12/9/2023 0 Comments Keybr typing test![]() ![]() The green bar is representative of touch-typing and the purple is float typing. The review of the hit/miss ratio or relative miss frequency per key is clear. Lower is better.įinally, we come to errors. Touch typing (green) versus float typing (purple). There was also a good portion of time where Q was labored upon. We can see here I had difficulty with R, S and D leading the tool to continually articulate on the left hand. Fast/slow histogram on touch typing.Īs I become more confident in touch typing, each key becomes green and typing speed will improve. From keybr’s perspective, my average speed is in the 54th percentile and my top speed is at 92%. This falls short of my self taught typing strategy at 60 wpm. Over time, the average will improve as I continue at somewhere around 50–55 wpm. We can see a plateau of error and typing speed. This is 10 hours of practice over 25 days. Touch typing 25 days in.Ībove is the graph of 1,200+ samples. However, I noticed that I began to flat line in speed and wobble in error rate. This will require significant dedicated practice. As a stretch, we can say that my “top potential” is 70 wpm. What is interesting is my top speed is similar to the float typing baseline. Average speed of touch typing.Īs we can see above, my average is much lower at 37 wpm. Okay, let’s take a look at my metrics around touch typing. Touch-typing’s main purpose is to have eyes on the screen without looking at the keyboard. It helps minimize hand movement and decrease error rate. Touch-typing is an efficient way to utilize all fingers at the keyboard. After brief research, the only other style that addresses all three concerns is touch-typing. More fingers, less hand movement, and focus on the screen. My motivation above outlines all the reasons why I want to gain speed and reduce error rate. I chalk this up to unique word combinations that made me look down at the keyboard. Here, we can see over the course of 132 samples that my typing speed is generally “fast”, with points in time over certain keys that are “slow”. Error rate and typing speed are generally consistent. I am comfortable with the length of this sampling since we see a steady line past 100 samples. ![]() Graph of float typing baseline.Ībove, we can see the course of 132 samples taken over the course of 35 minutes. From their perspective, my average speed is in the 89th percentile and my top speed is at 95%. The green graph is based on all other users that are sampled at keybr. ![]() Here, my average typing speed is 60 wpm (words per minute). The lines marked in red are my average and top typing speeds. Let’s look at my relative typing speed first. I look at the keyboard if and when I cannot detect the next key’s position. The hands fly across the keyboard as I type. My fingers do not feel the keys, but are proficient landing on the right keys. I utilize these six fingers where needed. At best, my float typing predominantly uses both index fingers and sometimes middle fingers. I started with my typical style of typing. The user interface is clear, straightforward, and the statistics are excellent. Samples of commonly strung letters in the English language are recorded. It has algorithms that detect weakness in learning keys. What I liked about keybr is its no-nonsense learning. I chose the website to perform typing measurements on speed and error rate. I have a sense that my speed is decent but do not have a precise measurement. I look at the keyboard to realign my position.įrom these points of my self taught typing strategy, I’ll label it as it looks: float typing.My hands float and move significantly to find keys.I do not use all of the available fingers.I can measure this opinion on numerous factors. With twenty years behind the keyboard, I perceive my own typing style as embarrassingly inefficient and clumsy. I’ll conclude on what touch typing feels like and why I may not switch from my self-taught typing strategy. This post explores my typing style and a trial on learning touch-typing with speed and error measurements. The questions to myself were “With all these years behind the keyboard, how does my own style measure up? Can I do better?” My curiosity set me off on a diversion of improving my typing. ![]() Those who are curious identify, and discover choice. No one will ever force you to do it differently. Of course, typing style is a personal choice. Or a friend proclaiming he “typed more proficiently with two fingers than ten.” The conversations I had around this topic ended in strong opinions without an agreement of learning the skill efficiently. Observations like a relative typing in a belabored “hunt and peck” style at the keyboard. My recent observations of “humans with keyboards” motivated me to write this post. By Doug Arcuri Touch-typing feels good but isn’t for me A brief analysis of learning to touch-type ![]()
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