OK Ladies and Germs!! Take the test. I scored 51 wpm with 10 errors for a net of 41 wpm and 80% accuaracy! I did the test several times but that was pretty much it. Typing Test Terry
TOK, that sounds like a Native American name. However, to be Cherokee, it would have to be more descriptive like: Fingers dancing with keys :wink:
Ohhhhhh, the biblical method, seek and ye shall find, is sssslllloooowwww... 35 words per minute 0 errors 35 WPM net score 100% accuracy.
How many of you guys learned to type in Jr. High School on a old manual IBM? Different levels of keys, not flat like the current keyboards. jmj space, jmj space...ad nauseum. It was torture but I know guys who didn't take the typing course and are forever damned to hunt and peck, poor bastards! 60 wpm would have put Dances with Fingers at the top of my class! Anybody remember carbons? Typing pools? Terry
I took typing in Jr High after my parents and older sister convinced me it would make my college days soooooo much easier.....they were correct! I played the piano a bit and that helps alot... hell, the kid that sat next to me in typing class - a buddy of mine - was a brilliant piano player. He was an 80 words a minute guy back then on those typewriters. When we were in Nashville, my admin assistant was an aspiring musician and he could flat fly - over 100 wpm.....I'm a mere hacker in comparison with the true elite!
I never touched a keyboard until 1987. That is when I got my first computer and had no idea what a QWERTY keyboard was or where any of the keys were located. I no longer hunt and peck. However, I do use primarily six fingers/thumbs. Works for me... :?
I can type fairly fast but make lots of errors...I usually know that it was a "mis-strike" when it happens and have to go back and correct. I wasn't sure when I took the test if I was supposed to just plow on through the errors to get a good WPM, or correct as I went for a better % correct but more accurate picture of how I really type. stu
No way <t>Took two different tests, but I don't see how it can be accurate since I haven't been able to type 80 wpm since college:<br/> <br/> Test Name Strategic Alliances with Competitors<br/> Gross Speed 84 WPM<br/> Errors 3 Words<br/> Net Speed 81 WPM<br/> Accuracy 96%<br/> <br/> <br/> Test Name Tigers in the Wild<br/> Gross Speed 87 WPM<br/> Errors 3 Words<br/> Net Speed 84 WPM<br/> Accuracy 96%</t>
:cry: Stu, think carefully before you accept George's offer. But, if you accept, leave me your new cat in your will so I can do better on future SB contests.
:lol: Nothing to it. After the first try, 0 WPM after starting a paragraph down, I was able to draw on skills aquired at Verona HS in 1940 and got up to 34 WPM at 88% accuracy.
Stu: As Bobda points out, I have had some turnover problems. But my management team will give you all the support that you need. Perhaps you shouuld meet some more of your co-workers.. Capiche?
Congrats Kes....I'm happy to give up the throne. Frankly, I was never comfortable with the title - "Flying Fingers".....it sounds more like something you'd find for sale on the bathroom wall of a Vegas flophouse featuring hourly rates. :wink: Terry