I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too :D
120 wpm peak; comfortably 100 with high accuracy. Playing online games with no mic had me typing fast. Then I got a heavy data entry job. Not winning competitions, but I’m pretty happy considering I don’t follow the formal method.
I have a specific old Dell membrane keyboard I prefer over anything I’ve tried. Not a fan of mechanical keyboards. Tried blues and browns.
Yes, and full sized Keychron for me. I enjoy being able to put in what ever switches and keycaps I want on a keyboard that’s infinitely better than any trashheap in waiting that any Corsair or Razer keyboard is.
Keychron? Which one? Don’t leave me hanging like that.
Keychron Q6 Max. with aftermarket switches of… some random type I forgot long ago. Quiet tactile switches that trigger at a slightly more shallow depth.
Nice. Unfortunately My keychron (k10 pro I think) just sits in a corner because it’s really hard to switch back to monolith after using a split. The quality of my split isn’t even half as good as the keychron, but it feels really uncomfortable to use the keychron now
They seem to have a few ergonomic ones these days, though still not seeing any splits. I suppose if you wanted to be crazy you could get two 60%'s and keymap them to a funky split but that’s almost certainly too weird and expensive to be worth it. lol
Unfortunately, I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole and am looking into building my own
I feel you. I’m ‘this’ close to making my own trackball. Just uhh… as soon as I finish up some other non-computer projects first… damn time always doing the time thing.
Well, the ploopy trackballs keep getting better
Got tendonitis, so I used Kinesis Advantage for many years. Then the Glove80 came out, which I consider even better than any of the Kinesis Advantage, and I’ve had all models. And yes, I type without looking.
I use only 40% and 30% keyboards, thats ones without dedicated number or f key rows, and have done so for about six years now. Majority I use are standard stagger but a few are ortho or splits. Almost all of them that I like using are split space with left half as enter and the right as space.
I can touch type, although I am not the fastest, only a bit above 80wpm. This is mostly due to me being dyslexic so spelling is challenging for me and I can get bogged down looking up words or retyping it. If I do not give a shit about spelling I can easily get well over 100wpm.
I think the main show off skill I can do is look at a person I am talking to while typing a different conversation on the computer. Obviously I cannot do either if its complicated conversations but simple stuff is fine.
Our country’s layout of course. What is touch type?
Typing without looking at the keyboard
Yes, I do it always when at the computer. Never on the mobile.
Back in the late 90s/early 00s, it used to be a requirement for any self-respecting teen with crushes to text in the middle of class!
Same
I edited the title for clarity. Touch typing is typing without looking at the keys. By layout, I meant the size/arrangement.
I edited the title for clarity.
No, you changed it LOL
The definition of editing includes making changes or corrections, and clicking on the pencil logo beside my post will display a message of the time it was “Edited”.
But since it’s very important to you, sure, we can call it whatever you like ;)
YOU LIED TO US, RAZORCANDY!
Can you find it in your heart to forgive my deception?
Isn’t an edit a change?
I can, until i realize that I’m doing it, then it just all goes to shit and i have to switch back to hunt and peck.
I can ten-key like a mother fucker though, used to work at a bank doing data entry…
Yes. 70%. Kailh Box Navys.
100%. On the other hand, when it comes to musical instruments, cooking, driving and anything that requires dexterity/hand-to-eye coordination I’m just awful, lol.
Yes, we had a computer lab in grade school that we would go to maybe once a week or once every two weeks. We learned qwerty and the teacher would cover your hands with paper so you couldn’t look. It was infuriating at the time but once I learned it, I was set for life. I don’t really think about it, it’s just like speaking a language to me. For the most part I type properly but I have gotten into a strange habit of hitting delete with my middle finger instead of my pinky finger. No clue why/when that started and I have to reach over farther but now that’s second nature as well. I recall if you got good enough you could play around on the games in Mavis Beacon!
- Yes.
- I really enjoy my Ducky One 3 with Cherry MX brown switches.
Yes, I can touch-type.
I prefer colemak but abandoned it due to the prevalence of QWERTY.
I quite like 60% boards with tactile and clicky switches.
I’ve only used a few makes so i couldn’t say if i preferred one over another.Yes. US Dvorak with caps lock as compose. The keyboard of the Dell work laptops I’ve had for the past few years (with some modifications) as well as the standard Logitech keyboards enable me to type without looking simply because I’m so used to them.
I use a cursed variant of dvorak so looking at the keys won’t help.
I’ll use any keyboard with a properly sized and shaped enter and backspace key. Fuck those laptops that halve the size of backspace or mangle the enter key.
You can replace the key caps.
Yep, I’m a touch typist. QWERTY on a compact 1800 format keyboard (an old TX-CP).
Yes, my keyboard has no markings to indicate letters save for the standard two raised small bars on f and j so I can feel for orientation as per standard keyboard fare.
I use the QWERTY layout on a firmware flashed zsa voyager split ortholinear keyboard.
