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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]
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.
In preparation for competing in speed typing competitions, he would dip his fingers in mixed talcum powder and alum. [41] 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]
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.
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The second round consisted of a more difficult text involving the majority of the keys on the QWERTY keyboard, in which Wrona defeated Bowen 124-79 wpm to win the Ultimate Typing Championship and a $2,000 first prize. [1] Since then, the finals have gathered over 10 million views on YouTube. [2] In the 2020 edition, the final was also best of 3.
Typing Day was conceptualized in Malaysia and falls yearly on 8 January. It was first celebrated in 2011 and aims to encourage people to express themselves via written communication and also in commemoration of the Malaysian Speed Typing Contest 2011, which broke two records in the Malaysian Book of Records (MBR) i.e. the Fastest Typist and the Largest Participation for a Typing Event.
[10] [11] MacClain's increased typing speed is given as an example in the discussions regarding the benefits of the Dvorak keyboard over the QWERTY layout. [12] While it was first reported that she could type 180 words per minute, [ 13 ] this number later edited to be 108 words per minute.