Touch typing?

partyatmygaff · 2011-07-22 14:04:00

With pretty much every single thing in our lives now involving a computer or keyboard of some sort it's pretty shocking to see that so few people can actually touch type. Even those who think they can touch type get bewildered by the sight of blank keyboards like this. So the good people of AH, how many of you can actually…

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#62 22-07-2011 10:15PM

xzanti

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Yes I can touch type, about 80 WPM or thereabouts.. can't do it if I look at the keys at all though.

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#63 24-07-2011 08:06AM

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borderlinemeath wrote: »

I used to be able to type about 50 words per minute. Thanks to a programme on our first home pc about 17 years ago.

Drives me mad when I see my OH trying to type an email with one forefinger and hunched over the keyboard. I usually ask him to dictate the email to me. It like watching teeth being pulled.

yea i hate that too just lazyness i thought myself to touch type i just really got used to where everything was i love touching as well

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#64 24-07-2011 09:03AM

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If you've ever wondered what goes on under your keyboard, or the worth\need for a good mechanical keyboard..

Excellent run down of what is out there.

http://www.overclock.net/keyboards/491752-mechanical-keyboard-guide.html

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