Dvorak on Typing
{{Short description|1991 video game}}
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| title = Dvorak on Typing
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| developer = Presage Software (Windows)
Park Place Productions.{{cite web|first=L.R|last=Shannon|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA175300714&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=355184e6|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320075912/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA175300714&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=355184e6|title=Peripherals; Typing, for Absolute Beginners and Others|newspaper=The New York Times|archivedate=March 20, 2025|date=July 9, 1991|accessdate=April 3, 2025|via=Gale Research|url-status=live}}
| publisher = Interplay Productions
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| released = 1991
1992 (Macintosh){{cite web|first=Naor|last=Wallach|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA12817329&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=cb9111b5|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320080145/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA12817329&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=cb9111b5|title=New for Macintosh: typing, politics simulation programs|website=Newsbytes|archivedate=March 20, 2025|date=October 29, 1992|accessdate=April 3, 2025|via=Gale Research|url-status=live}}
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| platforms = Windows{{cite web|url=http://www.presage.com/pDvorak.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970614014807/http://www.presage.com/pDvorak.html|title=Presage Products - Dvorak On Typing|website=Presage Software|archivedate=June 14, 1997|accessdate=April 3, 2025}}
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Dvorak on Typing (DOT) is a 1991 typing video game from Presage Software. It uses three different instruction voices and teaches a variety of keyboard skills. The game is for ages 10 and up.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/169077727/|title=A sample of education software for children|newspaper=The Boston Globe|page=83|date=December 8, 1991|accessdate=April 3, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
Development
Dvorak on Typing was named after writer John C. Dvorak.{{cite web|first=Eddie|last=Huffman|url=https://archive.org/details/1993-06-compute-magazine/page/114/mode/2up|title=Reviews - Dvorak On Typing|magazine=Compute!|page=114|date=June 1993|accessdate=April 3, 2025}} An Amiga version was released in June 1991.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/amazing-computing-magazine-1991-03/page/n35/mode/2up|title=Dvorak On Typing|magazine=Amazing Computer Magazine|page=34|date=March 1991|accessdate=April 3, 2025}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
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|rev1Score=2/5{{cite web|first=Charles|last=Seiter|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA13220853&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=a9356b02|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250320075621/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GPS&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CA13220853&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GPS&asid=a9356b02|title=Dvorak on Typing 1.0; Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 2.0|magazine=Macworld|archivedate=March 20, 2025|date=June 1993|accessdate=April 3, 2025|via=Gale Research|url-status=live}}
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The New York Times said "Dvorak on Typing is an entertaining and handsome program designed for both beginners and intermediate and advanced typists".
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