Touch typing?

Overheal · 22-07-2011 03:45PM

No

Touch typing blows. Keyboards are wonderful. Long live the keyboard.

Don't get me wrong, Dragon voice recognition has come a long, long way since I last used it 10 years ago, but who wants to yell at their computter? No I.

I just hope iOS5 comes out with a better keyboard

Turtwig · 22-07-2011 03:50PM

Overheal wrote: »

Touch typing blows. Keyboards are wonderful. Long live the keyboard.

Don't get me wrong, Dragon voice recognition has come a long, long way since I last used it 10 years ago, but who wants to yell at their computter? No I.

I just hope iOS5 comes out with a better keyboard

I actually use Dragon 10. It's greatest use if for saving memos and stuff to a personal recorder and then uploading them later and watching the computer produce the required document in a few seconds. Great memory storage technique. Most of time when I'm on boards tho I just type.

smcgiff · 22-07-2011 04:09PM

No

Can touch type letters well over 50wpm, but only if there are no numbers

never learned to touch type numbers.

Giblet · 22-07-2011 04:11PM

I think I'm well into the 100 wpm boundary now. I do get caught out on keyboards I haven't used though, if it's in a slightly different style than I'm used to.
Blame IRC for that

Nulty · 22-07-2011 04:13PM

No

I'm not very fast yet but I touch typed this with 2 mistakes.

I practice with these games:

http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype/

http://games.sense-lang.org/olympia.php

Nulty · 22-07-2011 04:14PM

No

smcgiff wrote: »

Can touch type letters well over 50wpm, but only if there are no numbers never learned to touch type numbers.

And you moderate Accountancy?

Turtwig · 22-07-2011 04:15PM

Nulty wrote: »

And you moderate Accountancy?

I know many folks who are pros at numpad typing but when it comes to numbers mixed with letters they suck.

kiersm · 22-07-2011 04:19PM

No

I would be a touch typist also. I find its easier type no's using a numeric keypad.

I have gel nails & find it harder to type without my nails for some reason.

Kevin Duffy · 22-07-2011 04:28PM

Guill wrote: »

Right i set mt fingersd om the kets and srated rypinf abd this is wdar i for.

Right i sey mt fingers on the keys and started typing and this is what i got.

Emmmm....which is the before and which is the after??

Interestingly, I touch typed that. I had to touch backspace a lot mind you.

cruiser178 · 22-07-2011 04:34PM

bigwormbundoran wrote: »

I can indeed, theres nothing that drives me up the wall more than when I have to use the mothers nerbook with its tiny keypad and I have to tip away at the keys like some retard, this also occurs with laptops that for some reason during the design process they decided to squeeze in the fecking number pad on the right, thus making all the other keys fractionally smaller, and thus impossible to use!

You should write them a strongly worded letter.

I'd like to be able to touch type but not the case. I started learning to type two months ago(computer course, mavis beacon, late beginner)im up to 25 words a minute but most of the time im looking at the keyboard. If anyone has any tips i'd like to hear them.

freckles1234 · 22-07-2011 04:35PM

No

Everone should watch their spelling. A lot of mispelt words. Laziness on a lot of peoples part

Turtwig · 22-07-2011 04:41PM

cruiser178 wrote: »

You should write them a strongly worded letter.

I'd like to be able to touch type but not the case. I started learning to type two months ago(computer course, mavis beacon, late beginner)im up to 25 words a minute but most of the time im looking at the keyboard. If anyone has any tips i'd like to hear them.

Take a photograph of your keyboard. Save it to your computer. Each time you make a mistake DON'T look down at your keyboard, try to find the key blindly. Once you find the key, type out the entire sentence again without looking down. (It doesn't matter if you make a mistake, the key thing is that you don't make the same mistake you already made

.) If you get really stuck look at the photograph. Touch typing is simply motor learning. As long as you don't look down at the keyboard you are subconsciously learning to touch type. Where Mavis Beacon and other software come in is teaching you the correct finger to place on the correct key for conventional typing.

Wetai · 22-07-2011 04:42PM

No

I can. But sometimes, I need to "re-callibrate" my hands, i.e. check where certain keys are before I start again, like if I start in the dark I might have my hands off-position to where I normally do, I put on a light, and check where some keys are.

But I'd only be able to type really quickly if I concentrate on it, and not for ages. Otherwise it's just typing at a good speed without looking.

Scuid Mhór · 22-07-2011 04:45PM

i've been able to touch type since i was ten i think. my dream was to be an author so i was working on a keyboard three hours a day at the minimum on most summer days and trying to get at least two hours in on school days. with that sort of commitment it just came naturally.

bigred100 · 22-07-2011 04:48PM

I can touch type, but if something goes wrong along the way then I get confused and have to start looking at the the keyboard again to get myself back on track.

smcgiff · 22-07-2011 04:52PM

No

Nulty wrote: »

And you moderate Accountancy?

Busted - where do I hand back my keys to cocaine drawer. And back to having to pay for hookers.

annascott · 22-07-2011 05:14PM

No

Yes, I touch type and rarely look at the keyboard. There is even a little 'notch' on the central key so that you can feel your way back if your fingers stray!

Snowie · 22-07-2011 05:51PM

I can just abour touch type

Mars Bar · 22-07-2011 06:07PM

No

pickarooney wrote: »

What's a Windows keyboard?

Sorry, I just associate the desktop keyboards with windows coz I'm a snobby macbook owner which makes me more important and cooler than most people.

http://blog.tiensivu.com/aaron/uploads/LogitechNetPlayKeyboard.jpg

That's what I'm on about.

Mars Bar · 22-07-2011 06:09PM

No

Overheal wrote: »

Touch typing blows. Keyboards are wonderful. Long live the keyboard.

Don't get me wrong, Dragon voice recognition has come a long, long way since I last used it 10 years ago, but who wants to yell at their computter? No I.

I just hope iOS5 comes out with a better keyboard

One of us has the wrong meaning of "touch type" and I really hope it's not me.

Asphyxia · 22-07-2011 06:10PM

I type pretty fast but still have to look at the keypad when I misspell a word, I'm getting better though.

Dudess · 22-07-2011 06:58PM

No

It's pretty easy to learn. I did a two-day classroom typing course years ago. After that, it was just a matter of practice and your speed builds up. It's possible to type 120 words per minute.

Saila · 22-07-2011 07:17PM

Dudess wrote: »

It's pretty easy to learn. I did a two-day classroom typing course years ago. After that, it was just a matter of practice and your speed builds up. It's possible to type 120 words per minute.

but can you play a guitar solo at 120 beats per minute :cool:

moonflower · 22-07-2011 07:29PM

No

I used to be able to touch type, but I don't type much anymore so I find it difficult now.

Although I do find that if I'm typing something long, halfway through it I'll realise I'm touch-typing perfectly.

im invisible · 22-07-2011 07:54PM

pickarooney wrote: »

What's a Windows keyboard?

i got a windows key on mine, between ctrl and alt...

Minstrel27 · 22-07-2011 08:11PM

No

I typed this without looking at the keyboard so I guess I can.

languagenerd · 22-07-2011 08:27PM

When you say "touch type", do you mean just typing without looking or typing according to the proper system (the ASDF JKL; homekeys?)?

I can type without looking but it's my own system :P Never quite got the hang of the proper one, I actually work much quicker with my own creation....

DanTheMan91 · 22-07-2011 08:43PM

I am typing this without looking so yes I can touch type, I will admit though I type much faster when I look at the keyboard.

JessicaRabbit · 22-07-2011 09:53PM

I can indeed touch type - it's part of what I do for a living so I guess I'd want 2 b able

miss no stars · 22-07-2011 09:56PM

No

Yea touch typing generally means being able to type without having to look at the keyboard. Mavis Beacon taught me the basics of typing, after that it was just practice. I think the true test of "can you touch-type" is whether or not you're able to put a letter down beside you, look only at that and re-type it correctly. If you can do that, you can touch type.

I can touch type, not always accurately but the muscle memory is sufficiently well developed that if I do make a mistake, I know that I've made it without having to look at the screen and can correct it without looking at the screen. Numbers I can do, but am slow at.

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