June 13, 2002
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Do you know how to type and if so, how fast?

yep, about 55 wpm

Alice, 21
Winchester  UK

I don't type with my fingers on the right keys, but I can type fairly quickly when I need to. It would be nice to be able to do it better, but I don't have time to learn something new and all over again!!

Tracy, 24
Ocean City
, NJ  USA

I took a typing class my freshman year in high school. So, yeah, I can type, but only about 40 wpm. But it seems like if I type for awhile, like ten minutes or longer, I get faster. I used to think in high school that I wanted to be a secretary or something, but now, no way.

Lisa J., 23
TN  USA

Last typing test I took it was 64 wpm general, and 8500 kpm with data-entry.

Nicci, 27
Las Vegas
, NV   USA

I type at 65 words per minute. I'm even faster when spell check corrects my transposition errors.

Jane, 62
West Linn
, OR   USA

I learned to type in high school typing class... I can probably go about 65-70 words per minute but haven't timed myself in years.

Doug2, 29
Overland Park
, KS  USA

Uh, yes, and I haven't really checked out my speed since high school. Probably 80 WAM or so.

Karen, 22
Ames
, IA   USA

I've been typing for years. But I still look at the keys and I haven't a clue how fast.

Janet, 44
E. Brunswick
, NJ USA

I learned how to type in Middle School...I can do approx. 45 WPM I believe.

Kyle, 16
OH  USA

Yes I know how to type. I have no idea how fast I type, though. Back when I was in typing class a zillion years ago I typed about 50 wpm.

Laura, 37
Lowell
, MA   USA

Pretty fast. Faster than most people even though I don't know my count.

Cancer, 20
NYC
, NY   USA

Forty five years ago I could type an accurate 45 wpm. Probably my speed has increased.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg
, PA  USA

I just took a typing test a couple of months ago. The result was 69 words per minute, no errors. Everything nowadays, it seems, is done on my keyboard. The downside is that my handwriting (which used to be really neat) is barely legible anymore!

Fisch, 47
Preston
, CT   USA

Well, that seems like a kind of silly question to me. If I weren't typing, how would I be responding? (I guess there's always voice recognition.) But yes, I can touch-type, I've been doing it since I was a young kid. My mother bought the original version of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing years ago, and currently I type around 90-100wpm on a regular basis.

etoile, 21
Washington
, DC  USA

I took a typing class years ago in High School, and at that time I think I passed (barely) by being able to type 45 WPM. In college, I took computer classes, but they never really emphasized on typing ability....so today, I'm a four fingered typist, using only my two pointer and two index fingers...but I think I'm pretty good, considering!

Tam

I can touch type at about 65 wpm

Felicia, 36
Lowell
, MA   USA

Yes. I haven't been clocked in a long time but I think I'm up to somewhere like 70wpm. I also have a 10-key speed of 15,000. It's pathetic. I don't even work in an office, it's just from being online mostly.

Triana, 29
Austin
, TX   USA

Yes, I type every day at work - and probably type about 45 words per minute.

Brad, 21
Sydney  AUSTRALIA

Can't type at all; im telepathically projecting these words onto the screen.  I don't know how fast i can type, pretty fast :P

Talia, 25
Stamford
, CT   USA

Yup, I sure do know how to type...after all, that is what I do for a living, I damn sure better know how to type...near as I can guess, it is 50+ wpm...whatever

Frodo
age unknown, parts unknown

hmm, like 50 ish words per minute, I think.

Eric, 20
Beverly Hills
, CA  USA

I took typing in high school, but I never was very fast. I still type, but have to look at the keys.

Judy, 62
Easton
, KS   USA

Yes, and something close to 90 wpm last time I took any sort of typing test

Angela, 18
Bella Vista
, AR  USA

I know how to type. I took a class on it in grade nine, but I never fully mastered the art of not looking at where your hands are -- possibly because I skipped that class many a time to injest illegal substances behind the hill.

Keri-Jade, 21
Brampton, Ontario  CANADA

Yes, approx. 65-70 wpm

Melodi, 19
Gahanna
, OH   USA

I suffer from hand-eye coordination problems and type v-e-r-y slowly but I'm quite accurate.

Reba, 50+
Silver Spring
, MD  USA

85wpm on a good day

Firelady, 24
Dallas
, TX   USA

Yeah- I'm not sure how fast, but I've been on computers since I was 11.

Jeremy, 14
Highlands Ranch
, CO  USA

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