How Can I Increase My Speed In Typing

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Curve your fingers a little and put them on the ASDF and JKL; keys which are located in the middle row of the letter keys. This row is called HOME ROW because you always start from these keys and always return to them.

This method may seem inconvenient at first, but do not stop, eventually, you'll find out that you are typing quickly, easily, and conveniently. To achieve the maximum result, choose a touch typing course for your keyboard layout and in the desired language.

Limit your hand and finger movement only to what is necessary to press a specific key. Keep your hands and fingers close to the base position. This improves typing speed and reduces stress on the hands.

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Your typing speed will improve by at least 10 WPM if you play this free game at least once a week. TypeRacer is much more fun than just a free typing test. It's better to practice typing on typeracer.com than any free typing program or typing tutor. The consensus is clear: among computer typing games, TypeRacer is king!

Don't wait to get started: the road to becoming a touch typing master is long, but at least TypeRacer makes it fun and easy. To be clear, TypeRacer is not an easy typing game, but it will actually make you a better typist than those easy typing games for kids. It makes you type the same sort of text you would see at typing jobs.

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Most, if not all, careers involve some computer-based work and require strong typing skills. Information technology professionals, for example, must be efficient typists in order to write code for computer and software programs. Accuracy is equally as important as speed, as a simple typo could result in a system-wide error.

However, without proper training and practice, many individuals resort to hunt-and-peck typing, or looking down at the keyboard to select the right keys one-by-one. Mobile technology, such as tablets and smartphones, have also increased reliance on hunt-and-peck strategies.

The preferred typing method is known as touch-type, or typing without looking at the screen. This is much more efficient than hunt-and-peck; the average person types at an average of 40 words per minute, but a person who relies on the touch-type method can exceed 75 words per minute, allowing them to complete their work much more quickly and with minimal errors.

These conventions are meant to help you familiarize yourself with the keyboard. As you become more experienced, you can experiment with different variations of this starting position to find the placement that is most comfortable and natural for you.

Sitting in an upright position is going to make it easier to type faster. If you are used to slouching in your chair or working from the couch, try moving to a straight-backed chair or working at your desk.

The wrong hand placement can make it uncomfortable to type for extended periods of time. The space bar of your keyboard should be centered with your body, so that you are not reading your screen or typing from an angle. As you type, rest your elbows on the table and keep your wrists slightly elevated. You should never bend or angle your wrists dramatically.

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I currently type on average (according to type racer) around 122WPM, I peak at about 155WPM - using the QWERTY layout. Will I see any real speed improvement or benefit by switching to Colemak?

(Note: I use a special blend of touch typing that uses fingers at different times than other traditional styles, all are used however).

If speed is all you're after, I doubt it will be worth your while. You never know, but that's my feeling. Colemak offers comfort and style for sure, but any speed benefits are not proved. There are fast Colemak typists (such as Ryan Heise and Micah Wine) but there are of course faster QWERTY typists still given how many typists have been using that layout since early childhood.

You could learn to type pretty fast with Colemak given your current QWERTY speed, since much of your speed is typing technique not layout. But relearning all your tricks and adaptations fully would take a while.

Yes, if you switch you might exceed your old speed, but you might not. As DreymaR says, if speed is what you're after, a switch might not be worthwhile for you.

If you're looking for a different typing experience (generally much less flying around of fingers and hands), or have any concerns about your hands' health, you could give it a try. It's definitely a good brain exercise.

Oh, you'll most definitely end up typing faster if you persist! Thing is though, it's hard to prove whether that's mostly because of layout benefits or because of the effort you have to put in to learn Colemak! I think if you spent all that effort on QWERTY speed training you could possibly get the same increase. It might be hard to do that right though unless you have a typing sensei. ;)

I've switched from 55 WPM QWERTY to 60 WPM Dvorak (after a lot of work) to 70 WPM Colemak (after using it since 2006). I'm a deliberate person in my forties so I may not get all that much faster but I still see a steady increase in both speed and comfort. It's not a fast progress but it's still nice. If I train for a while I see better results of course.

If you depend on your typing every day you could switch gradually with Tarmak (see my signature) and not lose much speed at any point. (Or rather, you'd lose speed but pick it up again within a day or so for each step I think.) Not many have done it but I firmly believe it's worth a try if you're interested.

This is exactly my question. Only in my case, I used to average around 140 wpm on qwerty, give or take on, typeracer along with peaks of 180-210 wpm.

I've stopped using keyboard of late (been too involved in real life), so my speed has dropped of to like around the high 120s now (last week I checked this on typeracer). Anyways, I'm fascinated by how some people like Sean Wrona can maintain an average of 170 wpm, I would surely like to attain that some day! Maybe not right now, like I said, I don't have the time off to practice typing like I used to, but maybe someday later when I finally get around to training my speed. I mean using the qwerty layout, it really does seem that I have kind of hit my peak speed. A while back I used to do the speedtest.10-fast-fingers-site and my fingers would virtually be flying on those easy word combinations, hardly I felt there was any room for improvement and the best I could get was around the high 140s and low 150s, take away the mistakes and my peak would be around the 160s, yet I'm sure people like Wrona could get around 180s-190s any day. I'm really obsessed with the idea of becoming one of the fastest typists of all time. I know my level right now (well, maybe not right now, as I've taken some time off, but if I care to get back into shape) is probably beyond most of the average typists around the world, maybe some would call me superfast (as people usually do when they see me type), but I so dearly want to be one of the best if not the best, and I don't think qwerty is going to help me get to that level. I'm looking for other options.. I wonder if colemak layout, combined with my finger dexterity would help me achieve that.

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