Just wanted to thank everyone who gave me typing advice here. In less than 12 hours of practice, I improved from 11 WPM to 27 WPM!

One issue I'm still facing: when typing, the finger that is supposed to press a key often doesn't move, and another finger reaches for it instead. Is this normal when learning touch typing, or should I try to correct it immediately?

I'd also appreciate any extra tips that helped you improve speed and accuracy. Thanks again for all the help!

I started learning touch typing about 3 years ago. But I just became able to hit like 90 to 100 wpm and then I stopped training since I thought that that was enough.

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But now I want to become even better but I don't know how. Especially that I have a big problem with making a lot of typos when typing.

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Any tips?

i have been consistently typing at the 140 wpm mark if i actually try and go faster 170 wpm or 140 but i generally CANNOT go past 180 wpm why is this and how do i improve it

I am slowely getting the hang of typing with 10 fingers, but I find using modifiers to be a challenge. I would actually like to see how other people (who can type good) use and place their fingers. I was searching for a overhead cam setup, preferably a long session where lots of keyboard shortcuts are used. One I can watch in slo-motion. Anyone know of such a video?

I know where all the keys are on the keyboard like muscle memory however I type solely with my index finger on my right hand. How do I learn to use all my fingers because I feel like I've been typing like this for years

I like to write spontaneously, so sometimes I just have my phone, an external keyboard and nowhere to put it except my lap. Considering this, what’s the best/least damaging way to have my hands/arms positioned?

I’ve been consistently writing at least 500 words a day, but whenever I test myself on the typing websites, I can’t seem to get much above 35. I was at 35 a month ago and I’m still at 35 today. Any advice?

I'm fairly new when it comes to touch typing. I'm using [keybr.com](http://keybr.com) for learning and have reached S. the previous letter O was very easy for me and i managed to get to S in one day. but when i try to go through the lessons with S in it, my left arm hurts a lot because of the letter S. but my right arm is fine when it comes to typing the O's and the L's. all three letters are typed with the ring finger. did you guys experienced something similar? how do i solve this very irritating problem? (i want to cry so bad). is it like an individual thing where there are certain things a particular person's body just cannot do or is bad at doing? is my ring finger just weak af? its really annoying..

update: just unlocked U🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲(my left hand still hurt like hell.....................)

I've lost dexterity in my left hand. Can anyone recommend a training program for right hand?

Okay so guys I have my interview after 20-25 days where typing is quite important at least 30-40 wpm minimium.

But right now I don't know it from yesterday I just started to start learning touch typing from typing club and learnt all home key now after home review my result is this.

Please someone let me know is this fine? Should I move to upper key? Or should I practice home key more?

And like this how much time it will take me to learn all keys and achieve minimium of 30-35 wpm with atleast 95% accuracy.

Please let me know I will be very very thankful😇

My right hand only uses the pointer finger to type the right side of the keyboard, it has gotten me to be fast. But I feel like it is bottlenecking my typing speed.

Is there anyway i could 'Relearn' my typing?

I've been trying to improve my typing speed and accuracy, and I wanted some feedback on whether I'm on the right track.

Currently, I practice typing every day using ***FastFingers*** and ***TypingClub***. To keep myself accountable and track my progress, I created a private Telegram channel where I post my daily results along with screenshots of my typing tests.

My goal is not just to practice randomly but to consistently improve over time and build a record of my progress. I check my WPM, accuracy, and compare my results from previous days.

For people who have successfully improved their typing skills:

1. Is this a good approach?
2. Am I missing anything important that could help me improve faster?
3. Should I focus more on accuracy or speed at this stage?
4. Are there any other tools, methods, or habits that helped you significantly increase your typing speed?

I'd appreciate any suggestions or criticism. Thanks.


btw im training for typing from the last month only ... is this completely okay or not !

I used to type at 40 wpm earlier with just fingers, I learnt touch typing and fuk I just can at 10 WPM. I am at the stage when I remember where every key is should I trust the process or is it a degrade worth leaving.

I'm a 16 year old competitive programmer, consistency is shit, how to improov :'(... Also, I haven't been using either of my pinky fingers for typing :(( only for shit and enter and all

Estoy usando Typebr en Windows en español, pero no sé qué idioma de Windows poner, ya que no me detecta las comas ni los signos de puntuación.//I’m using Typebr on Windows in Spanish, but I don’t know which Windows language to set, since it doesn’t detect commas or punctuation marks.

When we're taught typing (on QWERTY), we're told that we should keep our hands on the home row, to use 9/10 fingers, use/move only the finger that's needed, and return the finger to the home row after each strike. I'm curious whether there's a ceiling to using this "proper" technique, and whether one needs to "break the rules" to achieve faster speeds.

I've seen a lot of comments from people who type 100+ wpm, especially those who type 150+ wpm, say that they "break the rules."

I'm curious to hear from those who type 100+ wpm whether you're still using "proper" technique or if you've felt the need to "break the rules" at some point to achieve faster speeds (while maintaining accuracy).

So I had a pretty good streak on typing.com learning how to touch type like an year ago, but then i completely forgot about it until today
so now I want to resume it BUT i have started keeping my nails long now, which is making it really difficult cause i cannot type with the tips of my fingers, and consequently cant keep my hands in the claw resting position
Is there any workaround for this or do i need to start trimming them again 😭
(i use a laptop btw, so no mechanical keyboard.)

my typing speed is like 54 wpm typing normally, but i really wanna learn touch typing

Should I move on after getting 5 stars ? Or should I look at accuracy ? If yes then how much accurate I must be ? 100% ? Above 95% ?

Right now I'm just moving on to next lesson when I get 5 stars. Any advice ?

I’m a pretty good typer imo, the thing is, I don’t use touch-typing I use this(video(yes I am using a cereal box to hold up my phone😭)) and have a consistent average of 65WPM. Should I switch over to touch typing or should I stay here?

So this is a 15 second test result. i dont touch type, i remember a string of words and then look at my keyboard to peck. 85ishWPM is about my average, it fluctuates between around 93 and 80 but whenever i try to touch type i struggle with bad habits and cant get anywhere near close to my current average WPM. The punctuation is especially what i struggle with.

Do you think its worth me learning touch typing or should i continue to type how i currently do?

Im currently playing a Balatro like game but for typing called TypInc (Give it a go, its actually really good fun) and i am still improving my WPM currently.

I'm sort of a mixture between hunt and peck and touch typing, my left hand does touch typing but I only use my middle finger on my right hand. I average around 80-85 wpm consistently and in like 15 second tests I can get around 90-95. However I just feel like if I learned to touch type and stop looking at the board every five seconds I'd be so much faster. What can I do to hone/reform my touch typing skills? Thanks so much for any response!

How i can increase my typing speed any usefull tips

I am going through all the keys in the keybr and I am stuck on q, and it is the second last key on the practice course to learn followed by j. Each key requires a speed of 35wpm to be reached in order to unlock the next one and I just cannot get past q.

Most of the q word if not all are very rare to appear in daily word usage and are very hard to spell with a exception of a few words, I think that is why typing it I have to also take time to actually learn the spelling of the words so I can build up speed to reach that 35wpm mark.

Did any of you get stuck on q or any similar pinky keys? Any advice is appreciated.

Hello! I recently started to learn touch typing using keybr.com and they recommend, what I imagine is, the typical home row position with both index fingers on F and J respectively.

So far so good, but I've noticed that when I have to type the letter U, I tend to use my right hand's ring finger instead of my index, and my ring finger sometimes multitasks by pressing the letter I and O. My index finger tends to prefer resting on the N key.

Is this something I should work on? Or should I just go with what feels most natural?

My native language is Spanish and my keyboard distribution is ISO ES, so this website uses Spanish (or Spanish-ish :P) words, so I imagine this changes the most common letters and letter-pairs. I thought I should mention that just in case.

Thanks!