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Blackburn starred in a commercial for the Apple IIc, released in 1984, which offered a switchable Dvorak–QWERTY keyboard. [16] [10] [17] In the commercial, captioned as the "World's Fastest Typist", she explains how she achieved the Guinness World Record for fastest typist at barely 150 words a minute, yet she was able to type nearly 200 wpm on an Apple computer.
Birdie Reeve Kay, born Birdie Reeve (January 16, 1907 [1] – May 31, 1996 [2]), was an American champion typist who performed in the 1920s in vaudeville. She reached speeds of over 200 words, or 800 letters, per minute, and was billed as the "World's Fastest Typist".
The world's first typist was Lillian Sholes from Wisconsin in the United States, [1] [2] the daughter of Christopher Latham Sholes, who invented the first practical typewriter. [1] User interface features such as spell checker and autocomplete serve to facilitate and speed up typing and to prevent or correct errors the typist may make.
Albert Tangora (July 2, 1903 – April 7, 1978) was an American competitive typist who was widely regarded as having the fastest typing speed on a typewriter. [2] Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Tangora began typing in 1916, entering typing contests the following year.
Dvorak and Dealey's objective was to scientifically design a keyboard to decrease typing errors, speed up typing, and lessen typist fatigue. They engaged in extensive research while designing their keyboard layout. In 1914 and 1915, Dealey attended seminars on the science of motion and later reviewed slow-motion films of typists with Dvorak.
MacClain was listed in the 1971 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records for being the fastest typist in a one-hour timed test. [9] She became one of the students of August Dvorak and upon switching from a QWERTY layout to the Dvorak keyboard layout, MacClain increased her typing rate from 70 words per minute to 182 words per minute.
Team USA's Noah Lyles took the gold in the men’s 100-meter final at the Paris Olympics — by five thousandths of a second. Lyles, who won Sunday with a time of 9.784 seconds, came out just ...
Barbara Blackburn may refer to: . Barbara Blackburn (actress) Barbara Blackburn (dog trainer) (1910–1988), TV personality and author Barbara Blackburn (typist) (1920–2008), American typist and writer, noted for her fast typing speed