how fast can you type? how did you learn? (2 Viewers)

_dhj_

-_-
Joined
Sep 2, 2005
Messages
1,562
Location
Sydney
Gender
Male
HSC
2005
learnt touch typing in year 4 :cool:

though I don't know how fast I'm right now... prolly 60+
 

Collin

Active Member
Joined
Jun 17, 2003
Messages
5,084
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
I can type upto 80wpm at about 80-90%, but I don't use the correct touch-type method. My fingers initiate on the correct ASDF JKL; position, but as soon as I start typing, my right hand slides one-key across such that I type keys like O, L and ; all with my middle finger. Very bad habit that's developed over the years - if I kick my right hand into line then my wpm would probably dip down into the 50-60 wpm range, but with higher accuracy.
 

Steam

New Member
Joined
Sep 17, 2009
Messages
24
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
I got 102 words a minute on typingtest.com
 

Steam

New Member
Joined
Sep 17, 2009
Messages
24
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
N/A
I type faster now thanks to Counter-Strike ...
I play cs and it made my typing really inaccurate lol.

I used to play rooooonscape which made me a fast typer.
Also in year 3 i used this ancient software on a mac called "TTTAPS"
 

Uncle

Banned
Joined
Feb 5, 2009
Messages
3,265
Location
Retirement Village of Alaska
Gender
Male
HSC
2007
I play cs and it made my typing really inaccurate lol.

I used to play rooooonscape which made me a fast typer.
Also in year 3 i used this ancient software on a mac called "TTTAPS"
nice thread bump moron.

p.s. runescape is a shit game along its kin of world of warcraft and other mmorpg
 

Omie Jay

gone
Joined
Nov 8, 2006
Messages
6,673
Location
in my own pants
Gender
Female
HSC
2007
when we got our first computer (2000, i was in yr5) it came with a free typing program, Typingmaster.
Mum made me practice it every weekend, eventually i did it because it was fun.

Now i can type at around 60-70 wpm without looking at the keyboard.
 

lala2

Banned
Joined
Aug 23, 2004
Messages
2,790
Location
Sydney
Gender
Female
HSC
2005
Epic bump much? I can't believe I was on this board three years ago!
 

youngminii

Banned
Joined
Feb 13, 2008
Messages
2,083
Gender
Male
HSC
2009

Aquawhite

Retiring
Joined
Jul 14, 2008
Messages
4,946
Location
Gold Coast
Gender
Male
HSC
2010
Uni Grad
2013
Woah. That's insanely fast!!! You should request to do your HSC on the computer for that speed. I can type a little faster than I can type as well, but I'm only up to about 60-65 wpm at the moment. I could type faster when I was younger.... I don't know what happened.
 

klaris

Member
Joined
Mar 23, 2009
Messages
966
Gender
Female
HSC
2011
I learnt to type when I was around ten and they had just gotten computers at school and we had just got a pc. I liked to make up stories but I hated writing them down as it made my fingers sore so I taught myself how to type. To this day I still have a very unorthodox way of typing and I don't do it in any 'traditional' way with 'home keys' and touch typing or anything. I can type fast without looking and most people's jaw literally drop when I'm on the school's pc's or in a public library usually followed by a "I didn't know anyone could ever type that fast!"

In constrast, when I first took IT and we had to type a lotta stuff up my teacher would simutaneously be amazed and cringe at how I type.
 

Omie Jay

gone
Joined
Nov 8, 2006
Messages
6,673
Location
in my own pants
Gender
Female
HSC
2007
Oh man I haven't tested my typing speed in ages!

Okay so I just did a typing test on FreeTypingGame.net - Free typing games online, fun and lesson based keyboarding games including home row! and I got 138wpm (no mistakes, touch typing), although I do recall being faster before.. Maybe I'll do a few more and see how fast I can get
Damn I was really enjoying the story that I was typing

Hoorah for years of online addiction
i did the free typing test, i got 95 wpm with 2 errors, so my calculated speed is 85wpm (i did #26 classic tales, 1 min test).
 

Aquawhite

Retiring
Joined
Jul 14, 2008
Messages
4,946
Location
Gold Coast
Gender
Male
HSC
2010
Uni Grad
2013
I learnt to type when I was around ten and they had just gotten computers at school and we had just got a pc. I liked to make up stories but I hated writing them down as it made my fingers sore so I taught myself how to type. To this day I still have a very unorthodox way of typing and I don't do it in any 'traditional' way with 'home keys' and touch typing or anything. I can type fast without looking and most people's jaw literally drop when I'm on the school's pc's or in a public library usually followed by a "I didn't know anyone could ever type that fast!"

In constrast, when I first took IT and we had to type a lotta stuff up my teacher would simutaneously be amazed and cringe at how I type.
Well, show us. Do the test.

i did the free typing test, i got 95 wpm with 2 errors, so my calculated speed is 85wpm (i did #26 classic tales, 1 min test).
You and youngminii are inhumane. I have only ever really gotten up to 80wpm and that was crazy typing.
 

youngminii

Banned
Joined
Feb 13, 2008
Messages
2,083
Gender
Male
HSC
2009
Tbh I never considered myself fast, I just considered everyone else to be slow.
If that makes sense :confused:
I dunno, we had a computer as far back as I can remember (I saw a video of me when I was 3 and I was playing a drawing game on the computer with my brother lol) so I was always fast in my memory

I learnt to touch type before my school began to teach us typing :haha:
 

Aquawhite

Retiring
Joined
Jul 14, 2008
Messages
4,946
Location
Gold Coast
Gender
Male
HSC
2010
Uni Grad
2013
Looking at the keyboard makes it slower for me some days. I can't see the keyboard now because of the queer lighting scene I've got happening at my friends' place.
 

youngminii

Banned
Joined
Feb 13, 2008
Messages
2,083
Gender
Male
HSC
2009
Nah man, looking at the keyboard makes you slower as you learn to type faster. Especially in typing tests where you're copying words off the screen.
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 2)

Top