Use the Helsingin Sanomat test to see how fast you are typing on a computer or smartphone. If you make a top score, you may beat the fastest authors in the editorial.
Helsinki In the 1980s, a young journalist was ravaged by the delivery of newspapers. He reportedly knew how to use the ten-finger system.
Others secretly went to see how fast the reporter was writing. Today, the delivery is buzzing with another skilled journalist.
For this story, HS developed a test that allows anyone to test their own typing speed on a computer and smartphone. The test is based on the Aalto University write speed test.
Fastest delivery, Paavo Teittinentyped an incomprehensible 124 words per minute on a computer keyboard – even completely flawlessly.
Professor at Aalto University Antti Oulasvirta considers performance to be exceptional even at the international level but points out that the result should be ensured under controlled conditions.
“Writing more than a hundred words is really hard company. It’s a motor sport performance that you really have to focus on. ”
From the test at the end of the story, you can try to see if you can do it with Paavo Teittinen.
Oulasvirta has been researching the typing of smartphones and computers for more than a decade. He has been involved in extensive international studies testing people’s writing speed.
Typing speed is determined by how many words a person can type per minute.
“If you can type 75 words per minute on a computer and make less than five percent mistakes, you can consider yourself fast. The equivalent of a smartphone is 45 words. ”
Editor of Helsingin Sanomat Juuso Määttänen was responsible for the fastest performance on a smartphone. Määttänen typed 76 words per minute, errors 3.1 per cent.
“It’s a really tough accomplishment, too. He is one of the top writers, ”says Oulasvirta.
On the move it matters.
A trained writer does not have to observe or use their working memory where the fingers go and where the next letter is. The process is automated, Oulasvirta says.
“It frees a person to think. When writing an e-mail, he can think about the content of the text and not about writing it. ”
Most of the communication and transactions today take place through text input. The better computers are mastered, the better it will be in society.
The ability to divide people clearly.
“There is a big gap between the generations in Finland. For a slow writer, communicating and doing things can be really awkward and exhausting. ”
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The fastest use the so-called rollover technology.
Their writing speed it is possible to train. Skill does not necessarily require learning the traditional ten-finger system, Oulasvirta says. Many have developed a personal way to write that suits them.
“Of course, the basics of the ten-finger system can be set in motion.”
According to Oulasvirta, the fastest writers are united, for example, by the fact that they use two hands and know how to write without looking at their fingers. The fastest use the so-called rollover technology.
This means that you press the next key before lifting your finger from the previous key. The keystroke is like playing the piano.
One A good way to improve your speed is to learn to write more accurately.
“If you make a typing error and notice it five characters later, it will take time to correct. By focusing on fixing errors, you can significantly increase your writing speed. ”
You can also develop your skills as a parent, Oulasvirta says.
“An 80-year-old can even learn to juggle. Of course, with age, vision and motor and cognitive skills deteriorate faster than others. ”
Oulasvirta was involved in a study investigating user interfaces suitable for older Finns and Japanese and their algorithmic optimization. On average, Japanese people in their 70s were in better shape than Finns.
“Some were at the level of 25-30 year olds intellectually and motoristically. Lifestyles were probably crucial. ”
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Maybe one day we’ll even write at the speed of thought.
Fast and typing is not easy in Finnish. First, there are a lot of long words and pronouns in the language. Secondly, there is a keyboard under your fingers that oppresses Finns.
Qwerty keyboard is from the 19th century – the same century as the invention of the typewriter and telegraph. It has been known for a hundred years that qwerty is not the most beautiful flower of development.
“The keyboard must be tolerated in the English language for which it was once made. The qwerty is especially bad for the Finnish language, which has a lot of unique vowel and consonant compounds. ”
There would be better keyboards, Oulasvirta says. Those that would speed up writing by 5 to 20 percent, depending on the language. However, changing technology is difficult.
“Learning a new keyboard takes at least 30 hours, and companies don’t have that time, for example.”
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When Apple released the iPhone in 2007, people typed 15 to 25 words per minute on their new touch screens.
What about where do the boundaries of the fingers go? Is the speed of typing like a swimming trip, the record of which is improving year by year?
Oulasvirta believes that we are already at the extremes of motoring. When Apple released the iPhone in 2007, people typed 15 to 25 words per minute on their new touch screens.
“If someone had told me at the time that the phone could be tapped in the future for up to 80 minutes, I wouldn’t have believed it.”
However, this happened.
“About 80 words is starting to be the maximum speed for the everyday user because it is no longer possible to move your fingers on the screen faster. With a traditional keyboard, the same speed is about 120 words. ”
From the Internet there are videos where people type up to 200 words per minute on the keyboard. Oulasvirta is cautious about the videos because they are easy to cheat on.
“I do not know that such a result would have been made under controlled conditions.”
The next leap in writing speed is likely to be taken as voice recognition methods evolve. We can speak about 150 words per minute, Oulasvirta says.
Maybe one day we’ll even write at the speed of thought.
“My colleague from the University of Cambridge has speculated that we can think about 300 words a minute. For the time being, fast brain interfaces where the idea turns into a word are still a long way off. ”
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