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One Million Dollars for America's Typists

KeyRight USA of Mountain View, California has established a contest aimed at improving the nation's keyboard literacy. And they are offering up to $1,000,000 in cash, prizes and educational scholarships to individuals, students, school teams and corporate teams who participate in this nationwide competition.

Jerome Whitcroft, inventor of the Look & Learn keyboard, revealed that, "There are over 130 million PC users in the US that can't type properly, including scores of millions of children that will never have the opportunity to learn this basic skill. Over 85% of all PC users have deficient keyboard skills, resulting in learning difficulties, reduced productivity and keyboard-related injuries. And, according to Professor Dorothy Rice, National Center for Health Statistics, '...this costs the US economy more than $48 billion per annum.' It's a problem of epidemic proportions."

Mr. Whitcroft adds, "There is a very simple, low-cost solution, the Look & Learn Keyboard, and it is gaining wide acceptance from school teachers, individuals and business owners and corporations right across America. Teachers and business people know that typing is an essential life skill and that it is fundamental to computer literacy "it's crucial in this IT age." Mr. Whitcroft cited independent research showing that the Look & Learn Keyboard accelerates learning and improves existing keyboard skills of children and adults.

Jill Kaplan, the Director of Technology at the Village Community School, New York, agrees, "The KeyRight Keyboards are a hit! The teachers and students both love them and feel that it has made learning to touch type much easier."

KeyRight's, America's Fastest Typist contest is open to everyone . It will have local, regional, state and national "on-line" qualifying heats culminating in national fame for individuals and school and corporate teams in a televised final to be staged in Las Vegas in June, next year. Age "related and proficiency -level divisions mean that just about anybody will have an opportunity to improve their skills and compete to win their, or their team's, division.

For more information about how you can be one of America's Fastest Typists and sponsorship opportunites, click on this link : [http://www.AmericasFastestTypist.com]

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