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I'd be curious to know your actual typing speed. Maybe you're not that slow? Under 30 WPM, learning touch-typing should be a top priority. (Use Dvorak if you t
by loup-vaillant 16y ago
I'd be curious to know your actual typing speed. Maybe you're not that slow?
Under 30 WPM, learning touch-typing should be a top priority. (Use Dvorak if you type mainly in English, it's 4 times as fast to learn than Qwerty.) Not having to lower your eyes and your head any more is so much more comfortable that it quickly becomes addictive. Of course, you will be slow at first, but you can get your speed back in two weeks (maybe even faster if you choose a Dvorak layout).
50 WPM (my speed, getting better over time) feels pretty comfortable, though Id' like to type a bit faster. If you hunt-and peck at that speed, touch typing will only buy you the comfort, but even that may be worth it.
90WPM is the speed of speech. Any faster is for contests.
- kragen 16y ago90WPM is the speed of speech. Any faster is for contests. Speech speeds for speeches and books on tape, where the listener can't interrupt and ask you to repeat, are typically around 150WPM http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/aug00.asp http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/aug00.asp but normal conversation is up around 170-280WPM http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003423.html http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003423.h... and court reporters need to be able to transcribe speech at over 180wpm and typically 200wpm http://www.thehighschoolgraduate.com/editorial/DF/courtreporting.htm http://www.thehighschoolgraduate.com/editorial/DF/courtrepor... . Try reading aloud something you're typing as you're typing it. You'll find that 90wpm is very slow speech. The only reason speeds like 50wpm and 90wpm can feel comfortable is that the actual process of typing is distracting enough that we don't have time to get bored.q
- loup-vaillant 16y agoOK, thanks for the correction.