Locating the lowercase letters in sticks 6 and 7 caused the characters to differ in bit pattern from the upper case by a single bit, which simplified case-insensitive character matching and the construction of keyboards and printers.
loʊkˈeɪɾɪŋ ðə lˈoʊɚkˌeɪs lˈɛɾɚz ɪn stˈɪks sˈɪks ænd sˈɛvən kˈɔːzd ðə kˈæɹɪktɚz tə dˈɪfɚɹ ɪn bˈɪt pˈætɚn fɹʌmðɪ ˌʌpɚ kˈeɪs baɪ ɐ sˈɪŋɡəl bˈɪt, wˌɪtʃ sˈɪmplᵻfˌaɪd kˈeɪsɪnsˈɛnsᵻtˌɪv kˈæɹɪktɚ mˈætʃɪŋ ænd ðə kənstɹˈʌkʃən ʌv kˈiːboːɹdz ænd pɹˈɪntɚz.