How fast can you type?

[Zeke]

Real men don't type over 30 WPM

OK, most of you I assume grew up with the keyboard. First time I saw a computer in my house was back in the Trash 80 days and it never worked. It was for the kids anyway. Well, fast forward to the first computer I used regularly, it was '95. Man, that thing had 10 MB of storage. What a beast!

On the more serious side, I have some dyslexia. So, I'm probably at peak. But to think of the hours....

PS, one of the sites asked if one space or two after a period. In the old typewriter days, it was two.

[Moses]

22 WPM. NO errors. I type using my index fingers. I figure if I start using all 8, I'm good for 88.

[LakeCleElum]

Took 2 years of typing in high school and have been typing on a regular basis for 40 years....Accuracy is better if sober!!!!!!

[RANDY P]

over 80wpm- accurately, and 10 key too. Id get all the job offers if I wore a skirt.

[rammstein]

Originally Posted by masraum

2 minutes, gross 57, net 54. I use the Dvorak keyboard layout, and this keyboard.

Really? I have considered the Dvorak layout, but I would need to know something- does it screw your ability to use a qwerty when you are away from yoru own pc? I am just scared that if I got started with a Dvorak I would be messed up for life... tell us more.

[the]

That was pretty interesting!

I got 72 wpm, 97% accuracy. Sure seemed like I was typing fast! I thought it would be higher.

[Laneco]

Oh wow FINALLY I've found something I can do better than you guys (well except for breastfeed, but some of you might do that and not mention it...).

Last test given, with witnesses, 105, 107 and 115 wpm with less than 1 error per minute. Unfortuantely for them, they made the mistake of giving me the same test the 2nd and 3rd time because they thought I was "cheating."

How the heck can you "cheat" on a typing test? That was on an IBM selectric, I'm faster on a standard computer keyboard.

Especially faster when I'm on pis$ed about something!

Now if I could just learn to DRIVE FAST!!!

angela

[Moses]

Originally Posted by Laneco

Oh wow FINALLY I've found something I can do better than you guys (well except for breastfeed, but some of you might do that and not mention it...).

Last test given, with witnesses, 105, 107 and 115 wpm with less than 1 error per minute. Unfortuantely for them, they made the mistake of giving me the same test the 2nd and 3rd time because they thought I was "cheating."

How the heck can you "cheat" on a typing test? That was on an IBM selectric, I'm faster on a standard computer keyboard.

Especially faster when I'm on pis$ed about something!

Now if I could just learn to DRIVE FAST!!!

angela

That's not human...

[the]

That's nuts! Esp. on a typewriter!

[johndglynn]

Originally Posted by Gogar

I'm good for about 85-90 wpm. I just went to www.typingtest.com and did 2 minutes, and got 97 wpm but my accuracy was only 86%.

Anyone above 35/40 is fast compared to me, I have been meaning to learn how to touch type properly for ages. I just downloaded the trial version of that software and looks good, will give it a shot.

[David]

My mom always pushed me to take a typing class, but I didn't. I received one degree and was half way through a second degree before I decided it was time. I downloaded a free typing space invaders game and practiced when I got a chance at an engineering COOP job I had.

I'm not fast by any means, but my retired executive secretary mother is happy that I've learned.

[jyl]

i get about 50 wpm bit I make so many mistkaes that my net scroe is baout zero.

[jyl]

I get about 50 wpm but I make so many mistakes than my net score is about zero

[jyl]

I get about 50 wpm but I make so many mistakes that my net score is about zero.

[jyl]

But if I typed the sme thing over and over agina I would apparently do much better

[m21sniper]

<--- Perhaps the fastest pick and puncher on earth.

[billybek]

37 and no errors...
I had to find a test without much punctuation though.. I was good for 70 wam on a manual typewriter at one point in time.
I took two typing classes in high school. The students were generally much more attractive than in my welding classes!

[jyl]

On a tangent, I believe more and more documents now are "written" using dictation software. The software works well, and I can find no other explanation for how frequently I see homophone errors. Meaning words that sound the same but are spelled differently, like "deer" and "dear", "there" and "their", "reign" and "rein", "sight" and "cite", etc.

[Joeaksa]

Last time I was tested was 60-70 WPM.

Am very lucky here. In my 3rd grade the teacher insisted that everyone learn to type without looking at the keys. On an old Royal typewriter with masking tape on the keys, we all punched away but finally passed.

I thank that teacher every day for what she taught me, as working both with a typewriter and computer keyboard is a joy these days while others "hunt and peck" wasting hours trying to get a letter or email out. She really changed my life...