Fact · Typing and writing speed
The Dvorak layout's designers claim that keeping more strokes on the home row means fewer finger movements, allowing a typist to type faster, more accurately and with less strain on the hand and fingers.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“allowing a typist to type faster, more accurately, and with less strain to the hand and fingers”
Dvorak keyboard layout (Wikipedia), Wikipedia, 2026, Design section.
Open the original- What it measures
- The article attributes the claim to the design of the layout, and it sits beside the 70 percent home-row figure.
- What it does not show
- A design claim, not a measured result. The same article quotes economists who found little or no advantage in the best-documented experiments.