Typing - Page 3

RickyMaveety · 03-19-2009, 05:20 PM

I'm a fairly fast typist, except that lately my splint hits keys I do not intend it to.

desertgrandma · 03-19-2009, 05:37 PM

I"m an excellent typist.

One of the few things I do really well.

I also insist my kids and grandkids learn the keyboard.

Once its learned, like reading, you can fly like the wind........with a little practice!

ShortNCuddlyAm · 03-19-2009, 05:46 PM

Normally I type with most of my fingers and thumbs (for the space bar only), and don't always need to look, but depending on what else I'm doing and the state of my fingers I use anything from one finger upwards.

Typing this reply I realise I rarely use my pinkies except for things like the shift keys.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

I told all 4 of my nieces when they were in their teens that they should learn to type because they will need to know how, but never put it on a resume.

I did that! I took lessons at college, stopped before the exam, and I don't tell potential employers.

Patricia · 03-19-2009, 05:47 PM

I'm afraid that I still need to think about it. Typing does not come naturally because I'm self-taught.
In my school, only the middle and lower streamed girls were allowed to learn typing. We of the upper forms were expected to do better for ourselves. Boys weren't supposed to type at all. Girls were forbidden to learn woodwork. And, if you were slow but dogged, there was a class for would-be punch-card operatives.
I left school in the mid-1970s. Things have changed for the better, thankfully.

Barcey · 03-19-2009, 05:49 PM

You missed a couple options.

"I never touch the typist, that would be wrong"

"Depends on the website"

pshrynk · 03-19-2009, 05:49 PM

And where's the option for Italy?

Maggie May · 03-19-2009, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pshrynk

I can type pretty fast when I'm creating. Just don't ask me to coppy anything. I have to look a the keyboard, even though, when I really get going, I don't actually focus on it. An these days, I really need the spell check function.

pshrynk. I agree with your last point. I too find I'm using spell check more and more or else I have to get out the dictionary. I blame it on texting. That's my story anyhow, and I'm sticking to it.

Slan
Mag.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 03-19-2009, 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patricia

I'm afraid that I still need to think about it. Typing does not come naturally because I'm self-taught.
In my school, only the middle and lower streamed girls were allowed to learn typing. We of the upper forms were expected to do better for ourselves. Boys weren't supposed to type at all. Girls were forbidden to learn woodwork. And, if you were slow but dogged, there was a class for would-be punch-card operatives.
I left school in the mid-1970s. Things have changed for the better, thankfully.

We never did woodwork, but we did do a bit of metal work. And anyone who wasn't in the lowest stream was expected to have a burning desire to go into engineering of some kind (this was an all girls school in the 80s). There was no option at school to learn typing - it was something I did in college alongside doing A levels, and I have to say I have found it very useful (it's meant in the past I've been able to win speed-coding competions against male colleagues and so on

)

slayda · 03-19-2009, 06:39 PM

Hey, I'm a touch typist. I look for the key, touch it and it gets typed. Basically I use two hands with two fingers per hand and thumbs on the space bar. This is during the morning hours. As the day goes on, the number of fingers diminishes until late at night, it's one finger on each hand.

I evidently older than Patricia but like her school, only the girls took typing in my school.

The main problem I have typing is I'm an atrocious speller and most of the time, my typing is coming from my head not from a hand written paper. Therefore I need to look at both the keys and the screen. Unfortunately I don't have stereoscopic vision. That said, I can often type faster (as far as the finished work) than some touch typist who are out of practice. They make more mistakes and end up spending time correcting them.

To exacerbate the problem, I'm a Southerner & like my speech, my verbal thinking is slow. I've also discovered that my verbal listening is slow.

mjh215 · 03-19-2009, 06:39 PM

I learned on a electric typewriter in school. I hated it, thought it was the most useless bunk I had ever done.... Those letter combinations haunted me in my nightmares... That summer I was at home on BBS's and such and finally realized after hours of typing I had never looked at the keyboard... Later some of my first jobs were doing data entry, the only problem I had with that was that many dumb terminal data entry keyboards don't use home row numbers and I've never been good with the number pad... They often dedicate those keys to functions and special characters.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elsi

I'm a touch typist with a pretty fast wpm rate. I find I make more errors today than say 15-20 years ago, but to some extent it's because I'm often multitasking when I'm typing. Like now, for example, the hubby is watching a show on the History channel. So at the same time that I'm composing my response and typing, my brain is processing the words that my ears are picking up. I'm not paying much attention to the TV, but as it is about 15 feet away, I cannot ignore it totally.

It might also be the quality of the keyboards... We used to have responsive keyboards, most of what is sold today is spongy.... Take a look at Unicomp they still manufacture buckling spring keyboards.

-MJ

kacir · 03-20-2009, 03:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

I'd say you are pretty darned talented, seeing as how you are a monitor on wheels and no fingers at all in the first place.

How you DARE!

Monitor!
WHEELS!?!?!?

It is a *terminal*. A legendary VT420 from Digital Equipment Corporation, no less!
Digital Equipment Corporation was manufacturer of computers such as PDP or VAX, see Accomplishments.

And it is sitting on a MicroVAX 3300!
At 1988 this was THE computer to dream about. The fanciest machine you could ever dream about. This particular "little" machine has been singlehandedly controlling the operation in a steel factory for more than 10 years as a main control computer.

And please notice the logarithnic ruler (in English called properly the slide rule) cassualy sitting on the top. I can still use that analog computer.

Ea · 03-20-2009, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slayda

Hey, I'm a touch typist. I look for the key, touch it and it gets typed. ...

Hey, that's what I do, too

Actually, I can get pretty fast with and use most of my fingers, but I have the problem that even though I usually get all the letters in a word right, they don't come in the right sequence :P

Curly · 03-20-2009, 04:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ea

Hey, that's what I do, too

Actually, I can get pretty fast with and use most of my fingers, but I have the problem that even though I usually get all the letters in a word right, they don't come in the right sequence :P

Worryingly, I have the same trouble with a pencil and paper -- what would we do without spell check?

jgray · 03-20-2009, 04:42 AM

I loved all the writing, journalism and science classes I took in high school, but the most practical and long-term beneficial was Personal Typing. It was a half-year class for non-business types. We used manual typewriters and weren't allowed to go near the IBM Selectrics.

That was in 1975. In 1980, when I got my hands on a computer, it made things much easier. For many years now, if I need to write anything that won't fit on a Postit note, I sit at the PC keyboard. I even compose on the computer, without ever touching paper. I find it much easier and faster. Now all I need is a neural interface

rebarnmom · 03-20-2009, 04:51 AM

When I was in school, typing was considered an elective and since I was in orchestra that took care of my elective. I think it should've been mandatory, but I guess they didn't see this computer age coming!

Nevertheless, I can hunt & peck pretty darn fast!
When I was working, I got really good at the using the number keypad without looking, but with my laptop, it's so frustrating having to type numbers without it!

View Poll Results: How do you type
One finger	2	2.53%
Two fingers	3	3.80%
More than 2 fingers/thumbs but fewer than 5	15	18.99%
More than 5 fingers/thumbs	19	24.05%
I need to look at the keyboard to see the keys	17	21.52%
I don't need to look at the keyboard / (Touch-typist)	51	64.56%
Mostly use speech typing	0	0%
Mostly someone else types for me !!!!	1	1.27%
Any method not on this list ... .. please explain ....	6	7.59%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 79. You may not vote on this poll

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03-19-2009, 05:20 PM	#31
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	I'm a fairly fast typist, except that lately my splint hits keys I do not intend it to.

03-19-2009, 05:37 PM	#32
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462843 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	I"m an excellent typist. One of the few things I do really well. I also insist my kids and grandkids learn the keyboard. Once its learned, like reading, you can fly like the wind........with a little practice!

03-19-2009, 05:47 PM	#34
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	I'm afraid that I still need to think about it. Typing does not come naturally because I'm self-taught. In my school, only the middle and lower streamed girls were allowed to learn typing. We of the upper forms were expected to do better for ourselves. Boys weren't supposed to type at all. Girls were forbidden to learn woodwork. And, if you were slow but dogged, there was a class for would-be punch-card operatives. I left school in the mid-1970s. Things have changed for the better, thankfully.

03-19-2009, 05:49 PM	#35
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	You missed a couple options. "I never touch the typist, that would be wrong" "Depends on the website"

03-19-2009, 05:49 PM	#36
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	And where's the option for Italy?

03-19-2009, 06:39 PM	#39
slayda Retired & reading more! Posts: 2,764 Karma: 1884247 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Alabama, USA Device: Kindle 1, iPad Air 2, iPhone 6S+, Kobo Aura One	Hey, I'm a touch typist. I look for the key, touch it and it gets typed. Basically I use two hands with two fingers per hand and thumbs on the space bar. This is during the morning hours. As the day goes on, the number of fingers diminishes until late at night, it's one finger on each hand. I evidently older than Patricia but like her school, only the girls took typing in my school. The main problem I have typing is I'm an atrocious speller and most of the time, my typing is coming from my head not from a hand written paper. Therefore I need to look at both the keys and the screen. Unfortunately I don't have stereoscopic vision. That said, I can often type faster (as far as the finished work) than some touch typist who are out of practice. They make more mistakes and end up spending time correcting them. To exacerbate the problem, I'm a Southerner & like my speech, my verbal thinking is slow. I've also discovered that my verbal listening is slow.

03-20-2009, 04:42 AM	#44
jgray Fanatic Posts: 554 Karma: 2928497 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Clara 2E & Sage	I loved all the writing, journalism and science classes I took in high school, but the most practical and long-term beneficial was Personal Typing. It was a half-year class for non-business types. We used manual typewriters and weren't allowed to go near the IBM Selectrics. That was in 1975. In 1980, when I got my hands on a computer, it made things much easier. For many years now, if I need to write anything that won't fit on a Postit note, I sit at the PC keyboard. I even compose on the computer, without ever touching paper. I find it much easier and faster. Now all I need is a neural interface

03-20-2009, 04:51 AM	#45
rebarnmom Wizard Posts: 1,289 Karma: 4525055 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: rural Illinois, USA Device: Sony PRS-700 (traded in), Sony PRS-650	When I was in school, typing was considered an elective and since I was in orchestra that took care of my elective. I think it should've been mandatory, but I guess they didn't see this computer age coming! Nevertheless, I can hunt & peck pretty darn fast! When I was working, I got really good at the using the number keypad without looking, but with my laptop, it's so frustrating having to type numbers without it!