[random] Typing speed

[wispfox]

Because I was randomly curious...

I took one of the many online typing speed tests (which test how quickly and accurately you type what they have you reading from, and therefore doesn't show how fast you type things from the inside of your head), and was informed that my speed is 88 WPM with 1 mistake (adjusted speed 87 WPM). The mistake, I am amused to note, is that I replaced 'through' with 'throughout'. Oops. :) Oddly, I think it feels less wrong to use the word I used, which might be why I did it without noticing.

(Interstingly, doing it a second time with a different paragraph - thinking that I was doing worse - I did 70 WPM, with no mistakes)

I have, I note, no idea what 'normal' typing speed is. And I bet the speed at which I read modifies things, somewhat.

La!

Comments

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

The thing that creeps people out is the buffer I keep in my head. I think so much faster than that that my brain will be a sentence or two ahead of my fingers, at least - so if someone comes up behind me and asks me a question while I'm typing, then my instinct is to turn my head and enter a conversation with them while my fingers type out the rest of the buffer so that my hands can finish the thought that my brain's already moved away from. :)

I've had to train myself out of doing this with people who don't know me well.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

I can sometimes do this, depending on how clearly I knew what I was about to type, but usually I have enough trouble with typing and talking at the same time that I have to ask them to wait. I don't, however, necessarily need to be looking at the keyboard while I finish my sentence.

[underwatercolor.livejournal.com]

That's very cool. :)

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Hee hee, thanks! If I think about it directly, I can't do it anymore. It's like running off a cliff in a cartoon.

[jasra]

I do that as well.