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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by razorcandy@discuss.tchncs.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too :D

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[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

120 wpm peak; comfortably 100 with high accuracy. Playing online games with no mic had me typing fast. Then I got a heavy data entry job. Not winning competitions, but I'm pretty happy considering I don't follow the formal method.

I have a specific old Dell membrane keyboard I prefer over anything I've tried. Not a fan of mechanical keyboards. Tried blues and browns.

[-] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I can, until i realize that I'm doing it, then it just all goes to shit and i have to switch back to hunt and peck.

I can ten-key like a mother fucker though, used to work at a bank doing data entry...

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Yes. 70%. Kailh Box Navys.

[-] tomenzgg@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

I can; but, while we had Mario Teaches Typing in school, I absolutely hated the cognitive effort and preferred to Hunt and Peck.

I love computers, though, so my brain eventually memorized the keyboard just from constant use; now I generally type without looking (with a pretty average 44 WpM) but primarily just use my index fingers to do so.

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Is 44wpm average? I thought more like 60-80 was average, but maybe my impression is off because of being somewhat active in mechanical keyboard groups

[-] tomenzgg@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Heh, it might; granted, I'd just done a cursory glance since I was at work, at the time, but, taking a further look, it seems that 40 WpM is average with 50s and 60s being above average.

Granted, that include people who aren't touch typists so that might bring the numbers down.

I also tried retaking a typing test again as, the first time, I'd done one that was only a minute (again, being at work); I did another random one and got 66 WpM and another one that was 5 minutes and got 61 WpM. So I also seemed to undersell myself in that first comment, it looks like.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I use Dvorak btw

But yeah I touch type, but I often need to look to use qwerty when I'm on someone else's computer

[-] Kissaki@feddit.org 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I can't even imagine not typing blind, without looking at keys.

Fun fact: My left hand is not 10-finger-syste-positioned but WASD gamer-system positioned. Works fine anyway for blind and fast typing.

QWERTZ. Cherry Keyboard, mechanical keys, full with numpad.

I did look into alternative layouts like DVORAK a long time ago, but it didn't seem worth the investment of relearning. Current works good enough. (Even as a coder where parens and braces are more cumbersome than EN layouts.)

[-] domdanial@reddthat.com 1 points 4 months ago

Hilarious to me that you learned to type from gamer-position, while l learned to game from typing position.

[-] noseatbelt@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Yes, I love typing and do it quickly. I guess I prefer QWERTY but only because that's the one I learned on and got good at. I hate keys that are too flat, like laptops and some office keyboards trying too hard to look streamlined.

When I'm thinking of how to spell a word, in my mind's eye I see it being typed out and that's how I find the correct spelling.

[-] macncheese@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Yes, we had a computer lab in grade school that we would go to maybe once a week or once every two weeks. We learned qwerty and the teacher would cover your hands with paper so you couldn't look. It was infuriating at the time but once I learned it, I was set for life. I don't really think about it, it's just like speaking a language to me. For the most part I type properly but I have gotten into a strange habit of hitting delete with my middle finger instead of my pinky finger. No clue why/when that started and I have to reach over farther but now that's second nature as well. I recall if you got good enough you could play around on the games in Mavis Beacon!

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

I can touch-type but only in Dvorak.

[-] deathgrindfreak@awful.systems 1 points 4 months ago

Been a touch typist for a while now, but I prefer my IBM Model M as a daily driver. I have a new modern take on the IBM Model F coming in in a few weeks that I'm very stoked about. Buckling spring switches are the best keyboard types ever made.

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago
  1. Yes
  2. HP DC7700 office desktop accessory keyboard. I had a stockpile of them but sadly I'm down to my last one :(
[-] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago
  1. Yes.
  2. I really enjoy my Ducky One 3 with Cherry MX brown switches.
[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 4 months ago

Yes, I touch-type, and use a kinesis advantage keyboard that makes touch typing "almost unavoidable" (as one blogger wrote). I also use the Dvorak layout, and get nearly 100 wpm without really trying (and using low-effort brain-to-keyboard data transfer is the way to go, imho).

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