Very random question, but how fast can you type?

[Nicola]

<------ doesn't see the point of using the right hand shift button when there is a perfectly good one on the left

I don't ever use the right sided Shift button.

 

[LaBaze]

I can type fairly fast but ive never timed myself, ever since ive stopped playing a RP Game called WOW, I cant type quite as fast but i have to watch my fingers or i make a lot of mistakes.

 

[Fierlin1182]

When I try to use the left hand shift button for : , I usually find myself typing ; because I let go too soon.

The weird ways of our brains.

 

[Desirai]

I actually had to take a typing test for a recent job interview, and I scored 87 wpm with 98% accuracy.

 

[Fierlin1182]

That's not bad. I can usually type faster than I get for those tests if I don't have to read a paragraph and type at the same time.

 

[mom'sfolly]

I got a mercy C- in my typing class many years ago...I'm afraid to take the test. My fingers are dyslexic, I type think the keys for the right hand are on the left side, and vis versa. It makes for slow typing and lots of errors.

When I typed lots, I did about 35 wpm. My husband's freakishly fast typing got my papers typed back when we were dating.

 

[zzGypsy]

65 WPM with gusts up to 80...
probably be considered 80 WPM if I didn't spend a little of that untyping and fixing errors

instant spell check in programs like Word has improved my typing accuracy quite a bit... and my spelling somewhat. nothing like immediate feedback to help you improve your skills.

 

[Fierlin1182]

I heard that once in a joke, a girl applying for a job at the meteorology place.
"Typing speed: 55 WPM, with occasional gusts up to 65WPM."

 

[mom'sfolly]

I just took the tests, my scores were anywhere from 25 to 45 wpm. It depended on the ease of spelling, and the amount of punctuation. Most of the typing I've done for work has very simple punctuation; no quotes, no dashes, no underlining. Scientific SOPs don't often need those types of punctuation, and most of the rest of the typing has been pretty basic.

 

[Fierlin1182]

I reckon I type better with punctuation. Things look weird if there isn't a comma, full stop or smiley located somewhere.