I undertook type training at the beginning of my programming carreer, many many years ago (I used a program I think was called “Type genius”). It took me not much more than three-four weeks (although it’s fair to say that I was obsessed with typing back then), and I’ve reaped the benefits ever since.
I changed schools during the period of time when typing classes are generally taught, this led to me taking two years of typing classes. I could type pretty goddamn fast at the end of this period. That was about twenty years ago. I just tested myself at this site and average about 92 words per minute, which is still pretty fast. I actually feel like ~90 WPM is close to the physical limit at which point you are making most of your errors because your fingers are hitting keys out of order due to the signals being sent milliseconds apart.
I doubt that I really needed two years of training to get good at typing, but on the other hand, there’s something to be said for over-learning.
I have not yet; but I believe the trick (via deliberate practice) is to try to do hard things; look ahead to what needs typing next, then do that while reducing errors. also track and get feedback regularly.
The German version of consumer reports recommends https://www.tipp10.com/en/ which is open source software. It seems to provide both deliberate practice and also tracking/feedback.
Did any of you do typing training to increase your typing speed? If so, how much time investment did you need for a significant improvement?
I undertook type training at the beginning of my programming carreer, many many years ago (I used a program I think was called “Type genius”). It took me not much more than three-four weeks (although it’s fair to say that I was obsessed with typing back then), and I’ve reaped the benefits ever since.
How much time did you invest per day?
I think they were 45 minutes of excercises per day, if I recall correctly, but I did more.
I changed schools during the period of time when typing classes are generally taught, this led to me taking two years of typing classes. I could type pretty goddamn fast at the end of this period. That was about twenty years ago. I just tested myself at this site and average about 92 words per minute, which is still pretty fast. I actually feel like ~90 WPM is close to the physical limit at which point you are making most of your errors because your fingers are hitting keys out of order due to the signals being sent milliseconds apart.
I doubt that I really needed two years of training to get good at typing, but on the other hand, there’s something to be said for over-learning.
Had a high school friend typing at 145wpm casually. He was also a fast reader.
http://userinterfaces.aalto.fi/how-we-type/
this may help.
came from: https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/ https://www.reddit.com/r/BlurredFingers/
I have not yet; but I believe the trick (via deliberate practice) is to try to do hard things; look ahead to what needs typing next, then do that while reducing errors. also track and get feedback regularly.
The German version of consumer reports recommends https://www.tipp10.com/en/ which is open source software. It seems to provide both deliberate practice and also tracking/feedback.