Do you type words or letters?

How fast are you?

Published on August 13, 2006 By Question of the Day In Misc

I've read that the key to increasing your keyboarding speed is to type words not letters. I'm working on it but it's hard. It seems like instead of reversing a few letters I type a completely wrong word, which I think is worse.

I took a test here Link

Here are my results:

Test Name: Strategic Alliances with Competitors
Gross Speed 68 WPM
Errors 30 words
Net speed 58 wpm

How about you?

Comments (Page 1)

foreverserenity

on Aug 13, 2006

The link might be lost. Nothing happens.

Dr Guy

on Aug 13, 2006

The link might be lost. Nothing happens.

The link has to be cut and pasted, but it is so slow, I just killed it.

Question of the Day

on Aug 13, 2006

Ooops! I just fixed it. I think it's working now.

Ionolast

on Aug 13, 2006

This is getting lame.

Zoologist03

on Aug 13, 2006

- Test Name: Fishing in Finland
- Gross Speed: 54 WPM
- Errors: 2
- NET SPEED: 53 WPM

I may not be extremely fast...but damnit, I'm going to get it right.

~Zoo

KellyW0498

on Aug 13, 2006

I'm unable to do it because of something technical, but I know I type words unless it is a word I am not familiar with.

cactoblasta

on Aug 13, 2006

No idea - I just type what's on the screen, one letter after the other. My results anyway were:

Test Name: Tigers in the Wild
gross speed: 79wpm
errors: 3 words
net speed: 76wpm
accuracy: 96%

But I used to work doing transcription, so I needed a high typing speed and accuracy just to do my job.

Draginol

on Aug 14, 2006

Test name: Strategic Alliances

Gross Speed: 126 WPM

Errors: 16 Words

Net Speed: 110 WPM

Accuracy: 87%

crimson

on Aug 14, 2006

Test name: Strategic Alliances

Gross Speed: 59WPM

Errors: 0 Words

Net Speed: 59 WPM

Accuracy: 100%

KarmaGirl

on Aug 14, 2006

Gross Speed 62WPM
Errors: 0 Words
Net Speed: 62WPM
Accuracy: 100%

Hmmm...I thought that I typed faster than that. I guess I suck at touch typing or something (I don't typically type something that I'm reading)

Question of the Day

on Aug 14, 2006

Test name: Strategic Alliances
Gross Speed: 126 WPM
Errors: 16 Words
Net Speed: 110 WPM
Accuracy: 87%

Draginol,

Awsome, do you have any tips for me on increasing my speed?

thanks.

crimson

on Aug 14, 2006

Hmmm...I thought that I typed faster than that. I guess I suck at touch typing or something (I don't typically type something that I'm reading

I know that I type faster on different computers. For instance, my sister has one of those desks that has the folding tray and wooden chair. It's so uncomfortable. But at home and at work, with the adjustable seating, it really makes a difference.

MasonM

on Aug 14, 2006

Gross Speed 500WPM
Errors: 0 Words
Net Speed: 500WPM
Accuracy: 100%

Draginol

on Aug 15, 2006

No tips really. I just have long skinny fingers and have been typing pretty much every day since 7th grade.

Prestophobia

on Aug 17, 2006

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