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I can’t touch type.

It’s not so much looking at the keys which makes this frustrating, but the clumsy positions my hands sometimes get themselves into with the weird eight-finger technique I’ve stumbled upon.  It also takes a lot of concentration to decide the best way to type ‘Aesop’, whereas typing with some kind of formulated technique makes all words more or less as easy to type.  Handy if it’s important to keep your train of thought, for example when essay writing.

I’ve tried to learn how retrospectively, but it’s hard.  I tend to get stuck on letters like ‘e’ and ‘r’ which I’m used to using two hands for when in succession.

Anyway I thought I’d try again.  I didn’t think much of Mavis Beacon, and there’s a few online ones but they’re not so fantastic either.

So having settled with TypingMaster Pro, I did a quick test to measure my current error-prone keyboard bashing:

Duration: 5 mins
Gross Speed: 72 wpm
Accuracy: 90%
Net Speed: 65 wpm

I think it will take me some time to get higher than 70 words per minute with a new technique, but it will definitely be more accurate and less difficult.

If I can get typing to be mostly muscle memory, it will make essay writing and note taking much easier.

And damn my school(s) for not including teach us this in the first place!