Re: Can you touch-type?

yes ma'am. law school did that to me - all those briefs!!

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Yeah, I think it runs in the family. My mom is a medical transcriptionist so she's a speed typer. PLUS growing up my dad didn't get us video games, we had computer games.

In HS and college I also took computer classes with typing and using Microsoft. I type all day long for work so I'm pretty quick. Sometimes I amaze myself and I know the people in my office comment on my typing all the time.

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Posted by DavaDay

Yes. It was the most useful thing I learned in high school.

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yes I can talk and type at the same time too LOL

I used to have my keyboard 'tray' under my desk so I could just type away and folks were surprised later to know i was doing one thing while talking to them about another.

My current keyboard at work must have been the cheapest thing EVER. I have had it for less than a year and yet I'm missing 13 of letters off the keyboard. its literally just rubbed totally off. I don't care since I don't need them but if someone is using my desk while I'm out they have to bring another keyboard over since the letters are missing on mine.

Right now I'm totally missing the following letters:
A,S,E,D,C,R,F,H,V,N,M,O,L,T

my home keyboard is a Kinesis which allows for rapid typing without moving your wrists. Its also 'sunken' so you are forced to use the home row type skill. Its actually helped me to type faster. My hubby wanted it, I thought it looked funny and strange but now I love it! hahaha


ETA: the only letters I have not beat up or about to become invisable are:
Q,W,Z,X,U,J Hrm.. wonder what that says about my typing.....

Message edited 12/16/2011 12:41:10 PM.

Re: Can you touch-type?

Best class I took in HS was typing! Swear this helps me more in life than any other skill since at work I send a million emails.
I type about 100 wd per minute.

Re: Can you touch-type?

Posted by Karen

Posted by DavaDay

Yes. It was the most useful thing I learned in high school.

ditto!

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I took a keyboarding class in Highway. I don't have my fingers on the right keys but I don't need to look either

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I can, also self taught....I guess it is just years of writing papers and documents for work.

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I dont think I ever look at the keyboard when I type. I usually look at the screen, but not always. Nobody ever taught me..I dont know when I started doing it.

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Learned in junior high (1978 !) on a manual typewriter. In college typed out my papers because word processors were not a household item.

I can still hear the drills :
fff [space] jjj [space] ddd [space] kkk [space] all the way thru the alphabet.

I don't type as fast as I used to. Arthritis is slowing me down.

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Yes. I don't have to look down. So much practice through the years, typing papers & of course using AIM back in the day!

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Yup, I learned back in the dark ages on an actual typewriter.

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absolutely, helps when you can take detailed notes and hold people to what they say on a call :)

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Yes and I never even took a class on it. My students are always amazed at my ability to do this.

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Yes, we took classes in middle school and I have been able to type without looking at the keyboard since then. I can do about 80-90 wpm. People are always freaked out by how fast I type and how I can type and speak to them at the same time.

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yup! I don't look down at the keys at all unless I'm looking for a symbol or number.

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Yes; Katie Gibbs girl here; used to type 85-90 wpm; I'm sure it's quicker now.

It freaks DH out when I talk to him & continue typing or if he's in the other room & he's like, are you actually typing like that (hearing the sound)

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Yes learned in High School and never forgot.

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though i hated mr tucker back then with aaa space sss space ddd space fff space...it sure paid off! :)

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yup it was a stupid at the time required class to take keyboarding in high school. now i actually am proud that i actually learned.

Re: Can you touch-type?

Posted by MrsRivera

Posted by CaMacho

Yup learned in HS and haven't had to look down at the keyboard since then.

Same here. Dropped physics my senior year and took keyboarding instead Now, you tell ME which one of those is more useful

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i can for the most part type without looking. I have no clue how many words per minute though. What I AM great at is typing numbers without ever looking at them ever. When I worked at a bank I was the fastest teller ever. I typed account numbers and amounts and everything so fast that people used to just stop and watch me. I even do it now cashiering at Costco... I type full barcodes in like 3 seconds

Re: Can you touch-type?

Posted by GoldenRod

Posted by Dulcinea

Yes self taught since college, it's a skill you gotta know in the computer field. :)

Actually, no... I know quite a few people in the IT field that can't touch-type. They hunt and peck, or do one or two fingers on each hand.... for 8 hours a day!

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I can type without looking and I am very fast with accuracy. Plus, I can type without being loud

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I don't keep my fingers on the right keys, but yes. I'm VERY fast. I'm a receptionist, so when people pass by my desk and I'm in the zone (usually when I'm posting on LIF! ) they often comment about how fast I am. DH once even asked me if I was just running my fingers over the keys and not actually typing.

ETA: But I'm super loud! lol! I pound those keys.

Message edited 12/19/2011 9:36:13 AM.