I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too :D
I can; but, while we had Mario Teaches Typing in school, I absolutely hated the cognitive effort and preferred to Hunt and Peck.
I love computers, though, so my brain eventually memorized the keyboard just from constant use; now I generally type without looking (with a pretty average 44 WpM) but primarily just use my index fingers to do so.
Is 44wpm average? I thought more like 60-80 was average, but maybe my impression is off because of being somewhat active in mechanical keyboard groups
Heh, it might; granted, I’d just done a cursory glance since I was at work, at the time, but, taking a further look, it seems that 40 WpM is average with 50s and 60s being above average.
Granted, that include people who aren’t touch typists so that might bring the numbers down.
I also tried retaking a typing test again as, the first time, I’d done one that was only a minute (again, being at work); I did another random one and got 66 WpM and another one that was 5 minutes and got 61 WpM. So I also seemed to undersell myself in that first comment, it looks like.
Yes, I love typing and do it quickly. I guess I prefer QWERTY but only because that’s the one I learned on and got good at. I hate keys that are too flat, like laptops and some office keyboards trying too hard to look streamlined.
When I’m thinking of how to spell a word, in my mind’s eye I see it being typed out and that’s how I find the correct spelling.
Yes and yes.
Yes, QWERTY at 110wpm with standard left hand and only using index and middle fingers on my right hand, on my Wooting 80HE.
Yes, I touch-type, and use a kinesis advantage keyboard that makes touch typing “almost unavoidable” (as one blogger wrote). I also use the Dvorak layout, and get nearly 100 wpm without really trying (and using low-effort brain-to-keyboard data transfer is the way to go, imho).
Been a touch typist for a while now, but I prefer my IBM Model M as a daily driver. I have a new modern take on the IBM Model F coming in in a few weeks that I’m very stoked about. Buckling spring switches are the best keyboard types ever made.
I can touch-type but only in Dvorak.
Wait what? Why would you add such absurd context? What’s next? You use Dvorak but only on columnar staggered split layouts?
Absurd? It’s literally what OP asked.
It’s absurd because one does not learn Dvorak without taking effort to do so. You usually have to be already proficient before you switch to Dvorak. I’d expect you to be a touch typist in another layout before Dvorak.
It would be different if you didn’t say “only in”
On the contrary, my repeated failure in learning to touch-type qwerty are why I learned dvorak: it was reported to be easier to use. And it is! It’s not advanced typing, it’s Easy Mode.
Our country’s layout of course. What is touch type?
I edited the title for clarity. Touch typing is typing without looking at the keys. By layout, I meant the size/arrangement.
I edited the title for clarity.
No, you changed it LOL
The definition of editing includes making changes or corrections, and clicking on the pencil logo beside my post will display a message of the time it was “Edited”.
But since it’s very important to you, sure, we can call it whatever you like ;)
YOU LIED TO US, RAZORCANDY!
Can you find it in your heart to forgive my deception?
Isn’t an edit a change?
Typing without looking at the keyboard
Yes, I do it always when at the computer. Never on the mobile.
Same
- Yes
- HP DC7700 office desktop accessory keyboard. I had a stockpile of them but sadly I’m down to my last one :(
- Yes.
- I really enjoy my Ducky One 3 with Cherry MX brown switches.
I use a cursed variant of dvorak so looking at the keys won’t help.
I’ll use any keyboard with a properly sized and shaped enter and backspace key. Fuck those laptops that halve the size of backspace or mangle the enter key.
You can replace the key caps.
I can. Never properly learned it, but spent so much time on my computer that it became second nature I guess. Can even do it on my phone with maybe about 90% accuracy.
I like full-size mechanical keyboards with red switches. Currently using a Ducky One 3.
I can, until i realize that I’m doing it, then it just all goes to shit and i have to switch back to hunt and peck.
I can ten-key like a mother fucker though, used to work at a bank doing data entry…
One word: miryoku
QWERTY at about 130-140 wpm, but not 10 finger. 10 finger ortholinear about 100 wpm, and about 90 wpm on staggered. As I was trying workman, I managed to type at about 50-60 wpm.
