“Lets have a typing speed contest,” he mocks as he hops up from the couch. He’d just waited out my painfully long hunt-and-peck session to type out the title of this post.
[I start a timer.]
Why is he mocking me? Because I am about fifty words into using the Dvorak keyboard layout. It is designed for more efficient and healthy computer typing. (Apparently, the traditional design was for typewriters.) I figured that, as much as I use my hands, I need to take good care of them.
The “A” and numbers are the only symbol keys that haven’t moved; and I am having a really hard time remembering where the “K” is.
[Entering the Dvorak link in the post up there.]
124 words so far plus the link in 11 mins, 54 secs = 10+ words per minute.
I used to type 62 wpm… 72 on a good day.
How fast can you type? Test it HERE.
and from experience…do not confuse the K for the L when typing the word “beautiful”.
im a terrible typer.
no need to take a test to confirm that.
but i took it anyways.
http://www.typingtest.com/testdone.asp?acc=95&nwpm=42&gwpm=44&ncpm=210&gcpm=220&dur=60&time=60&chksum=19963&unit=wpm&kh=54&td=&err=2&hits=220
ah yeah – gotta watch that K (! found it!!)
& are you typing out your book?
yes! why would i actually handwrite it? that would be painful.
just thinting you may be able to write faster than you type!
k – dangit
I have written two full length books by hand.
(Although I had them both typed before I edited them.)
i took it 3 times and averaged about 84wpm. i wanna try that dvorak layout! would probably take me forever to get used to it…
you are my typing hero!! (as drew laughs over my shoulder at my typing…)
I use to do 65 wpm – now that i have Parkinson’s disease I have to use my left hand only. My right hand shakes so bad that I have to keep it even off the shift key. It took me three minutes to type just these two lines.
This makes your comments so much more special, papa…
Thanks! (took just a couple of seconds! Ha!)
43 WPM … I correct my mistakes pretty quickly, but I get a lot of them when typing very quickly7
okay…I am such a sucker for typing and typing games–I used to (still do randomly) play typershark for hours. I don’t know how many times I did this one, but the highest I got so far was 92…so want that elusive 100
I would definitely love to try out that keyboard! sounds like fun 
i wouldn’t call it fun right now! I feel like I’m in high school typing again…
50 words (adjusted)
I am slipping. Although I was never as good at doing on screen tests. I used to be able to make 65-70 typing without a script. (ie from dictation or memory)
These fins are jsut too short to make it any higher.
Maybe there’s a fin-friendly keyboard out there!
that keyboard makes my head hurt!!! There is no way I’d be able to reprogram my brain for that. no way! LOL! It’d get thrown through a window.
I read about WHY there is a keyboard like that, but I still don’t get it. hmph.
I’m getting better! prob just under 20wpm now
that would frustrate me to no end!
actually, that is how I feel texting. I HATE texting and my phone dooesn’t have a keyboard, so I’m clicking on one number 3x to get a freaking letter down. haha!
ugh! Here were my results…. http://www.typingtest.com/testdone.asp?acc=97&nwpm=70&gwpm=72&ncpm=351&gcpm=361&dur=60&time=60&chksum=34060&unit=wpm&kh=52&td=&err=2&hits=361
The lame thing is that I type faster when I’m THINKING of what I want, as opposed to having to READ what I need to type. ha!
wow! you’re good
Funny!! That speed is crazy good!
thanks for the fun challenge. Tried it twice, got 64 and 70 wpm. I like the concept of the Dvorak layout, but don’t think I would have the time to invest in relearning how to type.
Yeah. Everything is SLOWWWWWWW now!!
p.s. whenever I see your avatar, I instantly think you’re filing your nails. ha!
More like playing my guitar LOL
yeah I figured that out, but my brain automatically thinks “filing her nails” ha!
I do this for a living in part and I still don’t type very fast.
Here are my results:
http://www.typingtest.com/testdone.asp?acc=96&nwpm=49&gwpm=51&ncpm=245&gcpm=255&dur=60&time=60&chksum=23533&unit=wpm&kh=61&td=&err=2&hits=260
This is actually a do-over ‘cuz I stunk it up on a previous one – got 34 wpm after errors. Oh well. Glad I’m not measured on this standard alone.
huh. I would’ve expected more!
1-minute, Astronaut test …. 81 wpm
dang!!!
im a fast typer. been a computer user since i was little, and had those practice typing programs early on. i think i average 70ish. 65 if there are too many big words. typing tests stress me out…so i don’t want to do it right now. i don’t even need to look at the keys except for the bottom row rare letters once in a while, and to make sure i’m on homebase…
Homebase? that’s what the little dots are for on the two keys!