Typing

GeoffC · 03-19-2009, 01:11 PM

How do you type ?

index fingers on each hand ?

touch type .... ?

via speech type ?

Enquiring minds just interested.... I've been using wordprocessors and PCs for 30 odd years and though I'm not a total touch typist I can usually manage as long as I don't think too much of what I'm doing.

Ea · 03-19-2009, 01:19 PM

All fingers except thumbs - but self-learned, not touch type. I keep trying to touch type, but unless I ge the training it's so slow that I stop trying. Thus, I get no training, etc. :P

Moejoe · 03-19-2009, 01:21 PM

Touch type. Learned in school on actual typewriters, then strengthened my fingers on a second-hand (still owned) 1940's Remington Black Steel Typewriter. Get about 70 - 100wpm.

GeoffC · 03-19-2009, 01:25 PM

Hey guys - let me get the poll up and sorted !!!!!

DixieGal · 03-19-2009, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Touch type. Learned in school on actual typewriters, then strengthened my fingers on a second-hand (still owned) 1940's Remington Black Steel Typewriter. Get about 70 - 100wpm.

Me too, except strenghtned on a 1980's Brother portable manual with the letters that flopped up and smacked the ribbon. If you wanted BOLD, then you had to back up and re-smack it a few times.

I can type well over 100 wpm, but I don't. That's a skill that my bosses have no business knowing about. Who on earth would want a job that required you to type 110 wpm?

I did do some medical transcription on the side a few years back. Paid 8 cents a word (5 characters). I made enough money in a month to buy a whole new living room full of furniture!

GeoffC · 03-19-2009, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

Me too, except strenghtned on a 1980's Brother portable manual with the letters that flopped up and smacked the ribbon. If you wanted BOLD, then you had to back up and re-smack it a few times.

I can type well over 100 wpm, but I don't. That's a skill that my bosses have no business knowing about. Who on earth would want a job that required you to type 110 wpm?

I did do some medical transcription on the side a few years back. Paid 8 cents a word (5 characters). I made enough money in a month to buy a whole new living room full of furniture!

So that means you're "a more than 5 fingers/thumbs" lass ?

GeoffC · 03-19-2009, 01:30 PM

Someone is not owning up to their method of typing !!!!

DixieGal · 03-19-2009, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

So that means you're "a more than 5 fingers/thumbs" lass ?

Sometimes also elbows, and occasionally nose when I fell asleep and my head hit the keyboard. You have to put in a lot of late nites and bang a lot of keys to make a couple thou in a month at 8 cents per word.

GeoffC · 03-19-2009, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

Sometimes also elbows, and occasionally nose when I fell asleep and my head hit the keyboard. You have to put in a lot of late nites and bang a lot of keys to make a couple thou in a month at 8 cents per word.

that's why you spend so much time on here ....

DixieGal · 03-19-2009, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

that's why you spend so much time on here ....

I can type like the Road Runner! Beep beep. Zip Tang!

(The elbows and nose are also why I voted for BOTH touch typing and "other.")

KindleDude · 03-19-2009, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moejoe

Touch type. Learned in school on actual typewriters, then strengthened my fingers on a second-hand (still owned) 1940's Remington Black Steel Typewriter. Get about 70 - 100wpm.

Me too! And I had an old (it was old even then) Royal back in the day--it must have weighed 30 pounds!

I could only do 40-50 WPM, though, about the same as now on a computer.

Edit: I found a picture of my old typewriter!!!

DixieGal · 03-19-2009, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KindleDude

Me too! And I had an old (it was old even then) Royal back in the day--it must have weighed 30 pounds!

I could only do 40-50 WPM, though, about the same as now on a computer.

Edit: I found a picture of my old typewriter!!!

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Glorious photo! I sometimes miss the sound of the letters smacking the ribbon, instead of plastic tapping on a keyboard. My little portable was bright harvest gold, seeing as how that and olive green were fashionable colors when it was new.

Curly · 03-19-2009, 03:09 PM

I took a touch typing class many years ago in high school and it was an excruciating experience. I clearly had no ability or interest in learning the skill and only passed the course by the skin of my teeth. I still can't type the number keys without looking, but did finally manage to pick up some speed as an adult. Have to say it was worth learning as I type nearly every day.

Curly · 03-19-2009, 03:11 PM

Great photo. It was incredibly frustrating when the red and black ink ribbons got tangled up -- or was that just me?

KindleDude · 03-19-2009, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DixieGal

Glorious photo! I sometimes miss the sound of the letters smacking the ribbon, instead of plastic tapping on a keyboard.

Yeah, and the pressure you had to use on the keys. Whole different experience.

At the time I got rid of that beast, I was glad. Now looking at the picture, I feel a bit...wistful.

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

03-19-2009, 01:11 PM	#1
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Typing How do you type ? index fingers on each hand ? touch type .... ? via speech type ? Enquiring minds just interested.... I've been using wordprocessors and PCs for 30 odd years and though I'm not a total touch typist I can usually manage as long as I don't think too much of what I'm doing. Last edited by GeoffC; 03-19-2009 at 01:25 PM.

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Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	All fingers except thumbs - but self-learned, not touch type. I keep trying to touch type, but unless I ge the training it's so slow that I stop trying. Thus, I get no training, etc. :P

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Moejoe Banned Posts: 5,100 Karma: 72193 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: South of the Border Device: Coffin	Touch type. Learned in school on actual typewriters, then strengthened my fingers on a second-hand (still owned) 1940's Remington Black Steel Typewriter. Get about 70 - 100wpm.

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Hey guys - let me get the poll up and sorted !!!!!

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,600 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Someone is not owning up to their method of typing !!!!

03-19-2009, 03:09 PM	#13
Curly I need a holiday! Posts: 1,227 Karma: 4622 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scotland Device: PRS-505, ipod touch	I took a touch typing class many years ago in high school and it was an excruciating experience. I clearly had no ability or interest in learning the skill and only passed the course by the skin of my teeth. I still can't type the number keys without looking, but did finally manage to pick up some speed as an adult. Have to say it was worth learning as I type nearly every day.

03-19-2009, 03:11 PM	#14
Curly I need a holiday! Posts: 1,227 Karma: 4622 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Scotland Device: PRS-505, ipod touch	Great photo. It was incredibly frustrating when the red and black ink ribbons got tangled up -- or was that just me?

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