Originally posted by PhlabibitHow can anybody seriously count words? I mean one word is longer than the other.
Oh! Ha ha!
I do about 90 wpm.
I get it now.
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When I used to type a lot I did 225 keys a minute (accurate) and I was faster than an American friend who counted by words and she said she could do 60 odd words a minute.
So, there's something weird about counting words a minute. It just doesn't make sense.
Barbara Blackburn is the fastest typist in the world, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. Using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (From wikipedia). So, she's not even using a normal keyboard! DUH...
The only site I can find on how fast a secretary has to be able to type suggests 130 keys a minute.
Originally posted by shavixmirCheck the link I gave, and let us know the number. I've fallen off to average of about 70 wpm... I'm better at typing my mind than something someone else wrote.
How can anybody seriously count words? I mean one word is longer than the other.
When I used to type a lot I did 225 keys a minute (accurate) and I was faster than an American friend who counted by words and she said she could do 60 odd words a minute.
So, there's something weird about counting words a minute. It just doesn't make sense.
Barbar ...[text shortened]... ly site I can find on how fast a secretary has to be able to type suggests 130 keys a minute.
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Originally posted by PhlabibitThis doesn't seem to work very well. You can type if meaningless crap and still get a constant 30-40 score. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong.
http://www.calculatorcat.com/typing_test/
This page will give you a speed, you can actually type anything you like... but they give you something to follow.
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Originally posted by Hand of HecateNo, it doesn't spell check it. Kinda dumb, eh? I think you subtrack 5 words or so per error. It's been near 25 years since I took lessons, so I don't remember for sure.
This doesn't seem to work very well. You can type if meaningless crap and still get a constant 30-40 score. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong.
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Originally posted by PhlabibitWhen we got tested back in jr. high, we were allowed a total of 5 mistakes per minute, each mistake after that counted as 1 less word.
No, it doesn't spell check it. Kinda dumb, eh? I think you subtrack 5 words or so per error. It's been near 25 years since I took lessons, so I don't remember for sure.
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so 300keys per minute + 5 mistakes = 60wpm.
300keys per minute + 6 mistakes = 55wpm.
And backspace key or erase doesn't count as a keystroke. Not that we could use that, we trained on old typewriters.
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Originally posted by Phlabibitthat barbara is ridiculously slow:
315 per minute? Bull.
http://www.speedye.com/archives/2004/05/worlds_fastest.html
They need a new watch.
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http://www.typera.tk/hiscore.cws
well, as I think more about it, her average speed 150*5/1min gives a score of 750, which would be in the top 5. so maybe she's pretty fast after all. 🙂
