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General Discussion => General Discussion Boards => Other General Discussion => Topic started by: Felicity Wishes on October 06, 2012, 12:48:12 pm

Title: Typing.
Post by: Felicity Wishes on October 06, 2012, 12:48:12 pm: Out of curiosity, does anyone here type with one hand? :D
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: nisha on October 06, 2012, 12:51:01 pm: OH MY GOD. We are now best friends. Whenever I type its my right hand that does all the typing and the left just does the occasional caps lock. I have a horrible balance of hand coordination. :P
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: Lasercookie on October 06, 2012, 12:51:23 pm: How fast can you type with just one hand, wouldn't it take ages to type out anything? :o
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: Felicity Wishes on October 06, 2012, 12:53:00 pm: Quote from: nisha on October 06, 2012, 12:51:01 pm
OH MY GOD. We are now best friends. Whenever I type its my right hand that does all the typing and the left just does the occasional caps lock. I have a horrible balance of hand coordination. :P

I'm not alone!! RIGHT HAND TYPING BUDDIES FTW! 8)

@ laseredd: I'm actually fairly fast with one hand, slow with two.
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: nisha on October 06, 2012, 12:54:32 pm: Quote from: laseredd on October 06, 2012, 12:51:23 pm
How fast can you type with just one hand, wouldn't it take ages to type out anything? :o
I only know of typing this way, and I've been doing it since I was in Year 5, so idk, I'm well practised.
Its slower when I incorporate my left hand because then I actually have to think, "left hand r key"...
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: Bhootnike on October 06, 2012, 01:20:48 pm: interesting,
hahha
i dont get how you can type with one hand tho and be fast !!

I've pretty much learnt the keyboard inside out, back in yr 6 to about yr 9 when I used to play games I would type fericousily ahah, so now i just type like a gamer.
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: Fyrefly on October 06, 2012, 01:42:09 pm: http://www.typingtest.com/

Post results please. No cheating. I'm genuinely curious.
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: Felicity Wishes on October 06, 2012, 01:56:15 pm: 48 WPM with one hand.
20 WPM with both hands.
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: nisha on October 06, 2012, 01:58:50 pm: I got 50 WPM with mostly right hand movement.
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: charmanderp on October 06, 2012, 02:23:26 pm: 70 WPM with two hands. Also note that I haven't slept in 24 hours :P

30 WPM with my left and then with my right hands individually. How do you people do it?
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: paulsterio on October 06, 2012, 02:25:53 pm: (http://i47.tinypic.com/343t8ia.jpg)

Using both hands :D
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: Genericname2365 on October 06, 2012, 02:27:47 pm: 88 words both hands, 29 words one hand...
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: RTandon on October 06, 2012, 02:28:21 pm: So I got 27 wpm when I did it first, but then I did a different topic and got 52wpm.

Yeah idk.
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: Felicity Wishes on October 06, 2012, 02:29:19 pm: 90 words per minute Paul that is crazy! :o
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: paulsterio on October 06, 2012, 02:32:18 pm: Quote from: RTandon on October 06, 2012, 02:28:21 pm
So I got 27 wpm when I did it first, but then I did a different topic and got 52wpm.

Yeah idk.

Yeah, it varies quite a fair bit - think about it this way - if you're typing a lot of long words, you're naturally going to hit a lower WPM, that's why I think characters/min is a much better measure.

Quote from: Lipton Wishes on October 06, 2012, 02:29:19 pm
90 words per minute Paul that is crazy! :o

I know that personally, I used to be a bit faster than I am now - I used to be able to hit 97 wpm on good keyboards, and my goal has always been to hit 100 wpm, but I reckon biomechanically I can't actually move my fingers much faster, but yeah, it's a product of learning how to touch type properly and just typing a lot!
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: Russ on October 06, 2012, 02:50:05 pm: It still counts errors even if you fix them which is really irritating :(
I got 112 -> 103

inb4 nina posts something stupid like 130wpm :(
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: ninwa on October 06, 2012, 02:50:23 pm: Quote from: nisha on October 06, 2012, 12:51:01 pm
OH MY GOD. We are now best friends. Whenever I type its my right hand that does all the typing and the left just does the occasional caps lock. I have a horrible balance of hand coordination. :P

Wait so you don't use the shift key for capital letters?
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: abcdqdxD on October 06, 2012, 03:26:29 pm: Got 124 a couple of weeks ago :D

Never been able to replicate it though..
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: Starlight on October 06, 2012, 03:52:51 pm: I type with one hand if i'm being lazy.
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: Stick on October 06, 2012, 04:38:22 pm: I never learnt the home-row touch typing method - instead, I've just become familiar where each of the letters are from online social networking. Not surprisingly, my result was 48wpm because I'm a very sloppy typer. :P
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: Thu Thu Train on October 06, 2012, 06:24:19 pm: I type with one hand at least once a day
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: brenden on October 06, 2012, 08:34:56 pm: Quote from: MyNameIsBob on October 06, 2012, 06:24:19 pm
I type with one hand at least once a day
I laughed.
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: RTandon on October 06, 2012, 08:39:47 pm: Quote from: MyNameIsBob on October 06, 2012, 06:24:19 pm
I type with one hand at least once a day

(http://www.sectalk.com/board/public/imported_images/i173.photobucket.com/happy-i-see-what-you-did-there.png)
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: brenden on October 06, 2012, 09:10:58 pm: 53WPM with one hand (267 CPM) and 109WPM iirc with two hands (ceebs checking)

http://speedtest.aoeu.nl/?lang=en
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: sahil26 on October 06, 2012, 11:55:33 pm: Quote from: RTandon on October 06, 2012, 08:39:47 pm
Quote from: MyNameIsBob on October 06, 2012, 06:24:19 pm
I type with one hand at least once a day

(http://www.sectalk.com/board/public/imported_images/i173.photobucket.com/happy-i-see-what-you-did-there.png)

Oh lord...
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: Truck on October 07, 2012, 03:09:45 am: I got 118 WPM with 3 errors, so 115 WPM.

But I'm tired :P.
Title: Re: Typing.
Post by: VivaTequila on October 07, 2012, 11:50:15 am: Offtopic, but what are people's typical WPMs?

If I'm on a familiar, laptop-style chiclet keyboard that I've used for a week, then I would easily bust out ~100wpm avg, even 80wpm+ with hard formatting, apostrophes galore, etc.

Does anybody have any connections to data entry jobs? They pay well and I'm pretty apt with my typing - I think there's the potential to make a lot of money there. It just sucks because they're hard to come by as you often need to work as a receptionist as well. All I want to do is transcription.

This is a serious request if anyone has connections - I'd love to do this passively for income.

Edit: Should have read the whole thread. Will test WPM now and post back results.

126wpm with 8 errors to make 118wpm with 93% accuracy.