Timed Typing Test
I recently wrote a post on my blog about a Speed Typing Test which ended up being pretty popular with my readers, so thought I’d share it with you here.
I’ve been using computers ever since I got my first in the form of a Sinclair Spectrum 128k +2 back when I was 7, however the one regret I have is that I still cannot properly touch type, but how good am I currently?
Given all the years that I’ve been using computers, it has meant that I can type fairly quickly at a decent speed through a combination of using 4-6 fingers at a time and semi-looking at the keyboard – I kind of know whereabouts the keys are, but if I don’t look down at the keyboard while typing, most of the time I will make mistakes. Now that I am blogging regularly, being able to get my thoughts into type as quickly as possible would be a real advantage for me.
This is the first time that I’ve used a timed typing test online to give me an idea of my typing speed, but from what I saw from my 55wpm results and those of others, given my limiting factors of not being able to touch type, I got a decent score that I’m quite impressed by.
Obviously, like many tests, this timed typing test included, it’s not going to be perfect, but it certainly gives a good indication how good you are and gives encouragement to put the time in to learning to touch type which you can do by going to 10 Fast Fingers.
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Pingback by Timed Typing Test on 23 April 2008:
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Comment by Mike Touch on 8 April 2008:
92 words per minute! Much faster than any other test I’ve done purely because of the lack of punctuation on it.
I’d recommend http://www.typingtest.com/ for a much more accurate reading
Comment by Zath on 7 April 2008:
I’m thinking I might try and dedicate a few minutes a day to learning to touch type, as well as trying to use it for instant messaging - I wonder if that would help to improve my typing ability.
Definitely a skill worth investing in still.
Comment by crowdstorm on 4 April 2008:
I got 45 words and no mistakes. Hmm as I spend all day at a computer I feel I should be better than this but hey! Best get practising…
Comment by Phil Benwell on 31 March 2008:
LOL you beat me I got 51 words per minute and 2 mistakes. Sounds like a very similar style though.
Comment by Prosperity Writer on 31 March 2008:
i managed to get 34 words per minute. maybe i need to practice more typing
Comment by Zath on 29 March 2008:
I’ve been averaging between 45-50 since doing it originally - arghhh, I’m becoming a worse typer!
Comment by Stanley on 29 March 2008:
I never knew how slow I could type until i took the test… I got 123 characters consisting of 25 correct words and no wrong words. Though, I was like looking at the keyboard most of the time! Beautiful one there!
Comment by Forest on 28 March 2008:
Woo hoo, I did 44. I think I was lucky.
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