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Title: What's your typing speed
Post by: 876543219 on September 16, 2009, 06:34:03 PM
What's your typing speed

how did you learn to type



http://www.freetypinggame.net/play4.asp?lesson=26&time=1&AGo1=Start+Test

I keep scoring between 60 and 70 on the one minute test 
I don't think this test is very accurate to your real typing speed i scored alot lower on the other tests)  ( tests numbered 27 28 29 30 i scored between 45 and 50 wpm

Some body told me to keep typing
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy sleeping dog

because it would help me remember were all the keys are

Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: computeruler on September 16, 2009, 06:46:15 PM
56
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 16, 2009, 06:50:44 PM
56

OK, and without errors would be?


I'm not sure exactly what my speed is, it varies. depends entirely upon what I'm typing. It's usually thinking up what to type next that is the bottleneck, not the typing itself. All my typing was learned programming, so I also have well memorized all the symbols as well, even though they are less oft used, as well as the use of the hole/End/Pgup/Pagedown keys, which I use liberally to navigate my code.
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on September 16, 2009, 06:53:32 PM
90+
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: computeruler on September 16, 2009, 06:54:37 PM
I had a lot of errors, but I deleted them all.  I really want to see bc take that test and see what he gets, with all the stuff he posts.  And really, im a lot faster at typing stuff as I think of it, rather then typing stuff like that.  
Oh and I learned to type by just typing a lot.  I just got 461 with 2193 errors lool
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: 876543219 on September 16, 2009, 06:57:00 PM
if you miss spell something you take a penalty it's about 5 words per minute lower score for a miss spelled word
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 16, 2009, 06:59:01 PM
69 WPM 0 errors.
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: computeruler on September 16, 2009, 06:59:54 PM
 :rofl:
not the laughing at it because I think its slow or anything...
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: spacemanspiff92 on September 16, 2009, 07:00:27 PM
103 :)
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 16, 2009, 07:00:54 PM
it felt slow to me. I can type code faster then shoemaker stories. heh
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: patio on September 16, 2009, 07:02:05 PM
A solid 27....very few errorz
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 16, 2009, 07:02:53 PM
heh, I just noticed that half my keycaps have the letters worn off.
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: computeruler on September 16, 2009, 07:04:27 PM
Me too.  Like today in c++ class we made a mad libs type thing.  My story was about cheesewheels driving minivans and taking over canada.  I was typing the story a lot faster then that.  On on here for example, I know I can type more then 57 wpm.  The asd and part of the w key are worn off for me.  Oh and shift and control and somewhat tab.  From gaming. 
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: 876543219 on September 17, 2009, 12:02:38 AM
found this at wekipedia

In one study of average computer users, the average rate for transcription was 33 words per minute, and only 19 words per minute for composition.[1] In the same study, when the group was divided into "fast", "moderate" and "slow" groups, the average speeds were 40wpm, 35wpm, and 23wpm respectively. Two-finger typists, sometimes also referred to as "Search-and-Peck" typists can reach speeds of about 37wpm for memorized text, and 27wpm when copying text.[2]

An average typist reaches 50 to 70wpm, while some positions can require 80 to 95 (usually the minimum required for dispatch positions and other typing jobs), and some advanced typists work at speeds above 120. As of 2005[update], Barbara Blackburn is the fastest typist in the world, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. Using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, she has maintained 150 wpm for 50 minutes, 170 wpm for shorter periods of time, and has been clocked at a peak speed of 212 wpm. Blackburn failed her typing class in high school, first encountered the Dvorak keyboard in 1938, quickly learned to achieve very high speeds and occasionally toured giving speed-typing demonstrations during her secretarial career.

I can't even type at a 200 word per minute pace when i'm just typing random letters about 3 to 7 letters long
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 17, 2009, 09:21:42 AM
That's nice... but can she code?  :P
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: patio on September 17, 2009, 09:24:51 AM
Of course...she was a major contributor to WinME...
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: BC_Programmer on September 17, 2009, 09:54:44 AM
Ah, yes they had to hire her so they could rush that out the door in a relatively functional but unpolished state.

Rumour has it she tried to correct the capitalizations on all the functions, changing for example "GetTextExtentPointEx" to "Extended_get_text_extent_point" which caused major headaches for developers and ultimately resulting in her not having permissions to change existing code, only add to it. This was also partially responsible for the naming, as she would often exclaim "what about me" at developer meetings, yelling "Me" quite loudly, and the marketing department often ate lunch right outside that particular meeting room, so it stands to reason that while they were throwing their cafeteria food at the pidgeons and otherwise goofing off they heard her exclaim "Me" over and over again. At some point one of them decided to do some work to earn their 20K a year job and lo-and-behold it consisted entirely of simply finding an appropriate acronym for ME.
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: patio on September 17, 2009, 09:56:38 AM
And thus was born the Beast that some never survived...
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: 876543219 on September 18, 2009, 05:39:25 PM
56 was my lowest 72 was my highest after i take the like 5 times in a row my left hand pinky gets tired and i start making mistakes
i noticed i use it for q a z s and x and all the keys to the left of that like the cap lock shift and ctrl is that normal

last month when i took this test i  was only like 45  to 50 i started this thread mainly because i wanted to improve my typing any programs are things i could try that you would reccomend
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: soybean on September 18, 2009, 05:50:58 PM
On second try, I got 50 with 10 errors. I believe typing tutor software can be helpful to anyone seriously dedicated to improving their speed.  I can't vouch for any particular programs but might be something good at http://typingsoft.com/all_typing_tutors.htm
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: ThomasTheXPUser on September 19, 2009, 09:11:31 AM
Mine was 39 WPM with 0 errors  >:(
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: neelchauhan on September 22, 2009, 10:49:14 AM
I type from 55 to 65 words per minute. In MS word, I typed this:
Quote
Hi this is a test document I want to see my Words per minute this is a test I am a real typer and I am fast and speedy and this is a document I want to see what is real because this is a test I don’t care about orange thomgoe
I type in a strange way.
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: leejaedong on September 22, 2009, 12:45:01 PM
56 wpm. My fingers now hurt.  :-[
Title: Re: What's your typing speed
Post by: Two-eyes on September 22, 2009, 02:57:42 PM
31 with 3 error.  Never did learn how to type, I look at the keys when, I do.  But I know standard java commands, classes/methods and also classes/methods made by me by heart.  Wouldn't say i type fast during programming, though.  I just think ideas fast, but stop to think the actual code  ;D

And thus ends a part of my auto-biography... ::)

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