How Fast Can You Type?

[mcgillianaire]

100% Accuracy is the Key. Post your results as a comment. Just curious how fast/slow-accurate I compare to my readers. :)

Comments

Re: I'm also a non-touch typist!

[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

You can't possibly type 83wpm and need to look at the keyboard.

I would do this test, but I am still quite handicapped by the French keyboards.

Re: I'm also a non-touch typist!

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

>You can't possibly type 83wpm and need to look at the keyboard.
By touch-type I meant I don't use the proper fingering. It's true I don't look at the keyboard but sometimes I do because I don't use the right fingering.

>but I am still quite handicapped by the French keyboards.
This is a fantastic reason to do it! C'mon Pirry, show us what you got.

Re: I'm also a non-touch typist!

[pappubahry.livejournal.com]

Gross speed 50wpm, accuracy 90%, corrected speed 45wpm.

Re: I'm also a non-touch typist!

[mcgillianaire.livejournal.com]

That's bloody impressive for less than a week's worth of acclimatization. I suspect you'd screw up the Ws, Zs and Ms. I envy the fact that you have a pound symbol on your keypad. Do you have any clue how I can create a simpler shortcut to type it without going through Character Map (which I can't work because I don't have the numeric keypad on my lappy)?

Re: I'm also a non-touch typist!

[mrputter.livejournal.com]

> how I can create a simpler shortcut

My "solution" for #$&^*@!!!ing laptop keyboards is to have a text file with a few symbols in it that I use often but are otherwise not-easily-typable. I then stick a shortcut to that text file the the start menu, and assign it a shortcut (Shift-Alt-E in my case, but obviously you can change to whatever suits you). So if I need to type one of those symbols, I Shift-Alt-E, arrow-keys-to-select-letter, Ctrl-C to copy it, Alt-F4 to close the notepad window and Ctrl-V to paste it; rarely takes more than a second or so.

I've idly thought about writing a program (to replace the text file) that when it comes up gives me a menu so I only have to hit a single key (e.g.: A - ¢, B - £, D - ©, etc...) and the window is closed with the appropriate letter placed in the copy/paste buffer automatically, saving me most of the keystrokes. However I don't use Windows enough (only at AWA) to really need it that much. It wouldn't take me long, though; let me know if you'd find something like that useful...


(of course, if anyone else out there has a better workaround, I'm all ears)