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I Type Fast
TD takes me to task on my claimed writing speed. It’s in jest, but I was serious. I basically type as fast as I think / read :)
How fast can you type? How about after adjusted for mistakes? The test I took, I would have had 0wpm after errors! Thank God for MS Office ;-)
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about 7 years ago
Spell checker does knot catch everything ;)
about 7 years ago
That’s freaking insane Jeremy. I tried that same test and scored 75 wpms, with 91 percent innacuracy! w00t. 412 characters a minute, vs your 1000 and such. Nerd.
about 7 years ago
Someone has to invent a typing test that lets you type whatever you want, and then it runs it through spelling/grammar. Bascially lets you write freely (and watch what you’re typing instead of what’s in the paragraph above) and still be typing sensible stuff.
about 7 years ago
Okay, well, I did a self-invention. Open up Word, open up Windows clock, wait for the seconds to show 00, and GO. Just typed as fast as I could about basically anything (went on a bit of a rant about how typing tests don’t work, ironically). After a minute I stopped, did a word count – 228 words. I think I’ll trust that over the other test ;)
about 7 years ago
One of those tests gave me 88 WPM with 98% accuracy, I think, but then again, I’m not that fast. I’d hate to have to write a book…
about 7 years ago
I had to do a typing test for a job that I quit after two days… but I think it put me at 90 wpm after adjusting for mistakes.
There’s no point being able to type fast, however, if you have nothing useful to type. It’s only good if you’re thinking that fast, or if you’re taking a typing test for a job.
about 7 years ago
In middleschool in my district they made us take typing tests and my teacher was generally awed by how fast I typed. In the program we used (paws, god I hated it, wouldn’t let me use the stupid backspace key) I scored 98 wpm in a paragraph form with no errors. If and when it accepted a few errors I hit about 150 wpm on simple sentences, and dropped to about 120 on complex ones.
Now, I’d say I’m even faster than that but I use an ergo keyboard and a few other tricks. I know I piss off the parentals with my speed. They hate asking me to show them how to do something :)
about 7 years ago
Looks like you’re getting some spam! I keep getting email notifications on your topics for them…