Poll - can you touchtype?

Just asking out of curiosity - who here is able to touchtype?

Im a coder so i learnt this a long time ago, its a big help when typing a lot.

For those who dont touchtype, but regularly use a keyboard, either desktop pc or laptop, then i recommend learning. It takes some time and effort in the short term, but pays off in the long term.

Edit - by ‘touchtype’ i mean knowing how to type on a keyboard without looking where the keys are and using both hands.

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I had to look up “touchtype”. When I was young it was just called “typing”. Yes, I can. I had a class in high school and have kept it practiced.

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pretty much…i slightly look at the keys but not all of them where my fingers are going. i think looking is kinda a habit but i can type very fast

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Or maybe it was junior high? I think it was.

Btw, we used actual typewriters. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Ok ill edit my post to clarify what i mean…

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That’s very funny :rofl:

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Truer words have never been spoken.

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Only boomers look :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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I think both hands are one key off :smile:

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i had to learn how to do it when i was in school as a kid a very long time ago. they used to put the silicon things over the keycaps and have to complete typing pieces and games even i think without being able to see the keys

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I hate that I have to look. I took two typing classes in my life, once in third grade and again in my senior year of high school. Unfortunately I still can’t do it. I especially can’t do it on my iPhone.

I’m very quick on the numpad though. Don’t need to look to use that. Thanks to my years in retail.

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I had a similar class but since they left the typewriter keys labeled, I would just look down at the keys so I didnt learn anything. i guess I am on Team Looky-loo when it comes to typing. :keyboard: :eyes:

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I use the one finger hunt & peck.

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Same here @77nick77

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Sometimes I try to watch the keyboard when I mistype. But most of the times I get used to it to type without looking at it. My job has always been typing on the systems so its like that.

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I do the speed peck with my index fingers

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I actually forgot that I touch type when i read the thread title. Ive been using computers since childhood 2000 and onwards, so i guess it’s just naturally been a part of me and i forget sometimes we know have it as a skill

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I have to look at the keys but I can still type quite fast

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Me too but I didn’t have to look when I had a computer.

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