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  2. Words per minute - Wikipedia

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    Words per minute is a common metric for assessing reading speed and is often used in the context of remedial skills evaluation, as well as in the context of speed reading, where it is a controversial measure of reading performance. A word in this context is the same as in the context of speech. Research done in 2012 [9] measured the speed at ...

  3. Barbara Blackburn (typist) - Wikipedia

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    The Guinness Book of World Records included her speed records amongst others in the "Typing, Fastest" category of the 1976 –1986 editions, where she was listed as able to "attain a speed of 170 wpm" and "maintain 145 wpm for 55 minutes". Guinness's typing speed records for electronic and computer keyboards, including Blackburn's records, were ...

  4. TypeRacer - Wikipedia

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    Registration. Free. Launched. March 2008. Current status. Online. TypeRacer is a multiplayer online browser-based typing game. In TypeRacer, players complete typing tests of various texts as fast as possible, competing against themselves or with other users online. It was launched in March 2008.

  5. Speed typing contest - Wikipedia

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    In a speed typing contest contestants compete to attain the highest accurate typing speeds. These contests have been common in North America since the 1930s and were used to test the relative efficiency of typing with the Dvorak and QWERTY keyboard layouts. In popular culture

  6. Typing - Wikipedia

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    Some notable, verified records include 255 wpm on a one-minute, random-word test by a user under the username slekap and occasionally bailey, 213 wpm on a 1-hour, random-word test by Joshua Hu, 221 wpm average on 10 random quotes by Joshua Hu, and first place in the 2020 Ultimate Typing Championship by Anthony Ermollin based on an average of ...

  7. Albert Tangora - Wikipedia

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    Albert Tangora. 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. On October 22, 1923, Tangora set the 60-minute typing speed ...

  8. Speed reading - Wikipedia

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    Speed reading is any of many techniques claiming to improve one's ability to read quickly. Speed-reading methods include chunking and minimizing subvocalization. The many available speed-reading training programs may utilize books, videos, software, and seminars. There is little scientific evidence regarding speed reading, and as a result its ...

  9. Stenotype - Wikipedia

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    A steno machine, stenotype machine, shorthand machine, stenograph or steno writer is a specialized chorded keyboard or typewriter used by stenographers for shorthand use. In order to pass the United States Registered Professional Reporter test, a trained court reporter or closed captioner must write speeds of approximately 180, 200, and 225 words per minute (wpm) at very high accuracy in the ...

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