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Go on... have a go, see what you get.

In my sample text, I got 41 wpm, with 3 mistakes.

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Had to give it a go to check my typing is still up to speed (nothing to do with putting off writing yet more Christmas cards of course).

83 wpm, no mistakes.

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38, with one mistake. mind you , I was trying to be more careful than usual.

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:eek: I should have lied too :p

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Would have thought with all your speedy edits your typing would be faster actually. ;):D

My time at secretarial college wasn't entirely wasted anyway, seems I can still type reasonably fast. I once worked with a girl that had a 100wpm typing speed. :eek:

Clearly the mods are bored today.............

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Also explains why sometimes while Im typing an answer yours has already been posted :lol:

Keep up the good work.

Dont they now have speech to text programmes that save you actually having to type?

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Yes, they're rubbish. You know how when you try to use your handsfree on your phone and call somebody, most of the time you end up phoning the wrong person or your phone asks you to repeat the name 10 times? They're like that, only worse. :lol:

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My mum was a secretary.... 120wpm in pre Word Processor days, and some ridiculous shorthand rate too.


Clearly its not a genetic trait.

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It said I got 326wpm with one mistake. I fear the one mistake was the whole thing.

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Blimey, that's amazing. I did shorthand too, was rubbish at it and have never used it since college so I'd imagine it's probably about 10wpm now. :o

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I was taught on an old manual typewriter. The pass mark back then for my Class 1 was 30 wpm and I think you were allowed 1 mistake per 5 wpm. Nowdays I am around 60 wpm, but it is much easier on a keyboard.

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85 wpm and nil mistakes. :starsmile:

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2686 wpm and 92 mistakes

....C&P wins

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88wpm and 6 mistakes.

careless as ever.

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If I remember correctly, we had to do 25 wpm in grade 10 to pass and 40 wpm in grade 11. I think I squeaked by but I was never %100 on the numbers in the top row. I can, however type 'Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.' with absolutely blinding speed and no mistakes. Too bad there's no call for that. The test in the link was hopeless on my phone - why is there a comma behind every word?

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I got 54 wpm, but lots of mistakes, mostly because I am crap at spelling even when copying the text.

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72 wpm with 8 mistakes.

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They've been quite clever. The comma doesn't appear in a desktop browser, but it's in the text as it appears when you copy it. It's why cut+paste gives you around 100 errors.

(61 wpm + 3 errors)

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Ditto my mum - she was a speedy whizz across the page or keyboard.

Will go and do test when I have a few mins.

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I should add, that while my typing may not be fantastic, I am pretty good , both fast and accurate with data entry using the numerical keypad.

I spent 4 years doing a PhD and inputting research data (mostly numbers - the weight of eggs believe it or not!)... that kind of stays with you.

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31 wpm with 2 mistakes, hmm slow and careless, can only get better I guess :thumbup:

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73wpm (1 mistake).

I too learned shorthand (pitmans) and typing as a young lass - courtesy of Clarke's College - and somewhere have the certificates to prove it. The course was 'business studies' and you had to write orders, letters of complaint & etc., to practice your skills. My hand writing, of course, was appalling and homework was often thrown back at me in disgust! :)

"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" (and) "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party" were our practice sentences, repeatedly typed to the William Tell Overture on ancient Underwood typewriters (complete with bell when your carriage hit the end). When a mistake was made woe betide if you rubbed it out on the carbon copy (literally a carbon copy) and went through the paper or smudged it.

Those were the days, sigh................ and I am so glad they are gone!

Yay for word processors and computers!

:D

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61wpm - no mistakes. Im ahppy wtih tht! :D

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Hmm 38wpm and 2 mistakes - that's why I was never a secretary and had other people to type my letters, until the PC wiped out the typing pool - baah humbug!

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Impressive skills.....shame the folks in certain service industries don't have this when dealing with them on the phone :D

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I started but fell asleep before I got to the end............... :)

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I wouldn't be so sure you made "proper" mistakes.

I got 31 wpm with 4 supposed mistakes.

The words by and as are not normally capitalised mid-sentence so I didn't capitalise them. So I'm calling that two mistakes, not four. :p