Words Per Minute
In 7th Grade I completed an elective course in typing. Typewriting? Nah, I’m not that old. But the keyboard did look like this, complete with the no2 pencil placement:
Some of the other Birds mock how loudly I type – with authority, some (none) might say – and I wonder if it’s a product of being raised on a landscape of competitive typing. Keyboard buttons required elbow grease to properly place letters. I had to focus to win, to up my Word Per Minute game. No mistakes. No auto-correct. Shift to capitalize. Which hand is responsible for the letter, B?!Recently I wondered what my WPM is these days, which led me down a rabbit hole. I’m not a professional, but my results weren’t bad. Per the internet, the average typist clocks in somewhere between 50 and 80 words per minute.Typing Test says my speed is 107 WPM, but after 9 errors it adjusted to 98 WPM.https://typing-speed-test.aoeu.eu/ put me at 92 WPM, and relayed that my score beats 96.57% of all others. While I find this unlikely, it’s also possible the website doesn’t receive very much traffic.Lastly, https://play.typeracer.com/ was maddening, because it forced me to Backspace and correct errors. After maniacal backspacing, I came in with 91 WPM.So, aren’t you curious? What have you got? Post your results.And, in case you’re here for Christmas ideas, this IBM gem is selling on ebay, with a low low Buy-It-Now price of $150.