Typing test: https://monkeytype.com
I used Unexpected Keyboard

Any tips on how to improve typing speed? (without using word suggestion and autocorrect)

I’m interested in how fast people who swipe type are.

Also, do those keyboards like Thumb Key and FlickBoard have the potential “to be faster” than the standard keyboards?

  • Fondots@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    43wpm, 95% accuracy, Gboard Dvorak no swipe

    Fingers are a bit cold from just walking the dog, and I’m tired from getting off a 12 hour shift, have a feeling I could do better under different circumstances.

    Haven’t tested myself on a real keyboard in a long time, but once upon a time I could hit well north of 100wpm pretty consistently if I tried. When I tested myself in preparation for my current job about 5 years ago I think I usually hovered somewhere around 80-90 (911 dispatch, my agency requires at least 60 to pass the aptitude test, I wasn’t worried about passing but I was curious where I was at since I hadn’t been typing much at the time)

  • ExLisper@linux.communityEnglish
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    9 months ago

    25 wpm 83%

    I was using phones with hardware keyboards for way too long and never really learned to type on screen keyboards. Now I just hate them and use desktop communicators whenever I can.

  • 0xD@infosec.pubEnglish
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    9 months ago

    66 wpm, 94% accuracy with standard google keyboard.

    To improve speed I’d suggest simply practicing. You’ll get better over time!

  • Shadow@lemmy.caEnglish
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    9 months ago

    SwiftKey wants to capitalize every first letter for some reason, so it gave me 0 wpm due to errors

  • SportsRulesOpinions@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I just tried it with my swipe keyboard and the website didn’t like it at all. It was double entering words randomly when I would otherwise type fine.

    • SportsRulesOpinions@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      That said, I got 34 wpm and 95% accuracy, which is in line with me using a qwerty or Dvorak physical keyboard. I ain’t no Speedy Gonzalez.

    • misery mansion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I tried it with open board and had the same issue I’m never going back to non swiping but I miss swype everyday

      • philwills@programming.devEnglish
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        9 months ago

        I really wish Microsoft would release the original swype again… Pretty sure I read somewhere that they’re the current owners (due to acquisitions).

        • misery mansion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          It carried on working for years and years without updates but finally died recently. I miss gestural copy and paste for sure

      • lobut@lemmy.caEnglish
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        9 months ago

        Swype is great but every now and then I get “swypos” where I’ll think I put the right word and I put something else there and the reader has to figure it out :)

        • Starayo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          9 months ago

          Swipe typing used to be so good for me, but now I have to correct every third word, it feels like. And it keeps correcting to just the most random ass words. Why the hell would it correct “probably” to “pusillanimous”? I’ve tried multiple modern keyboards and they’re all like this, I should download an old apk…

  • CronyAkatsuki@lemmy.cronyakatsuki.xyzEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Unexpected keyboard also, never liked swyping to type, autosuggestion and things like that.

    Also this is on cold when I just woke so my wpm is usually a but faster than this on mobile, while I have 100-110 on average on pc with regular qwerty.

  • Shurimal@kbin.social
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    9 months ago

    Florisboard with no swipe, no word predictions, no autocorrection, no nonsense.

    WPM? Fast enough. It takes more time to proofread, edit and attach files than to actually type, anyway, so I don’t care about words per minute. Never have.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    9 months ago

    44 wpm.

    I’ve tried a lot of different systems, and now I primarily use STT. Even with the things I have to change manually, it’s still much faster for me to use STT than to swipe.

  • pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    9 months ago

    lemme try rq

    edit: gboard (firewalled ofc) got me this, i am guessing this is for sure faster that typing on my laptop, and i now am paying attention to my typing speed.

    will be updated if i change keyboard’s probably

    • Purplexingg@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Pretty similar to you on mobile, gboard. I used auto correct too though. Desktop I’m not really much faster than this, maybe like 85 on a good day.