howfast dop you type/?

I can reach speeds of 100. I'm officially clocked at 95, but typically come in around 80.

I just wish I could compose and write that fast.

I can probably do a 100 with less accuracy. I think my official score is about 70 with 100% accuracy.

My husband tried timing me the other night but it was so distracting (one...two...three...wow...that's...fast...seven...) I had to stop. I type faster in email when I actually know what I want to say.

I have no official time on record.

last officialy tested, which includes accuracy in the score - I type about 70 wpm. that's no typos.

if I wasn't being tested and not worried about typos, it would be much faster.

I clock in officially (as Stew said) at 70wpm.

Unfortunately, I never learned how to "type." I was in that generation where they were phasing out typing classes because the computer was on the horizon (or maybe it was just my funding-strapped high school not wanting to spring for new typewriters). So I made up my own thing, which involves looking at the keyboard much more often than real "typing," and my hands and fingers are all over the place. I'm pretty quick at it though. And deadly accurate.

around 70 now - have been as high as 90

RLB, I am also self-taught, although I no longer have to look at the keyboard. Apparently I don't use the "correct" keys, though. When my mom sees me type she always says, "That is SO weird."

Although the reason I had to teach myself to type wasn't because we didn't have it in high school... I was just on the computer all the time way before that.

about 80.

Officially, 126. Unofficially, depends on how accurate you would like me to be. +

Remember Johnny in Airplane? I wish I could type like that.

Ok story time...

So one time, I was testing at a staffing agency my accuracy and speed on the keyboard.

The F and J keys didn't have those little bumps on them so you're fingers knew where to be....Somehow, my fingers got on the wrong keys and I typed the entire document, twice I think in the alotted time completely in code. However, the woman told me that she could tell by the spelling of the words I'd typed that had my fingers been on the right keys, I would have scored a 100% (or really really close to that).

I was like, daaaaaaaaaaaaaaayum. I'm good. lol.

jennifer75 said:

The F and J keys didn't have those little bumps on them so you're fingers knew where to be....

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There are bumpy keys?!

*checks laptop keyboard*

By George, you're right! How have I never noticed that before? I told you I was a no-wit when it came to typing.

ETA: My keys don't have "bumps" so much a single horizontal line at the bottom. Almost imperceptable, really.

Officially, 85 wpm.

I was taught how to type in school, but I didn't start to get really fast until I got addicted to the internet. Most of the other kids in my school can't type at all. Every time I go into the library, the librarians comment on how fast I am. It makes me giggle.

I could never do 100 wpm. I think my fingers might explode.

RLB said:

There are bumpy keys?!

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Isn't it great!

ETA: My keys don't have "bumps" so much a single horizontal line at the bottom. Almost imperceptable, really.

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Yea, lines or bumps. I've had both. I currently have the little lines.


Jaws drop when I use 10Key. With a pen in hand. Toot toot.

Officially clocked at 85wpm.

My official time is 110 wpm without spelling errors.
Linnea

The first job I had was telex, many many years ago. I learned to make the teletype tape slightly faster than the outgoing machine's speed of 125 so I could feed it directly from my machine to the outgoing one.

However, if you add numbers into the mix the speed drops by half.

Haven't taken a test in awhile, but when I worked at CSD as a relay operator it was 112 wpm with 98% accuracy. Unfortunately, that meant I got all the conference calls. LoL.

Edit: Also self taught here. I taught myself to type by listening to music and typing along with the lyrics. I use the right keys, but it's just because it happened that way for some reason. I guess the right places just worked for me to type the fastest.

Hate to brag, but when I type, people stop what they're doing and stare! True! At school I was about 70 wpm with 100% accuracy. But that was a million years ago. I'll find a test and update. I'd be interested to know what I am now.

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KTC says he's the fastest typist in the entire world who's ever lived on earth. Then he mooned me (I could swear). How fast do you type? At my peak I was around 100, but now I'd be lucky to hit 75.

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KTC lies. I type the fastest, just look at my post count. Only the world's fastest typist can do that...

When on top of my game, probably 70-80wpm. With current broken arm, around 40wpm. When having to use shift with any of the number keys...I freeze like I've a gun to my head.

Lyx