Good typing speeds are relative to job descriptions. For example, data entry positions usually require 60-80 words per minute. Medical transcriptionists, paralegals and executive secretaries should be ...

I spend most of my day at a keyboard, so I type a lot. I thought I was pretty good until I tried out an online typing test and was quickly humbled. Since then, I do a few minutes of practice every day ...

It looks like people are getting pretty good at typing on their phones. A new study claims that typing speeds are now nearly as fast on phones as on traditional computer keyboards. The researchers had ...

Technological advancement over the last 30 years have meant skills once rare to office workers are now commonplace. Chief among those skills is typing: Decades ago, one could ply their trade as a ...

Discover some top tips to help you teach touch typing and encourage students to put their touch typing skills to the test with Dance Mat Typing, in this article for BBC Teach.

The largest experiment to date on mobile typing sheds new light on average performance of touchscreen typing and factors impacting the text input speed. Researchers analyzed the typing speed of tens ...

New research suggests that you don't need to learn to touch type to become a faster typist. Some of the benefits of touch typing date from the era of mechanical typewriters. But with modern keyboards, ...

Welcome to the world of competitive typing, where hands fly across keyboards — remember those? — and there’s nary an LOL in sight. By Kenneth Sturtz See more of our coverage in your search ...