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Wayne Priestley
19,579 PointsI'd like to touch type.
Hi all,
I've just finished a 15hr stint in front of my Mac coding for my website.
The thing is, that was 15hrs using one finger on each hand, so it don't take a math genius to figure out that i would have a lot more time to enjoy life if i could touch type, even badly.
I've seen a few courses that claim to get you up to scratch, but they would say that wouldn't they.
Has anyone had any experience with this type of course, any recommendations. I'm using a Mac.
3 Answers
James Barnett
39,199 PointsI actually learned to touch type quite by accident back in high school when I first started IMing.
Recently I've wanted to get faster and I looked through a bunch of online courses, typing study is my favorite
I also looked through a bunch about practicing to increase my speed type fu is my favorite
Wayne Priestley
19,579 PointsCheers James I'll check them out.
Patrick Cooney
12,216 PointsIf you want some touch typing that includes the programming characters that are rarely used in standard typing I suggest checking out typing.io. It's pretty cool. You are typing along with real open source code. And the really cool part is you get to choose a specific language. FYI, it may be more obvious to you than it was to me, but if not, when the red arrow shows up you have to hit the delete key before you can retype the letter and go forward.
James Barnett
39,199 PointsTyping.io is awesome but it's not for the novice. Most touch typing course start with letters, then go to mixed case words and then to symbols.
Patrick Cooney
12,216 PointsI'd typically agree. I normally follow the approach of starting with the basics and working up to the more advanced. However, with typing I'd break from that. I, like you, learned by necessity back in late middle school/early high school (though for me it was in-game chat in Starcraft) so after 10+ years of touch typing I can type just words great. However, because I spent over 10 years typing just letters adding special characters slows me down quite a bit. I'm getting better at typing numbers and brackets and things faster but I'm still not near where I would be had I started learning how to use the whole keyboard from the beginning. Just my $.02.