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From the 1920s through the 1970s, typing speed (along with shorthand speed) was an important secretarial qualification and typing contests were popular and often publicized by typewriter companies as promotional tools. A less common measure of the speed of a typist, CPM is used to identify the number of characters typed per minute.
Blackburn's self-claimed peak speed, in 1986, was 212 words per minute. [8] [a] Blackburn was popularly recognized as the "world's fastest typist" [9] [10] and made media appearances to exhibit her typing speed and the Dvorak layout, notably appearing in a 1985 episode of Late Night with David Letterman [9] and in a television commercial for ...
As of 2019, the average typing speed on a mobile phone was 36.2 wpm with 2.3% uncorrected errors—there were significant correlations with age, level of English proficiency, and number of fingers used to type. [3] Some typists have sustained speeds over 200 wpm for a 15-second typing test with simple English words. [4]
You can create a profile showcasing your typing skills and apply for typing jobs posted by clients from around the world. Upwork currently lists over 600 transcriptionist jobs on its website. You ...
The following year, he used a Royal typewriter to set the International Commercial Schools Association typing record with a typing speed of 141 WPM. [42] [43] He later beat his own record with a typing speed of 142 WPM. [44] Tangora wrote a booklet about typing, called "Fifty Common Typing Faults and How To Avoid Them." [45]
Surely there are other equally (non)-noteworthy typing contests held all the time. There is a fairly recent (2005) Guiness World Record for typing speed mentioned, which I'm inclined to treat as the most credible typing speed record in the absence of any ongoing organized typing competitions.Plantdrew 03:33, 30 October 2012 (UTC)
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