{"id":895,"date":"2020-10-06T22:29:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T20:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devpath.pro\/?p=895"},"modified":"2020-10-06T22:29:18","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T20:29:18","slug":"learning-touch-typing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabiocicerchia.it\/skills\/learning-touch-typing","title":{"rendered":"Learning Touch Typing"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been typing with two fingers for over 20 years and didn’t bother much about my typing skills. In fact, I was a pretty average typist with a rate of ~39wpm with pretty good accuracy of 96%, at least it was fine by me…<\/p>\n

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Then I stumbled upon an article about Touch Typing<\/a>, I gave it a shot and the result was quite surprising and deluding. I was barely able to type following the rules and make to the end of the test<\/p>\n

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Worst performance ever, I typed 1\/3 of the characters, with a speed of 1\/5 of the previous test, with a higher error rate. I had to give it a serious try, after a couple of weeks were I was training myself al least half an hours per day, I’ve managed to reach 52 wpm, accuracy 96%:<\/p>\n

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so, trying not to think about the keyboard and the test, just taking it lightly, and going with the flow I’ve increased the speed of 33% and kept the same accuracy.<\/p>\n

I’m still having some serious issues with the pinkies and with going back to home row after each keystroke. So I’m far for the proficient level, sometimes I tend to go back to my previous style and mixing everything and slow down a lot. Practice is the key.<\/p>\n

These are (random, non-ordered) tips that have made me able to jump from 8wpm to 41wpm, so be even slightly faster than my previous style of typing:<\/p>\n