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Comment by Laura Renke on December 23, 2013 at 15:35

I write with mine on my lap, and that's very comfortable for me.  I know other reporters who like the little lap desk you can get from Pengad.  I had a tripod at one point but sold it because I never used it.

How was your translation today?  Make sure you tweak the keys that were consistently off.

Comment by Kelli Combs (admin) on December 23, 2013 at 15:04

I'm just curious how everyone uses their LS.  I tried it on my lap today, and I got pretty uncomfortable after about an hour.  My back started to hurt.

Do you use it on a tripod?  Do you use it on your lap?

Comment by Kelli Combs (admin) on December 23, 2013 at 7:14

I'm taking the LS out today for the first time.  I have a interpreter depo, so it probably won't be all that bad.

Comment by Kelli Combs (admin) on December 23, 2013 at 7:14

Is anyone using Mark Kingsbury's settings?  I know I spelled his name wrong here.

Comment by Janet on December 22, 2013 at 10:32

well I got my light speed and so far so good.  I reset my settings to their default values and will tweak my settings from there.  Definitely have to get used to the feel.  But so far so good.  I like the feel, the light weight, small size.

Comment by Kelli Combs (admin) on December 22, 2013 at 8:39

Thanks, Laura.  It's tough when my writing has gone to the dogs.  I have an interpreter depo tomorrow, so am hoping that shoule be easy enough not to mess up too bad.

Comment by Laura Renke on December 22, 2013 at 8:23

I had trouble with my O key at first and had it down to 25 at one point.  I have it at 75 now and it's fine; I rarely miss it anymore.  You could try putting a key pad on those two keys if it doesn't improve with practice, but give yourself a little time.  Just being aware that you have a tendency to miss those two keys will help, and your hands and wrists are in a different position (in a good way!) with the vowel keys on the same level as the rest of the keyboard.  It will improve.

Comment by Kelli Combs (admin) on December 21, 2013 at 8:39

Thanks, Laura

That's great advice.  I've been practicing for two days on it.  I asked my office for an easy job for Monday - the calendar girl was shocked - so I'm going on a interpreter depo to try to take a job with it.  Those are slow, so sounded perfect.  I notice my E and O keys don't show up all the time and I've adjusted them to 78 and still they don't always register, sort of frustrating.

Comment by Laura Renke on December 21, 2013 at 5:51

Good for you, Kelli!  It's really important at the beginning that after you write a bit, you look carefully at what you wrote.  Look for keys consistently being dragged in or dropped, adjust those keys a bit (lower number=more sensitive; higher number=less sensitive), write some more, and repeat the process.  You'll see a big improvement quickly if you do this.

Make sure you're saving your key settings files incrementally with dates so that if something you try isn't good, you can restore the previous key settings and not have to start over from scratch.  If you don't give the settings file a name when you save it, the new one will just overwrite the old one.

Comment by Kelli Combs (admin) on December 20, 2013 at 19:00

I just bought a new LS.  Been practicing for two days.  This is doable but my writing is not even close to how well I was writing with the Diamante.  We'll see....

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