I've never used dictation. Have you never learned to touch type? You're taught to learn the layout of the keyboard.

I learn to touch type when I was 10 and for some keys such as enter and F J keys I put bumpons on on my laptop, on my phone are use voice-over

touch typing like you learned in JR high. That's really it.

You used to be able to get a little voice box ( size of pack of cigarettes) you could plug into any keyboard and it would tell you what letter you were pressing including alt / combos etc it was portable ram on a 9v battery and had head phone jack. last time I saw one they had 8 different languages but that was 15 to 20 years ago the foundation for the blind had them in New Zealand so you could practice anywhere and did not need a computer.

I learned touch typing in seventh grade after I started using computers regularly, I still had some vision then, but no screen reader or anything was involved, I’ve just learned to look at the screen but I was typing, into thousand 11 when I lost my site completely I taught myself the Devorah keyboard layout because I was bored and I knew that would help with my carpal tunnel. Are used a screen reader at that time since I no longer had my side, and I had an echo each character that I type which helped. It took two months to become proficient, and there was a one week. Where I could not type in either QWERTY or Dvorak.

I can't type in QWERTY anymore now on a normal keyboard, phone is another matter.

I have never used speech to text software to type and type about 70 wpm.

Also yes for me the switch to dvorak helped my wrist problems.

Most do, dictation is really bad.

A lot of people learn how to touch type. If you look at your own keyboard, I'm willing to bet there is a little bump on the F and the J buttons. Those help orient people (not just blind people, but a lot of people) on where to put their index fingers to touch type.

I started learning how to type when I was blind. I just memorize the letters on my phone and, applied it to a physical keyboard.

With our fingers if we habe them.

I lost my sight when I was 14 years old. I learned to touch type over the next year give or take. My teacher would give me exercises to type and she would look on the screen and point out mistakes. I wasn't allowed to use my screen reader for this as she was forcing me to commit the layout of the keyboard to memory. It was torture but you know what? It worked.

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