Typing Speed and Accuracy
1. Start slowly
Start by practicing some basic words on the keyboard to become used to the layout. As a result, you'll be better able to zero down on eliminating mistakes. When you educate your brain to ignore your hands, your fingers will learn to fly over the keyboard.
2. Learn proper typing positions.
You definitely have a general idea of the design of the keyboard and its keys, but speeding up your typing will need you to do it without looking at the keyboard. Position your body in a way that allows you to work at your best while minimizing risk of pain and harm. Here are seven tips to help you type more comfortably:
1.Straighten your back and eye-level your keyboard.
2.15 to 25 inches distant, angled downward.
3.Keep your arms bent at 90 degrees to reduce shoulder, wrist, and elbow strain. 5.Check the keys. "QWERTY" has been used since the 1800s. Even if function buttons are relocated or the keyboard is bent for health concerns, the alphabet and punctuation keys remain constant.
6.You can text with your eyes closed on many keyboards thanks to elevated tabs. Rest your fingertips on both hands' home rows (D, S, and A for the left hand; K, L, and the ";" symbol for the right hand). Spacebar.
7.The home row might help you type without looking. Touch typing Each finger controls the home row keys above and below it. Vertically divide each finger. Left thumb controls shift, caps lock, and tab. Weak fingers make it weird at first, but with practise it becomes normal.
3. Start by typing slowly to avoid mistakes
Typed words per minute (WPM). 1946 IBM computer typist Stella Pajunas typed 216 wpm. 60-80 wpm average. Some typing jobs will need a faster pace.
Errors reduce WPM. Computers ease returning. Typing is rougher. Typing slowly improves accuracy and speed. Correct typing reduces rewriting, editing, and reading. Prevention is easier than correction.
Many word processors auto-correct or highlight mistakes in red, but not all. True typing progress involves avoiding autocorrect.
4. Practice, practice, practice
Malcolm Gladwell's habit advise is popular. In Fringe elements, he adds, "Perfection takes 10,000 hours." 24-hour-a-day practise equals 10,000 hours.
Neuroscience shows brains aren't programmed. Brains evolve and adapt via practise.
Finger placement becomes easier with practise.
Practice. No laptop TV in bed. Balanced form requires a disk herniation chair. Comfort boosts reliability.