How to start for the first time free online typing speed test

Typing is the process of writing or inputting text by pressing keys on a typewriter, computer keyboard, cell phone, or calculator. It can be distinguished from other means of text input, such as handwriting and speech recognition.

Good typing: An average professional typist types usually in a speed of 50 to 80 wpm, While some positions can require 80 to 95 and some advanced typists work at a speed above 120.

This is a free typing speed test

There are seven rules for touch typing:

1.     Never look at the keyboard.

2.     Focus on accuracy.

3.     Find The index number.

4.     Practice, Practice and practice and some more

5.     Sit  Straight.

6.     Look straight

7. Take a break.


                  

        Never look at the keyboard: Even your those awkward symbols and especially with UPPER and lower case letters. If you are typing a word not often used character learn wherein is and type without looking at the keyboard. You’ll be surprised at how your brain will adapt.

   Force on accuracy: Technique and accuracy are paramount when it comes to touch typing. The best way to build your speed is to make little or no mistakes.

        Find the index keys: The index keys are the keys that have the raised bumps on the keyboard. On the standard English keyboard, they are F& J.

                                                     

   Practice, practice, and practice some more: The more you practice the more you become. Learning to type is more like learning how to ride a bike or ice skating than learning English.  So when you are learning put aside 15 minutes to practice typing at a website such as:

        https://www.learntyping.org/beginner-typing-lesson-1a

   Sit Straight: It's very important, You sit straight and that your wrist isn’t flat against the table. You should dangle your fingers ideally keeping your wrists hovering about a couple of inches above the table.

   

    Look Straight: Making sure that you look at the screen straight on. Like you were speaking to someone across the table for you.

Take a Break: Don’t be type on hour and hours. Ensure that you take regular breaks away from the screen.                                                                                                                                            



How to improve typing speed?

Typing is all about muscle memory, so the only way to improve is a practice typing regularly. Typing gives you a tool to learn and practice touch typing in the most effective way. The process of developing proper habits requires you to train your fingers periodically and to be patient.

Net  Speed (WPM): Network per minute is the actual speed on which you can trust completely because it unlike GWPM take into consideration the error rate, in other words,  the number of words in which you made an error in a given time slot so, that the final speed will be the outcome of Accuracy and GWPM was taken into Deliberation. Suppose your GWPM speed is 20 wpm but you made an error in 5 words so your speed will be 20-5=15 Net word per minute.

Accuracy(%): Accuracy is attained by dividing the correct words by total words after that multiply the result by 100 for getting the percents. Suppose you made 60 correct insertions out of 120 total insertions of a word then accuracy would be (60/120)*100=50%.

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The faster you type, the faster you will be able to communicate with others. You will be able to save a ton of time on any kind of work that requires typing. At first, it will be a couple of extra minutes that you won’t notice. Over time, the minutes will turn into hours of saved time that you can spend on other activities.

An average professional typist usually types around 65 to 75 WPM. More advanced positions require 80 to 95 (this is typically the minimum required for dispatch positions and other time-sensitive typing jobs). There are also some advanced typists whose work requires speeds above 120 WPM.

After the basics of keyboarding have been mastered, the most important step to improving keyboarding skills simply practice. The more a typist practices, the faster and more accurate they become. For those with advanced keyboarding skills, speed and accuracy become increasingly important. There are many tests available online that can tell a person their typing speed as well as how accurate their keystrokes were during the test. This can be very useful to know, as employers in many office settings will want to know a potential employee's typing speed, and they may even require a typing test as part of an interview. Even more advanced and highly skilled typists may become interested in learning to use different keyboard layouts and typing in different languages.


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2 Comments

  1. Hi Tani,

    Well done and keeps it up.

    Your content is alright. Next time take care of editing.

    1- Space between paragraphs are not even that looking odds.
    2- Masking and hyperlinking an URL or HTML works missing..
    3- Conclusion and acknowledgement not found...so take care of...next time to improve...

    Keep your practice Practice Practice up...

    Best wishes

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  2. Yes sir I am trying. I can do better if you catch me wrong like this..
    Thank you so much.

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