letters.  
  
 
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|Press the Shift key with any other key to type a character given at the top of the key.  
 
|Press the Shift key with any other key to type a character given at the top of the key.  
  
 
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|For example, the key with the numeral 1 has the exclamation mark on top.
 
|For example, the key with the numeral 1 has the exclamation mark on top.
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To type the exclamation mark, press the Shift key together with 1.  
 
To type the exclamation mark, press the Shift key together with 1.  
  
 
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|The fifth line of the keyboard comprises the Ctrl, Alt, and Function keys.It also contains the space bar.  
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|The fifth line of the keyboard comprises the '''Ctrl, Alt''' and '''Function''' keys. It also contains the '''space bar'''.  
  
 
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|Now let us see if there are differences between the KTouch keyboard, laptop keyboard, and desktop keyboard.
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|Now let us see if there are differences between the KTouch keyboard, laptop keyboard and desktop keyboard.
  
 
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|Notice that the KTouch keyboard and the keyboards used in desktops and laptops are similar.  
 
|Notice that the KTouch keyboard and the keyboards used in desktops and laptops are similar.  
  
 
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|Now, let’s see the correct placement of our fingers on the keyboard.  
 
|Now, let’s see the correct placement of our fingers on the keyboard.  
  
 
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|Look at this slide.  
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|Look at this slide.It displays the fingers and their names.  
  
 
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|It displays the fingers and their names.
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|Fingers, from left to right, are named:
 
|Fingers, from left to right, are named:
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Little finger,
 
Little finger,
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|Ring finger, Middle finger,
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|Index finger and Thumb.
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|On your keyboard, place your left hand, on the left side of the keyboard.  
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|On your keyboard, place your left hand on the left side of the keyboard.  
  
 
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|Ensure that the little finger is on alphabet ‘A’
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|Ensure that the little finger is on alphabet ‘A’.
  
 
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|Ring finger is on the alphabet ‘S’,  
 
|Ring finger is on the alphabet ‘S’,  
  
 
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|Middle finger on alphabet ‘D’,  
 
|Middle finger on alphabet ‘D’,  
  
 
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|Index finger on alphabet ‘F’.  
 
|Index finger on alphabet ‘F’.  
  
 
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|Now, place your right hand, on the right side of the keyboard.  
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|Now, place your right hand on the right side of the keyboard.  
  
 
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|Ensure that the little finger is on the colon/semi-colon key.  
 
|Ensure that the little finger is on the colon/semi-colon key.  
  
 
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|Ring finger on the alphabet ‘L’.
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|Ring finger on the alphabet ‘L’,
  
 
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|Middle finger on the alphabet ‘K’.
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|Middle finger on the alphabet ‘K’,
  
 
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|Index finger on the alphabet ‘J’.  
 
|Index finger on the alphabet ‘J’.  
  
 
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|Use your right thumb to press the space bar.
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|Use your right thumb to press the '''space bar'''.
  
 
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|The first time you open KTouch, the Teacher’s Line displays default text.  
 
|The first time you open KTouch, the Teacher’s Line displays default text.  
  
 
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|This text lists instructions on how to select the lecture and begin the typing lessons.  
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|This text lists instructions on how to select the '''lecture''' and begin the typing lessons.  
  
 
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|For the purposes of this tutorial, we shall skip typing the default text and select a lecture.  
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|For the purposes of this tutorial, we shall skip typing the default text and select a '''lecture'''.  
  
 
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|However, you can pause this tutorial, and type the default text.  
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|However, you can pause this tutorial and type the default text.  
  
 
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|Now, let us select the lecture to begin the typing lessons.  
 
|Now, let us select the lecture to begin the typing lessons.  
  
 
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|From the Main menu, select File, click Open Lecture.  
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|From the main menu, select '''File''', click '''Open Lecture'''.  
  
 
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|The '''Select Training Lecture File – ‘KTouch’''' dialog box appears.
  
 
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|Browse the flowing folder path
 
|Browse the flowing folder path
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|And select english.ktouch.xml and click Open.  
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|and select '''english.ktouch.xml''' and click Open.  
  
 
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|Notice that the '''Teacher’s Line''' now displays a different set of characters.  
  
 
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|Now, let us start typing
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|Now, let us start typing.
  
 
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|By default, the Level is set to 1 and the Speed is set to zero.
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|By default, the '''Level''' is set to 1 and the '''Speed''' is set to zero.
  
 
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|The New Characters in This Level displays the characters we will learn in this level.  
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|The '''New Characters in This Level''' displays the characters we will learn in this level.  
  
 
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|Notice that the cursor is in the Student’s Line.  
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|Notice that the cursor is in the '''Student’s Line'''.  
  
 
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|Let us type the character displayed in the '''teacher's line''' using the keyboard.
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|As we type, the characters are displayed in the 'Student’s Line'.  
  
 
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|Look at the Speed field now.  
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|Look at the '''Speed''' field now.  
  
 
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|As you type, the number increases or decreases based on the speed of your typing.  
 
|As you type, the number increases or decreases based on the speed of your typing.  
  
 
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|If you stop typing, the speed count decreases.  
 
|If you stop typing, the speed count decreases.  
  
 
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|Now, let’s type the numbers seven & eight, which are not displayed in the Teacher’s Line.  
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|Now, let’s type the numbers seven & eight which are not displayed in the 'Teacher’s Line'.  
  
 
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|Why? That’s because we have mistyped or made an error in typing.  
 
|Why? That’s because we have mistyped or made an error in typing.  
  
 
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|Let’s delete it and complete the typing.  
 
|Let’s delete it and complete the typing.  
  
 
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|When you reach the end of the line, press the Enter key, to move to the second line.  
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|When you reach the end of the line, press the '''Enter''' key to move to the second line.  
  
 
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|Notice, that the Teacher’s Line now displays the next set of characters to type.  
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|Notice, that the 'Teacher’s Line' now displays the next set of characters to type.  
  
 
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|The Student’s line is cleared of the typed text.  
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|The 'Student’s line' is cleared of the typed text.  
  
 
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|Let’s check how accurately we have typed.  
 
|Let’s check how accurately we have typed.  
  
 
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|The Correctness field displays the percentage of correctness of your typing.For example, it may display 80 percent.  
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|The '''Correctness''' '''field''' displays the percentage of correctness of your typing. For example, it may display 80 percent.  
  
 
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|We have completed our first typing lesson!  
 
|We have completed our first typing lesson!  
  
 
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|It is a good practice to first learn to type accurately at lower speeds.
 
|It is a good practice to first learn to type accurately at lower speeds.
  
 
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|Once we learn to type accurately, without mistakes, we can increase the typing speed.  
  
 
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|Let’s begin a new typing session.  
 
|Let’s begin a new typing session.  
  
 
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|Click '''Start New Session'''.  
  
 
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|In the '''Start new training session – ‘KTouch’''' dialog box, click '''Start from First Level'''.  
  
 
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|What do you see?
 
|What do you see?
  
 
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|A set of characters are displayed in the Teacher’s Line.  
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|A set of characters are displayed in the 'Teacher’s Line'.  
  
 
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|Let’s start typing.  
 
|Let’s start typing.  
  
 
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|While practicing, you may want to pause and restart later.  
 
|While practicing, you may want to pause and restart later.  
  
 
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|How do you pause your session?
  
 
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|Click '''Pause Session'''.
  
 
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|Notice that the speed does not decrease.  
 
|Notice that the speed does not decrease.  
  
 
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|Recall, that it decreased when we stopped typing without pausing the earlier session.  
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|Recall that it decreased when we stopped typing without pausing the earlier session.  
  
 
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|To resume typing, type the next character or word, displayed in the Teacher’s line.  
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|To resume typing, type the next character   displayed in the 'Teacher’s line'.  
  
 
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|Once we complete typing, we can check the Correctness field.It displays the accuracy of typing.
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|Once we complete typing, we can check the '''Correctness''' field. It displays the accuracy of typing.
  
 
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|This brings us to the end of this tutorial on KTouch.  
 
|This brings us to the end of this tutorial on KTouch.  
  
 
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|In this tutorial we learnt about the KTouch interface. We also learnt how to: Place our fingers on the key board.
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|In this tutorial, we learnt about the KTouch interface. We also learnt how to: place our fingers on the key board,
  
 
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|type by looking at the Teacher’s Line and completed our first typing lesson.  
  
 
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|Here is an assignment for you.  
 
|Here is an assignment for you.  
  
 
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|Open KTouch. Complete the typing lesson in level 1. Practice typing with this level.
 
|Open KTouch. Complete the typing lesson in level 1. Practice typing with this level.
  
 
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|Remember to use the correct fingers for the keys.  
 
|Remember to use the correct fingers for the keys.  
  
 
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|Watch the video available at the following link.It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project.  
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|Watch the video available at the following link. It summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:15, 28 March 2017

Time Narration
00:00 Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on Introduction to KTouch.
00:04 In this tutorial, you will learn about KTouch and the KTouch interface.
00:10 You will learn how to type: accurately, quickly, and efficiently on a computer keyboard that has the English alphabet keys.
00:18 You will also learn to
00:20 type without having to look down at the keyboard every time you type.
00:24 What is KTouch?
00:27 KTouch is a typing tutor. It teaches you how to type using an online interactive keyboard.
00:33 You can learn typing at your own pace.
00:36 You can gradually increase your typing speed and along with it your accuracy.
00:43 KTouch also has lectures or typing samples, in various levels of difficulty, for you to practice with.
00:50 Here, we are using KTouch 1.7.1 on Ubuntu Linux 11.10.
00:59 You can install KTouch using the Ubuntu Software Centre.
01:03 For more information on 'Ubuntu Software Centre', please refer to the Ubuntu Linux Tutorials on this website.
01:11 Let’s open KTouch.
01:13 First, click Dash Home which is the round button on the top left corner of your computer desktop.
01:21 The Search box appears.
01:24 In the Search box, type: "KTouch".
01:28 The KTouch icon appears beneath the Search box. Click on it.
01:34 The KTouch window appears.
01:36 Alternately, you can open KTouch using the Terminal.
01:41 To open a Terminal, press the Ctrl and Alt and T keys together.
01:47 To open KTouch in the Terminal, type the command: ktouch and press Enter.
01:55 Now, let’s familiarize ourselves with the KTouch interface.
01:59 The main menu comprises the File, Training, Settings and Help menus.
02:06 Click Start New Session to start a new session to practice typing.
02:11 Click Pause Session to pause while typing.
02:14 Click on Lecture Statistics to know your typing progress.
02:19 Level indicates the level of complexity, in terms of the number of keys used when typing.
02:27 Speed indicates the number of characters that you can type per minute.
02:32 The Correctness indicator displays the percentage correctness of typing.
02:39 The New Characters in This Level field displays the characters that you need to practice at the selected level.
02:47 The Teacher’s Line displays the characters that have to be typed.
02:51 The Student’s Line displays the characters that are typed by you using the keyboard.
02:58 The Keyboard is displayed in the centre.
03:02 The first line of the keyboard displays numerals, special characters and the Backspace key.
03:09 Press the Backspace key to delete typed characters.
03:13 The second line of the keyboard comprises alphabets, few special characters and the Tab key.
03:20 The third line of the keyboard comprises alphabets, colon, semicolon, and Caps lock keys.
03:28 Press the Enter key to go to the next line while typing.
03:33 Press the Caps Lock key to type capital letters.
03:37 The fourth line of the keyboard comprises alphabets, special characters, and Shift keys.
03:45 Press the Shift key together with any other alphabet key to type capital letters.
03:52 Press the Shift key with any other key to type a character given at the top of the key.
03:59 For example, the key with the numeral 1 has the exclamation mark on top.

To type the exclamation mark, press the Shift key together with 1.

04:11 The fifth line of the keyboard comprises the Ctrl, Alt and Function keys. It also contains the space bar.
04:20 Now let us see if there are differences between the KTouch keyboard, laptop keyboard and desktop keyboard.
04:29 Notice that the KTouch keyboard and the keyboards used in desktops and laptops are similar.
04:36 Now, let’s see the correct placement of our fingers on the keyboard.
04:41 Look at this slide.It displays the fingers and their names.
04:46 Fingers, from left to right, are named:

Little finger,

04:51 Ring finger, Middle finger,
04:54 Index finger and Thumb.
04:59 On your keyboard, place your left hand on the left side of the keyboard.
05:03 Ensure that the little finger is on alphabet ‘A’.
05:07 Ring finger is on the alphabet ‘S’,
05:10 Middle finger on alphabet ‘D’,
05:13 Index finger on alphabet ‘F’.
05:17 Now, place your right hand on the right side of the keyboard.
05:20 Ensure that the little finger is on the colon/semi-colon key.
05:25 Ring finger on the alphabet ‘L’,
05:28 Middle finger on the alphabet ‘K’,
05:30 Index finger on the alphabet ‘J’.
05:34 Use your right thumb to press the space bar.
05:37 The first time you open KTouch, the Teacher’s Line displays default text.
05:44 This text lists instructions on how to select the lecture and begin the typing lessons.
05:51 For the purposes of this tutorial, we shall skip typing the default text and select a lecture.
05:57 However, you can pause this tutorial and type the default text.
06:02 Now, let us select the lecture to begin the typing lessons.
06:07 From the main menu, select File, click Open Lecture.
06:12 The Select Training Lecture File – ‘KTouch’ dialog box appears.
06:17 Browse the flowing folder path

Root->usr->share->kde4->apps->Ktouch

06:31 and select english.ktouch.xml and click Open.
06:36 Notice that the Teacher’s Line now displays a different set of characters.
06:41 Now, let us start typing.
06:43 By default, the Level is set to 1 and the Speed is set to zero.
06:49 The New Characters in This Level displays the characters we will learn in this level.
06:55 Notice that the cursor is in the Student’s Line.
06:58 Let us type the character displayed in the teacher's line using the keyboard.
07:09 As we type, the characters are displayed in the 'Student’s Line'.
07:14 Look at the Speed field now.
07:16 As you type, the number increases or decreases based on the speed of your typing.
07:22 If you stop typing, the speed count decreases.
07:25 Now, let’s type the numbers seven & eight which are not displayed in the 'Teacher’s Line'.
07:31 The 'Student Line' has become red.
07:34 Why? That’s because we have mistyped or made an error in typing.
07:40 Let’s delete it and complete the typing.
07:56 When you reach the end of the line, press the Enter key to move to the second line.
08:02 Notice, that the 'Teacher’s Line' now displays the next set of characters to type.
08:07 The 'Student’s line' is cleared of the typed text.
08:11 Let’s check how accurately we have typed.
08:14 The Correctness field displays the percentage of correctness of your typing. For example, it may display 80 percent.
08:23 We have completed our first typing lesson!
08:26 It is a good practice to first learn to type accurately at lower speeds.
08:31 Once we learn to type accurately, without mistakes, we can increase the typing speed.
08:37 Let’s begin a new typing session.
08:40 Click Start New Session.
08:42 In the Start new training session – ‘KTouch’ dialog box, click Start from First Level.
08:50 What do you see?
08:52 A set of characters are displayed in the 'Teacher’s Line'.
08:55 The 'Student’s Line' is cleared of all characters and is blank.
09:00 Let’s start typing.
09:05 While practicing, you may want to pause and restart later.
09:09 How do you pause your session?
09:12 Click Pause Session.
09:14 Notice that the speed does not decrease.
09:17 Recall that it decreased when we stopped typing without pausing the earlier session.
09:23 To resume typing, type the next character displayed in the 'Teacher’s line'.
09:39 Once we complete typing, we can check the Correctness field. It displays the accuracy of typing.
09:46 This brings us to the end of this tutorial on KTouch.
09:50 In this tutorial, we learnt about the KTouch interface. We also learnt how to: place our fingers on the key board,
09:59 type by looking at the Teacher’s Line and completed our first typing lesson.
10:04 Here is an assignment for you.
10:06 Open KTouch. Complete the typing lesson in level 1. Practice typing with this level.
10:13 Remember to use the correct fingers for the keys.
10:18 Watch the video available at the following link. It summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.
10:24 If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it.
10:28 The spoken tutorial team: conducts workshops using spoken tutorials, gives certificates to those who pass an online test.
10:37 For more details Please write to contact @spoken-tutorial.org.
10:43 Spoken Tutorial project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project.
10:47 It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.
10:55 More information on the same is available at: spoken hyphen tutorial dot org slash NMEICT hyphen Intro.
11:06 This tutorial has been contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

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