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You really should learn how to type.
It's pretty much an unspoken thing that everyone should know how to at this point. I'm not trying to hassle you, but really, it's so much more important than you could ever imagine.
Take it from me, someone who didn't learn how to type until two years ago...my first year of college was horrible because of it, but I can type around 85wpm with 97% accuracy without looking now!
I recommend checking out Typing.com. I learned to touch type in about a month or two of practicing everyday on it for about 15 minutes.
If you go for it I would recommend you start right at the beginning even if it seems too easy. They really get you to develop the proper habits of hitting the keys in the way they should be hit. I used to hit keys with the wrong fingers and after going through the whole beginner, intermediate and advanced courses not only am I able to touch type but my WPM speed doubled.
BTW it's free.
The common mistake people make is that they type with their wrists on the wrist rest or below the keyboard as seen in the picture.
The rest is there for the times you stop typing. Hence the name. It’s a place for you to literally rest your wrists when you have stopped typing and need a break.
When you type your wrists should be parallel to the keyboard floating above it. Your wrists should be neutral or very slightly flexed. The wrists in the picture are extended.
I’m sure someone will disagree with me but you can look it up if you like. Seeing people type with their wrists resting on the wrist rest is weird.
My aunt was a legal secretary and typist for 40 years who went from typing school with type writers to electronic typewriters to keyboard and mouse. Posture and technique was almost always to blame where pain from typing was concerned.
Obligatory link: https://www.typing.com/blog/typing-posture/
Relevant name is relevant. I honestly expected it to be some super-spammy commercial site. It's actually a completely free typing education site. It seems to be the most recommended typing tutor site out there right now.
There have been some attempt to try again at the keyboard! Dvorak is a keyboard layout that tries to put the most commonly used letters on the home row, and also focuses on making you alternate between your hands when you type.
Colemak is a middle ground between Dvorak a Qwerty, putting commonly use letters on the home row while retaining commonly used shortcuts (ctrl + a, s, f, z, x, c, and v) in the same place or near where they usually are.
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Another thing that's a holdover from typewriters is the staggering of the keys! Typewriters had their rows offset because each key had a little bar that went back into the machine to do the typing. Since that's no longer needed, some people find it more comfortable to type on a keyboard with all the keys lined up, called an "ortho-linear" keyboard.
To answer your first question, I did this as fast as I could physically type. I actually started off at my normal typing speed which explains why the first few are somewhat correct. Eventually I tried speeding up because I didn't think I was going as fast as I could.
As for the second question, I didn't do this from memory. I opened up a separate tab of an alphabetical list of MLS teams and after reading the next team's name, I'd close my eyes and type the team into my text post. They were opened on separate monitors so I wasn't switching between tabs. I'm not that good at remembering teams' names but I wish I was.
And lastly, I'm not that bad at typing normally (I think). I just took a typing race to see how fast I could get and here is the result (86 wpm). According to this website I could be a word processor which sounds really boring. I think my main problem is that when typing really fast I'm prone to many errors. I typically just use backspace quickly when making errors but I decided not to when typing here. It probably is just that you're seeing every mistake I make on these.
Thanks for the questions
I saw someone else post this above as well and I agree. Since I'm trying to help my parents with their computer literacy, I've created an account for them on this free interactive website: https://www.typing.com
Think of it like duolingo but for typing.
Hey! Was in a similar boat to you, 60 wpm, looking at the board occasionally and only two fingers. About a month ago I committed to learning to touch type properly.
The first week was painful! My wrists and pinkies ached from the new muscle movements, but the speed! I dropped to ~20-30 wpm. I must have looked like I'd never seen a keyboard in my life. But I kept at it. Deleted any words I inadvertently typed using my old methods and made sure to retype correctly. I've just done a test now and I'm back up averaging 70 wpm with no looking at my board at all and it's great.
I say keep at it. It's a useful skill to have, and after the initial hurdles is pretty rewarding.
I used the following sites to practice:
- Typing.com for the first week to learn finger placement
- Keybr for about 20 minutes a day on my lunch breaks after I was confident on using the right fingers
Also, if you're looking to improve your typing speed, the best and fastest way to do that is to start using all your fingers. I've been using a keyboard for 20 years and never actually bothered to "learn" typing. Before getting into transcription, I used 6 fingers and my speed was around 60 WPM. Then I figured out I have to forget everything I know and start over from zero. I found a tutorial online (something like this for example) and learned to use all my fingers in 15 days or so.
It's very annoying at first because old habits die hard. I "fell" from 60 WPM to 20 WPM and was very frustrated for a bit, but it gets better fast and after a while you'll be glad you did it. My speed is now around 110 WPM and I can transcribe 10 minutes of nice, clean audio in 30 minutes or less.
I had the same dilemma having to buy a computer in Italy. The Italian keyboard is just horrible, really! 😂. Unbelievably, it's not even good to type in Italian! You can't type any capital letter with an accent, like ÀÈÌÓÂÊÃÕ... which is a big design flaw, since many letters in Italian and other Romance languages have lots of these accents. Italians write CAFFè or CAFFE' because they can't type "CAFFÈ". You can't start a sentence with "È" (is), which is so fundamental in Italian! It's funny, even in official documents, I've seen them writing "CITTà" (city) because they don't know how to write CITTÀ. I've seen a small movement of Italians asking for a keyboard reform.
Anyway, that was very annoying and restrictive in making a decision to buy a laptop in Italy. Then I decided to just accept it, it’s much easier to buy cheap stickers from Aliexpress. I need to type in Portuguese, and I’m used to the Brazilian keyboard, which is just the best international keyboard for me, you can easily type in Italian, Spanish, French, German, English.... without any workarounds.
I practiced my typing in this website with the Brazilian layout, so now I can type at any computer without having to look at the keyboard. Much better to stick to one layout for productivity.
Honestly, I only practiced once a week for an hour on https://www.typing.com/
In my business certificate class I was on top with my buddy. We did absolutely jack shit, only having a decent typing speed due to video games :^)
Thanks for the resources ! I use typing.com
It is good for basics of typing but not coping.
True! Most of it is on the pinky, gotta start a workout routine for it lol
I use typing. Really simple site that offers typing games, tests, and lessons from beginner to expert. It’ll take you letter by letter and show you which finger should be used for which key.
Give it time. My WPM dropped to 22 after I got my Ergodox, now I'm doing better than ever (granted, I hadn't practiced typing before getting the Dox). I also had bad typing habits so I can recommend typing.com for overcoming these. It's really rare now that I type a letter using the wrong finger. It took me a week of daily practice to get to 44 WPM, then another couple of weeks to get back to my normal but that differs from person to person. Just don't give up.
You might also want to come up with your own layout to get comfortable on. The default one isn't really targeted towards programmers. I based mine on this one.
No idea how old you are. You'll get faster with age, and practice. Lots of practice. DVORAK is arguably better, but if you're already familiar with QWERTY, unless you're looking for something specific there's no huge reason to switch. Average typing speed in the US is only 40wpm. I clock in on average about 95, if I'm paying attention or typing a lot I can usually hit 115 consistently.
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Keep at it.
You look down at the keyboard less and less as you get better at typing. Eventually, you shouldn't have to look at it at all, unless something happens like you switch to a different keyboard with slightly different layout.
Skilled typists don't keep their fingers firmly on the home row keys. Their fingers are barely brushing the tops of those keys. If they have to move their hand slightly away from the home row to reach a key, that's fine. With practice, you'll be able to reset back to the home position quickly and easily. A lot of keyboards have a small bump on the 'f' and 'j' keys to help you find them by touch.
Shittons of practice. Get a typing practice program and use it. There are a lot of them out there that turn typing practice into a game. Many of them have settings that let you start off practicing a small subset of the keys, then grow your skills to include more and more keys as you learn. Example game: https://www.typing.com/student/game/keyboard-ninja
Something I find really helpful to transition quickly is repeat a fixed variety of phrases often as practice. For example, if you repeat the speed drills on this site again and again day after day. I would do it like this: do two sessions a day practising those phrases. Each session, redo each screen several times, focusing on any mistakes you have made for that screen. Generally, each session should last about 20-30 minutes.
Take your time at first and try not to get frustrated. If you find yourself getting frustrated, finish that session. It's better to finish one session of practice early because of frustration than to give up entirely. During the first week or two, I'd let myself use another layout (QWERTY) temporarily for serious typing if I felt the need.
At the same time, type a variety of other material; but this should be the core of your practise.
Practising like this, I notice improvements from day to day, and can be moderately proficient (40 wpm) in 2 weeks.
as audiophile schiitstack said - what's your budget?
and on 2 - this is what I suggest for friends looking to learn to type in correct way. Don't rush it, better do less but put more thought doing the exercises.
Popular site among this sub is this, you can create account to track improvement. It also has many nice themes as well as customizable settings.
Other tips - keep in mind, it takes long time to relearn finger positions and keys. And it's rather exhausting to be cautious about how you type all the time. From my experiences, it takes around 2-3 weeks to form a habit to use the right keys if typing daily.
Another - don't except quick results. You'll probably be slower with proper typing than with previous style at first. Don't worry, speed comes with time.
Hope this helps!
In 6th grade my teacher made me do a typing course every day and from September to March (COVID stopped school) I went from 25 WPM with 80% accuracy up to 95 WPM with 97% accuracy, if you want you can try it out, it really helped me and it's free!
Actually, it appears I have been misinformed/misremembering :) u/typingisbae and u/Andraz7y! I am always willing to admit when I am wrong.
Here is an article from typing.com that contradicts what I said. Though I am not sure where/when I first heard of Blackburns QWERTY use, I assume that the article is telling the truth.
https://www.typing.com/blog/fastest-typists/
My apologies!
Hey u/a_fuge! & thanks u/simpleauthority!
Drifts are a common leftover in students who started with 2 to 5 finger forms, where the hand would cross over or force another hand out of position. It will take a bit of time for your hands to get used to the new position, and a bit longer for the little kinks to get worked out.
So, let's go over how to fix the drift faster and get your brain on the right track. First things first, slow down for now. When we are pushing the limits of our speed we become less cognizant of form errors that slowly push/pull us away from position.
I want you to do the following lesson:
https://www.typing.com/student/lesson/328/common-english-words
These are very simple words and short sections. Our goal here isn't speed, it is slow, methodical strikes to the very center of the key. Just do the first screen for now. Don't move on until you can do the very first screen with each key hit directly in the middle at 100% accuracy. Once you've gotten through all 19 screens (slowly), try a conventional test (shoot for about 15 to 20wpm and center of the key strikes since you are usually around 36wpm).
Take note of which fingers seem to struggle or resist the most, then repost here. I'll be glad to give you strategies to make those keys a piece of cake.
Accuracy and center strikes refine our form to the point of laser accuracy. If I make a mistake these days, it isn't because of a half-tap anymore, it's either because of an inadvertent double tap, or just the straight up wrong key (usually because I'll finish the word incorrectly like, "worthy" instead of "worth") I had the same problem as you originally: both of my hands started to drift whenever I got up to speed. You'll get it with slow, intentional practice.
Hey u/Lonely-Towel-4934!
For the sake of comparison, it would be a good idea to try a 1 minute formal test and see where you land after 5 or so attempts. https://www.typing.com/student/typing-test/1-minute
These types of test are the closest approximation to regular typing, and give you a small snap shot of where you are truly at. When you increase the time to 3 or 5 minutes, you should expect a drop off of only a few wpm on average.
I teach students between the ages of 11 to 15. The overall average at your age is somewhere in the ballpark of 30wpm with about 85% accuracy based on my experience, usually with a lot of looking down involved and 2 to 5 finger strategies abounding. That's on a test like the one I linked above.
Students, when properly trained, average 43wpm and 95% accuracy by comparison. If you were to pull 85wpm (the average of 70 to 100) you would be in the top 10% of typists at your age based on my student stats.
I recommend learning how to type, just do like 15min daily and as you memorize the keys, picking up shortcuts will get easier. I used the link below and was doing 30wpm after a couple of weeks, after using a desktop for 7 years I regret not learning sooner.
Accuracy drills will still be useful, however, in the case where you are stagnating on speed, it will be essential to focus on pattern drills.
A good way to do this is to start with a set typing lesson. For instance: https://www.typing.com/student/lesson/328/common-english-words
In this case you will attempt to do each screen with perfect accuracy. There are 19 screens in all. Once you've completed them, review the screens and see which ones you've had the lowest wpm in. Drill that specific screen until you see gains of 10 to 15 wpm and move on to the next lowest screen.
The reason why lessons like Common English Words are so useful is that most of these patterns crop up elsewhere. For instance, the "to" combination will be with "into, together, toward, today, toadstool, tool, lotto" etc. The more you automate this combinations with key roll (rather than individual strokes, trying to hit them near simultaneously) the faster you will execute them in other situations.
If you can get proficient with using things like email perhaps Outlook and Windows... Can use Google to stay for stuff especially on the tools/apps/software you want to learn is a huge start. Also checking out Goodwill sometimes you can find books on certainly applications like MS Word or Excel or MS Office etc. Start using that computer. Learn how to browse the web and use the toolbars. Learn how to type is going to really help if you aren't proficient at it. There are many free ones online. Don't be turned off on using the kids typing games or apps. Just get to typing. Use MS Word or Outlook and learn to send emails, hope to change fonts and hope to highlight bold and italicize things. Learn to cut and paste. Etc.
Typing Test You can try that but I've not had a change to try it. I'm on my phone... Lol
Another option that might help is a temp agency. I don't know where you live but I'm the USA we have some tell agencies that have computers with learning programs and tools to help learn applications and such. I haven't been to one in years though. The one I used to use was called Adecco. They would help place you in a job for work... Usually temp or mp to hire jobs and they'll let you come in and learn applications. I didn't really have to use their resources. I self taught myself. You can do it too. Just submerge yourself in MS Windows, Google chrome, Ms office and it should help immensely.
Good luck!
Great work u/Mathew19_26!!! This is the same instructor from before :).
Ok, so you've got to that point, now let's get you sped up!
Go to the lesson Common English Words. This is going to be your bread and butter for a little while.
The beauty behind this lesson is twofold: not only are the words common (hence the name) but they are also root words. This means that words like "to" are used in other combos like "toward", "into", "today", etc.
Here's what you do. There are 19 screens to practice. Do each one with 100% accuracy. If you mess up, restart the screen and slow down. You'll probably notice that your fingers will hit certain letters out of order, or they will swap certain letters constantly (for example, hitting U when you mean to hit Y) this is absolutely 100% normal. Your procedural memory is still developing, so it's going to fight you at first with old, inefficient patterns.
Be hyper-aware of your form at this time. Your old form habits will try to come back out. If they do, stop and reset the screen. It will be frustrating, but it will absolutely work faster than anything.
Once you get to the end of that lesson with everything at 100% accuracy, try a 1 minute test. Go slowly, one word at a time. Log that speed and accuracy.
Then do Common English Words again. See if you can go two screens in a row without mistakes this time. Challenge yourself to go a little faster with each of those screens while still keeping 100%. Periodically check yourself on a 1 minute typing test. You'll see a huge difference within just a few days.
Keep it up!!!
Hello u/After_Owl3277!
When you say 10 key, do you mean 10 finger or the number pad?
If you are looking for good number pad practice typing.com has some here: https://www.typing.com/student/lesson/380/numeric-keypad
As far as one that adjusts on the fly based on input for number pad, I'm not so sure actually! I'd be interested to see one like this as well.
95 WPM 99% accuracy
https://www.typing.com/student/typing-test/1-minute
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Way better than I thought I'd do. I don't think I've done that type of think since playing Mario Teaches Typing.
That really depends on what you need to do with your typing skills.
If you actually want to work in a job that is going to require typing as a major part of the job, then you need to be aiming for something between 40 to 60 wpm with a good accuracy rate. (meaning you have few to no mistakes.) The more typing involved with the job, the higher your skills need to be.
If you just want to be able to type up emails or reports quicker but don't need typing as a main skill in your job, then you could aim for that 40 wpm goal.
Personally, I type at about 55 wpm with a 97% accuracy rate. (and typing is not a main part of my job - I just get a lot of typing practice by doing things like answering these questions.)
Read this article for more information:
See what you did? One typo. Just one and you this is what you did.
Here's your homework:
The home row is middle row of the keyboard. Your left index finger should be on F and your right index finger on J. The rest of your fingers should rest naturally on the keys to the left and right of those. From here, you can move your fingers to reach the other keys as needed.
If you want to learn how to type this way you can go here https://www.typing.com/ it's interactive and fun.
Just do it. Time is passing by anyway. Even if it takes a year. A year will pass anyway. And you will look back and realize that you made progress.
I like monkeytype to practice, but for the first steps I would recommend <https://www.typing.com>. But just use whatever you feel is best.
And you don't need to give up on the way you type all of a sudden. You can practice the ten-finger method and use your way whenever you need to, say, write an email. Over time you will drop the old way and type ten finger style only.
https://www.typing.com/ is the site i learned to type on (if you cant tell by my lack of punctuation, it didnt stick lol), and it shows you what finger to use to properly touch type
Me dediqué a perfeccionar la escritura en el teclado del computador (ya que igual todas las pruebas de la u iban a depender de eso). Hay páginas webs que te enseñan a usar los 10 dedos de la mano (yo no no usaba ni el dedo chico, por ejemplo). Les dejo la página web que usé yo por si se motivan!
If you can do 100+ I don’t think you need to do touch typing method tho, I saw a lot of people type 150+ without it. I learn at typing.com at the beginning then practice with keybr and monkeytype
Find an old officer of your choosing and have him read you VINs through a cardboard tube for an hour and tape it. Then whenever you have time, listen to it and type what you hear. Bonus points if you can also find a firefighter that will read you size ups with their SCBA mask on and type those out as well. I'm mostly kidding, but only mostly.
Seriously though, there are free online programs like https://www.typing.com/student/lessons
And I agree with a few others here that I think I'm as good as I am from playing MMO online games. Of course, I'm older than WoW and was an Everquest junkie but... same results!
https://www.typing.com/student/lessons ^ for lessons
https://www.typelit.io/ ^ for practice :)
Edit: I know this sub isn’t really for typing speed and such but I feel like these two sites should be pinned somewhere, they’ve helped me reach my 80-100wpm rate.
Maybe not wrong, but "cold turkey" is really dumb method - not efficient, very tiring and discouraging.
Forgive directness and ruthlessness, but I really think that we should give a proper advice if somebody is asking.
To learn colemak and proper touch typing efficiently, you can start with:
https://www.typing.com https://www.colemak.academy
Beginning as always is difficult, but with proper basic technique and some practice your will be PRO. Good luck!
I would recommend a free typing site like https://www.typing.com/. If a person learns to type with a game that isn't specifically about teaching typing they will learn to hunt and peck rather than touch typing. Touch typing is significantly faster than hunting and pecking.
This is just a completely baseless claim. Dvorak may not make you a much faster typist (although Barbara Blackburn, the world record fastest typist at 212 wpm, uses Dvorak), but it definitely reduces finger strain. Putting the most common letters on the home row under the strongest fingers means they travel a shorter distance for most words. I've been using Dvorak and QWERTY interchangeably for 15 years, and while my typing speed is probably equal on both, my fingers definitely feel the burn after a long bout of typing on QWERTY. And for somebody with chronic pain in my fingers, that makes a huge difference to me.
I had the same problem. I was also using three fingers to type and my speed was around 30-40wpm and did not seem to improve. So, I started this course in typing.com.
After this course was finished, I started doing typing tests on 10fastfingers, monkey-type and typings.gg, my speed seem to get worse than before but I kept consistent with the typing tests for about a month. Now, my speed is 50-60wpm.
Hope It Helps.
>Thank You for the suggestion.. I will learn at keybr website.
keybr is a great site but it doesn't have real sentences and words. I would suggest you go for this website: https://www.typing.com/en-gb/student/lessons. Keybr is great if you perfectly know how to type. This website has many tutorials to watch.
How to type. typing.com is a good place to take a typing test and practice. If you are decent this is a great place to practice and become faster. A mechanical keyboard also makes this process fun.
QR: I don't personally believe in using mental math in QR, the truth is if you have nimble fingers you can always type into a calculator faster than you can think so practicing number pad typing speed will really help for QR. Another tip is ACT not REACT. You need to be able to recognize the tough questions before you even attempt them, there are always easier questions in the exam. I don't remember if it was a mini mock or a big mock but I got like 26/36 in QR because i spent too long on the tough questions when the final question set was literally about the area of a square but unfortunately the time ran out and I couldn't answer them.
DM: was my worst section a month ago on medify but now I can kinda count on DM to raise my average. I think DM is very repetitive, The syllogisms are soo repetitive, they just swap the words around. I recommend actively seeing where you went wrong with the syllogisms then reading and UNDERSTANDING the reasoning behind it because I can guarantee that syllogism, will come up again later but with different words.
Another thing I think I want to speeding through the evaluating arguments sections. I have noticed the correct argument usually has the most words but obviously this isn't always the case.
Finally for DM, Prioritize the syllogisms and YES/NO questions when running out of time, they carry more marks.
TL;DR:
- Work on number pad typing speed.
- ACT not REACT
- Understand and memorize syllogism explanation
- PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE. YOU GOT THIS!!!
I don't know what you were taught in school, but that was the standard when I submitted my graduate thesis. It's still in use today, and considered acceptable, and by many, preferable, as noted below: https://www.typing.com/blog/use-one-two-spaces-period/ and here: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/two-spaces-after-a-period/559304/
You are correct if you use only one space, but so am I. To each his own. Vive le difference!
No problem. You can use these sites to become an expert:
https://www.typing.com/ - For learning the basics.
https://www.nitrotype.com/ - For further improvement of typing speed and accuracy.
Good luck!
Hello, I tried to learn this skill two years ago, then left it, and in this quarantine, I finally Learned. Let me tell you, now I considered one of the most underrated and useful skills I have. The ability to just write without the need to look at the keyboard feels really satisfying. I enjoy writing now more than ever.
I learned that in typing.com. It has 3 awesome courses, and many more like one to practice to code and stuff. I'd also like to share with you my favorite wpm test site, just because aesthetics monkey-type.com
I wish you the best and don't forget that in the beginning, it sucks to learn this skill, but in the end the payout it's very high.
You can do it too! All it takes is a bit of training. A good place to start would be https://www.typing.com — take it slow, be patient and focus on accuracy rather than speed. The most important thing is to be diligent in training everyday; even if it's only for 10 minutes. You'll be surprised how fast you'll make progress.
Good luck!
The best instructional guide was on http://urikor.net/, but that's a really hard site to access now (you have to use an old version of Internet Explorer I think) which might not be worth the hassle. Maybe for typing drills, I'd just recommend Nitro Type's sister site https://www.typing.com/, although I personally think typing drills aren't effective because the best practice for typing is typing itself, not practicing each portion of the keyboard. So I'd probably recommend just starting on TypeRacer because practicing asdf jkl; over and over does not help you in practicing typing actual texts.
In college and at my job before law school I always used a variation of hunt and peck typing that I developed from playing computer games. It was not particularly effective and I often had errors. I am closer to 90wpm now with proper touch typing and my error rate is significantly lower. The sites that I used prior to law school were:
https://www.typing.com/student/lessons ---> Free lessons on proper touch-typing technique. Start here if you do 'hunt and peck' or need to look at the keyboard when you type.
https://www.keybr.com/ --> Uses gibberish words or custom text. Helpful to practice individual keys. I liked to do this one with music on in the background.
https://play.typeracer.com/ --> Once you have learned how to type properly, this is a good site to practice on. Goal oriented typing with feedback.
Personally, I learned a lot of my typing skills from www.typing.com. There may be better software out there for this, but this one is free and easy to use. Honestly, the best answer I have for you on keeping your speed high and constant is to simply practice. Before you say, "that advice isn't helpful" (because it really isn't!), here's a some general tips you may find beneficial:
- Practice typing with your eyes closed/not looking at the keyboard. Being able to inherently know where the keys are that you need is a game changer in typing at relatively fast speeds (same goes for anything where you need to know the location of certain things, such as instruments).
- The site I linked has practice modes for typing out stories on screen as well as where you can insert your own text; challenge yourself with them. Practice with words that you are less familiar with/challenging to type out.
- Partially branching off the last point, knowing what you need to type makes a major difference in your typing speed. If you sit down to write a paper and you don't know what you need/want to write, obviously you are not going to be typing incredibly fast. This is not representative of your typing speed, but more so on putting together your thoughts. If that is the case, then your typing ability isn't the problem; you are simply taking the time to consider what to type (which is useful if you are not simply doing a free-write).
Anywho, that's all I really have at the moment. Hopefully you find something here helpful. Have a great day/night!
https://www.typing.com/student/typing-test/1-minute
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It's possible that they're typing AND thinking at the same time. I can definitely see how complex patients can take a longer amount of time to type up a note for.
You probably don't have time for it, and it's off-topic, but I just wanted to say that I was in the exact same boat before I googled how to do it and found https://www.typing.com/
I thought I learned the correct way to type and it shocked me how wrong I was. I now practice it whenever I'm bored and it's really helped. Still not super efficient for me when I need to be fast, but I think It'll eventually feel natural to me.
Hiya. :) You said "state" so I'm assuming he's in the USA?
Most human services (welfare) offices offer some sort of intro to computers classes, or at the least have computers and people willing/able to help.
You can do typing instruction online https://www.typing.com/student/lessons as well as many computer usage topics, like these from khan academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/computing
(I'd suggest Internet 101 and How Computers Work, in the Computer Science category).
Even from another state, it's possible to help him learn to use Google (and to provide him with an idea of what sites are legit, and which are bullshit!) which can be invaluable.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=learning+to+use+a+computer
in learning to help himself. Which is an important thing for someone in recovery!
Computers in the children's area of the library are usually set up so that they can only do a few limited things. It might be useful to begin on these computers, learn those few things, and then add more as he gets used to it.
As for the smartphone, you can suggest to your dad which apps to add and hide, so that he can get used to those a few at a time.
It's a lot easier when all the buttons are on 1 screen!
Yeah, you should definitely do it. It is so useful. Even if you're not that fast at typing without looking at the keyboard when you start you'll quickly speed up if you keep practicing.
I'm just using a website called typing.com. I set a timer for 30 mins and work my way through the exercises on there and then I get my average for the day on typeracer. I prefer typing.com but you can use whatever one you prefer. I'm pretty sure they all do the same thing they just get you there differently.
Since you said It is your left side, I assume It would be your left hand as well. I also assuming you know how to type cause you typed this out. One thing that helped me when I had my stroke and my left arm did not work as well as it did before the stroke and fine tune it was typing games. Just plain old typing games on the internet.
Ninja cat was the best. https://www.typing.com/student/game/ninja-cat
Cause I am sure you felt like I did, That your left arm felt like a piece of meat just hanging their and got in the way. Until I started using a 2.5 then a 5lb weight in the hand daily and also playing the typing games. Did it's functionality come back and my brain relearn its usefulness. Don't give up it will take time, but the key is repetition, So the brain relearns and makes new connections.
Good Day u/Slazman999 ,
The best way to overcome this difficulty is with Typing games and or programs and to avoid using a cellphone for a while. There is a classic old game that is very fun called mario teaches typing. But I think you need old versions of windows to play it. Certain typing teaching programs have sections that focus on those specific letters and will train you to have less difficulty with them. Here is a typing program on a website https://www.typing.com/
I would post on r/Dyslexia but I banned from there because the UK Mod there campaigned, harrased lied, and cyber stalked me when I was also a moderator there.
It means I can type without looking at the keys or my fingers. As long as I can find the keyboard without seeing it I'm good. My stick and throttle are attached to the front of the desk and the keyboard is on the desk surface, positioned so that the main part of the keyboard is reachable in the space that I have between the stick and throttle.
I got to the point of touch typing through practice and training, but it's useful for way more than just text chat in VR. Typing.com might a good option.
I found this site really helpful because of how it shows the hands on-screen - that's one of the lessons I should be spending more time on. I still struggle with the number row: https://www.typing.com/student/lessons/330/numbers-letters-numbers
Cursory search for "free typing tutor" brought up this. Maybe give it a try?
I learned in 4th or 5th grade and I've been grateful for it ever since. Your eyes are glued to the screen as you type rather than the keyboard. I can't imagine the drop in productivity without being able to touch type.
Seriously, spend maybe 20 or 30 minutes a day on some free program. That's about as much as we spent in class. It's muscle memory and it'll sink in quickly. I'm sure you'll start to wonder how you ever got by without it.
Completely forgot about retakes and will be trying them again here soon!
>https://www.typing.com/typinglessons
As I've said, my typing is fine, I can type roughly 80 wpm, but that doesn't translate over to mechanical skill in gaming. Or at least it doesn't for me.
Thanks for the all the help!
2 weeks should be enough to get a minimum of 60wpm with touch typing. I learned through typing.com fairly effectively, idk if anyone else has a better site in mind.
Typing properly should be done on a keyboard, not a laptop.
There are plenty of typing websites with sections that focus on capital letters. https://www.typing.com/student/lessons/323/shift-key-capitalization
Getting a blank keyboard specifically for it is a little overkill I will admit, you can get like sticker blanks as well or just put little pieces of masking tape over the letters. But start here https://www.typing.com/student/start and make an account! I used to type 40-50 words a minute before learning how to type properly, since using that site for a couple months I'm at about 90-100 with no punctuation ,70-80 with it.
I went through the process of breaking my old habits and learning proper typing just two months ago. It was extremely frustrating and even resulted in rage on several occasions. It took me around two weeks to get to a point where I was more comfortable with proper technique than my old way. This was with at least a half hour of intentional practice daily, and forcing myself not to ever use the old way.
= Two months later, my speed is probably about the same as before. If anything, I gained only 10WPM. The biggest difference is that typing now feels more natural and is very pleasurable. Sometimes I sit around wishing I had more things to type because typing is so enjoyable for me now.
= Your experience will not likely be identical to anyone else's, but I would say that it's worth going through the process. Just be sure to do it right. Don't jump into typing tests trying and failing at the proper technique. It's imperative that you force yourself not to look at the keyboard ever! You will be missing the benefit of proper technique if you learn by looking down. Be sure to take your time learning which fingers press which keys (without looking at the keyboard), and then only when you can do all of the letters without looking, move onto typing tests for speed improvement.
= Based on my own experience, I recommend https://www.typing.com/ for teaching your fingers where each key is.
After that, http://www.keybr.com/ will help by targeting specific keys that you have trouble with, and drill you on direct practice with those. My profile on that site tells me I've clocked about 3.5 total hours of practice there, and I would say that it was worth every second.
www.typing.com/typingtest -- We tried to make it as closely related to real typing as possible! You can read more on our blog about how we calculate WPM (as some sites don't properly calculate your speed) here: https://www.typing.com/blog/read/what-is-words-per-minute
We've all been there. I recommend https://www.typing.com/student/start starting from the basics to get you really going. Do all of the lessons as many times as you can and don't move on until you're comfortable. It really works!
Do you have a problem where typing English is difficult for you? Here's a few guides to help you;
http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/
http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/tutor/keyboarding.php
https://www.typing.com/tutor/lesson/index/id/328/
There, that should help.