The Terrible Typist

I am a terrible typist. Despite the years of training and years of typing, I still need to watch the keyboard when I type. For some of us terrible typists, watching the keyboard doesn't always help. Letter labels on each key fade with use. (My keyboard has almost completely lost E, A and S.) For many aesthetically-designed keyboards, these are already too small to read. There is a s solution. There are several, in fact. First, you could dish out some serious money and buy a new, large-print keyboard. These can be expensive and are usually designed without even a slight nod to aesthetics. A less radical solution is to use large print keyboard stickers (sometimes called labels or overlays). These stickers, which are hard to find in stores, but are readily available online, often come in several high-contrast styles, white on black, black on white and black on yellow. [I am still looking for my preference, which is yellow on black.] These stickers are also quite affordable, running between ten and fifteen dollars. A Seattle based non-profit agency, Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted, has an online store, SightConnection, which has Large Print Keyboard Stickers for sale for $12.50.