Typing: Some Interesting Facts

WPM is the measure of the words a person can type on the keyboard in one minute. As the term WPM is self explanatory Words Per Minute. One is really obsessed by the quality that a typist possesses when he sees him typing without looking at the keyboard. Typing is the art of typing with your fingers and the eyes fixed on the text that you are typing from.

An average professional typist can type 50- 70 WPM’s. There have been records of advanced typists typing to the speed of 120 WPM world records have been made where people have recorded WPM above 200.

If you are a typist with that kind of speed you will find many companies and many top notch executives after you to be following you wooing you to work for them. Of course who doesn’t want a fast typing expert by their side?

Typing is an amazing skill that is also intoxicating for many people. A disabled Policeman in Australia typed numbers (in words) from one to one million over a period of time with one finger. He used seven typewriters with 1000ink ribbons and used 19890 pages. To talk about the consistency of Les Stewart he showed in his endeavor he did it over a period of 16 years and seven months.

Touch Typing is an art that can be developed over time with a bit of practice on the keyboard and coaching and practice with touch typing software. The best thing about this skill is that it is not inborn and can be developed over a period of time.

In recent years many more techniques along with keyboards have been developed and floated in the market. Typing has developed from the tic tac of the typewriter to Typing on the latest I pad with touch Screen facility.

We keep talking about touch typing there are several other techniques that come to the rescue of people who are really not comfortable with Touch Typing they are Hunt and Peck, Buffering and Thumbing. All have their own utilities and advantages for different people.

Typing with efficiency and consistency can take you places in your career and personal life.