How to Learn to Type Faster?

Frankly, don't expect to be able to type all that much faster than you already are without extreme measures (unusual keyboard layouts, stenography, etc.) - you're already well above average.

Typing 110-120 wpm, your fingers are hitting ~10 characters per second which is a pretty impressive feat if you think about it; most people will never be able to achieve much beyond that, even with dedication & practice.

One thing you can do is ensure you have a decent keyboard that you're comfortable & familiar with. I'd recommend a mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX brown switches (light tactile feedback without the annoying 'click' of blue switches) - but ultimately, keyboards are highly subjective.

I learnt Workman a decade ago to prevent RSI, but it is also one of the most efficient layouts when it comes to hand movement and finger utilization, with English at least.

https://workmanlayout.org/

The fastest typists these days swear by Colemak-DH which just like Workman fixes many of the shortcomings of Colemak.

To me Workman feels the best, but anything that's not QWERTY is measurably better, whereas the difference between Colemak, Dvorak and so on is more circumstantial.

When I was young, I have realized that I need a touchtyping on Latin layout (not my mother language but a mother language of Internets). I have analyzed some ways to my goal and realized that I do not want to learn qwerty aka typewriter aka layout for struggling, and discovered Dvorak. That was one of the wisest decision I have made during my pre-twenties, because if you are an oldtimer with qwerty in your muscle memory than you are too late for effectively using the most decent layout. BTW I can not touchtype on my mother language and do not see any reasons to use more than two fingers for that.

Not an online website, but I found my typing ability increased considerably after playing the typing-of-emacs game (https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TypingOfEmacs). Because the penalty for mistakes is extreme (losing 1 out of the 3 lives you have), it encourages you to type with perfect accuracy.

There's a 2-3 second timeout to motivate you to type fast. Also, it pulls words from the buffer you have open, so you can practice on a set of words that you use regularly. It starts with short words and gradually moves to longer and more complex words to see if you can keep up.

Does anyone else here not type in the home row? I feel like I do more of a hybrid pecking technique. Like, I don't type rigidly as I was taught in school. I type slower than someone who does use the home row properly but I feel I don't get any injuries either.

Juerd Waalboer's "Dvorak Keyboard Training": https://learn.dvorak.nl/

Of course, it will only teach you Dvorak, but then again, you did say that you wanted to type faster...

Back in 2007 I would've said try and sell something in World 2 on Runescape, but I guess that doesn't really apply anymore.

I type and play guitar faster when I wear arm warmers (the kind used by cyclists and runners). The muscles in your forearm are much more nimble when kept warm.

https://monkeytype.com/

start using voice for typing, you can speak faster than you can type https://github.com/ideasman42/nerd-dictation

Why do you want to type faster?

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