When I was in high school, I took a typing class twice and dropped out both times. (Yikes I think I am aging myself !)
I have wanted to be a writer since I was quite young, and I knew I needed to learn how to type. I truly hated typing class and gave up on the idea I would ever be a fast typist.
Life moved on, I went into the corporate world and had my own secretary so I actually never did have to learn how to type fast.
Than came the internet and computers. I have been working on the computer daily since 1998. When my kids watch me type they have often said, “Wow Mom you are fast”. I still feel slow, so I just dismissed their remarks.
Then I found this fun little site that tests your speed. I thought it would fun to share it with all the people like me, who flunked out of typing or maybe data entry class and might be quite fast now!
Give it a try. I have to say I was pretty darned thrilled that I could actually type 62 wpm! When I tested myself about 10 years ago I came in at 30 wpm. I bet many people are much faster than they ever thought they would be with all of us working on the computers these days. Have fun! If you want tell me how fast you type and your story in the comment section please do. Did you flunk typing class or data entry? Are you faster now because you use the computer all the time?
Visit the Typing Test and try!
Update- I read this today and had to laugh. A typewriter keyboard for your Ipad.
If you are missing the good old days.
The iTypewriter, which uses a series of hammers to translate your key-presses into touch-screen pushes.
Every time you strike a key, a little hammer will jump out of the typewriter, and prod your iPad with a little rubber ‘capacitive cap’, which delivers a minute electrical discharge to mimic your finger prods.