Arun Kumar

Keyboard King back with speed-typing magic

It’s bad enough that you run the risk of developing Repetitive Stress Injury Syndrome from using the computer keyboard.

But H.M. Arun Kumar plays, juggles, and experiments with the keyboard while many of us struggle to find the characters. He has mastered the art of cross-hand typing.

Claiming to be the first who can do this, Mr. Arun Kumar types the right hand-side keys with his left hand and vice-versa. Speed? He can type more than 200 characters a minute in this manner!

Demonstrating his skills before presspersons earlier this week in an attempt to secure an entry into the Limca Book of Records, he said: “Through this unique way, I am trying to create awareness on ailments related to computer use.”

The keyboard king already boasts of several records viz. for typing 600 characters per minute in
free-hand mode, typing 300 characters per minute in cross-hand mode, for training the art of typing just in 4 hours for normal, blind and deaf persons.

Jayanagar-based Arun Kumar, a Limca Book Record holder, is well known for devising techniques to work safer, smarter and faster, on the computer. Here are his tips on how you can prevent falling prey to Repetitive Stress Injury Syndrome:
• Do not bang hard on the keyboards
• Do not place all computer accessories on the work desk. Items like keyboard and mouse should be placed on the drawer.
• Cultivate touch typing system and do not look often at the keyboard while typing. When a computer user who does not know touch typing method types say, 100 characters per minute, he has to move his eyeball at least 200 times and puts more strain on the eye, and is also prone to pain in the neck and back. Often, many people wrongly blame the monitor for their pain.
• Keep a cushion pad for resting the wrist.
• Do not work non-stop and take a 20-second break every 20 minutes.
• Use of a revolving chair causes severe backache. Shift to an ordinary chair which has a stiff back.
• Wearing a wrist watch while typing also adds strain on the wrist.
• Keep a comfortable distance of 40 cm from the monitor.
• While typing the hands should not be in a tight or straight position. The hand should be bent in L shape, which makes the fingers to move faster.
• Children should not be allowed to use a computer if he/she is not good in typing.

Arun Kumar has also developed a unique model of furniture that is safer for computer users. Corporates and individuals may drop in to his office for a free demo/free safety guidelines program at Supersonic, No.546, 32nd Cross, 9th Main, 4th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore-11. Ph 22445995, 9880661589 email supersonicarun@yahoo.com.