Keyboard and Typing Speed
Keyboard and Typing Speed
What kind of keyboard you use have significant effect on your typing speed.
note, it only matters if you type above 70 words per minute.
- Flat normal keyboard are faster than curved surface ergonomic keyboards such as Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard.
- Shallow profile key switches e.g. Kailh Choc Switch (or laptop keyboards) are faster than full-depth switches. (e.g. Buckling Spring Key Switch)
- Keyboard using mechanical linear key switches are faster than mushy bad rubber dome switch keyboards, for longer duration, e.g. 30 minutes.
- Linear switches are faster than tactile switches. For example, my speed on Kinesis Advantage2 Keyboard with linear switch (Cherry MX Silent Red) is 10 WPM faster than on the same keyboard with tactile Cherry MX Brown. (Cherry MX Switches)
Speed Typing
- Speed Typing. Index
- World's Fastest Speed Typers
- Word Per Minute in Speed Typing
- Monkey Type Speed Typing Easy Words (2024)
- Crackpot Theory of Speed Typer Sean Wrona
- Speed Typing, Barbara Blackburn and Zoomer Grifters
- Keyboard and Typing Speed
- Speed Typing on Multiple Layouts (QWERTY, Dvorak, Colemak)