I also depends on the task that you're trying to solve while typing. I'm a touch typist, and I feel like the not-having-to-look-aspect is much more valuable than the speed in which I type for example while programming. Or if you're taking notes in a lecture you don't want to be looking down on your keyboard. I also notice that typing takes mental resources, so if you're just re-typing a given text, then you get much higher speeds than when you have to come up with the content of what you're typing at the same time.

Find a sample of people who actually use their keyboard and can actually reach fast speeds (>100 WPM). THEN draw conclusions like "the number of fingers used does not affect typing speed". I'm confident that the majority of this sample will use most, if not all of their fingers. It's fine to assess average typists, but you can't draw any meaningful conclusion on optimal typing technique from them. What this study did is basically like drawing a conclusion like "the shoes a runner wears does not affect their running speed" by analyzing random pedestrians. A person running with snow boots CAN run as fast as someone wearing running shoes, but give that same person a pair of running shoes and the difference will be significant. Nobody in the Olympics is going to run with boots on.

"The number of your fingers doesn't affect your typing speed" okay, let's see how fast can people type with their toes

so the amount of fingers you use doesn't matter? Show me 140wpm with 2 fingers lol

I'm sure their theories fall off once you get to above average typing speeds.

you know its serious business when you see a room with a sign that says “do not disturb, science in progress”

This is very interesting. Having taken a typing class in high school and having a mother who taught typing, ten key, shorthand, and other office skills to adults, it's only natural that I'm a touch typist. It would be interesting to see what the results would be with these various methods if used on a typewriter as opposed to a keyboard.

Touch typing helps you type without looking at the keyboard If you have any other way you can type without looking at the keyboard, go for it. But touch typing would be the easiest. You certainly cannot type with one or two fingers without looking at the keyboard with 100% accuracy. When you use only one or two fingers you have to move your fingers all the way around the keyboard while using 10 fingers, the movement of fingers is pretty much reduced, and I think that really increases the speed.

when i type i use both of my Index Fingers to type even for spacebar, backspace, shift, etc

This is so cool for a typical typer like me. My daughter is struggling to learn to type and I only then reallized, that I not use the 10 fingers that I learned and practiced for hours upon hours throughout school. I was so slow with that method, and I am so much faster with 6 fingers that I use now.

Therefore, Aalto University teaches us to always look at the keyboard everytime we type...:) :) :) what a great researcher from Aalto University

I seek and destroy with my two pointer fingers. I know some people think that that is slow, and inefficient, but I am pretty deadly with it, and can crank out sentences quick.

Very interesting video! I type with some 5,75-finger system but it's quite fast though.

wew not even a mech keyboard used for this experiment 3/10

I read the paper and in my opinion the conclusion that you can type fast with a smaller amount of fingers is false. When you compare the images shown in Figure 7 and 8, and a table of the most common used characters (which is the base of the DVORAK Layout), you can see that subjects tend to adapt the ten-finger-typing system for their left hands, and mostly just one finger for the right hand. The left hand covers nearly all of the most common used characters. I think this is a prove that the TFT-System is more efficient, and ignoring it for the right hand just does not have any impact on the typing performance due to the insignificancy of the characters covered by it. So people who are self-thought at ten-finger-typing probably subconsciously already knew that and didn't make the effort to learn it, resulting in being as much as efficient as people who learned TFT by the book

i think your typing speed depends on how used u are to it like there are some people who used their index and middle fingers to type only and they can type fast because they are so used to it, it is their habit. everyone has their own strategy of typing, it depends on which fingers you prefer to use, which fingers are stronger. the longer u practice typing, the faster you would become. like people who like playing games from a young age, they click the keyboard so many times until it becomes so natural and intuitive

Yes you are right you know even I did take any typing course and I was chatting with my friends on my keyboard. then after some months, I realised that my typing speed is very high. then I checked it. you know it was 45 words per minute. you might think it is not that first but it is enough for me.

Afterall nice observations of human typing format. I think this will be helpful to people to know some basics that are ignored. Thanks & Regards

So 75wpm is the fastest typist you tested? Meh.

This video was cool to watch guys!

I'm right handed, type using mostly only my left hand, and can guarantee you that I type faster than most people, lol. Even since I was a little kid, when people see me type they can't believe how fast my hand is moving lol. It's something I just kind of developed subconsciously. I don't make many mistakes either. My hand floats over the keyboard kind of. I can also do it just as effectively without looking at the keyboard. Though it can become a problem if I'm using something like a laptop keyboard with different spacing and key size, but it generally just means I have to look a bit more until I get used to it.

I type with 2 or maybe 3 fingers per hand (its so natural I dont notice exactly how many I use) I also look at the keyboard a little but usually for very split seconds. I think Im a fairly fast typer

excellent explanation! great video

I used to cover more keys with my right hand, my "homerow" used to be WASD

I use my two fingers to type and I use my thumb for the space bar and I use my right index finger to backspace.

You won't catch up to my typing speed when I'm flaming with another gamer during a match.

It would be interesting to see how typing style affects repetitive stress injury. I find that I have less problems now that I touch type.

1:36 That page shows some folk use the index finger of the right hand a lot, that would become very tired soon, that particular finger. I learned to touch type for fun when I was 13 in 1972 did not have much use for it 'til the Internet was invented and now I am using those very same skills I learned way back them. I can type as fast as someone speaks, when they are thinking what to write ! ! One thing at that school was a recording which said "a now" h now, b now, d now, etc. I remember that but not much else of that typing school at The Typing Center of New South Wales. - Have A Nice Day..

This might hold true for slow typist but I'd like to see some data on fast typist e.g based on speeds of 100+ WPM, what percentage of them are touch typist? I guess once you reach a certain speed, touch typist dominate over non-touch typist

it doesn't matter how you type as long as you get the job done right and accurately!

i type about 80-90 wpm with only 2 fingers per hand lolololol... i am tying to get my wpm to about 130 by the end of the year so i am learning asdf jkl; and tbh, it has actually worked very well!

I have a friend who uses only his index and middle finger on each hand to type (even for space he doesn't use his thumb) and he easily manages >100 wpm and can hit 120 pretty often. I have another friend who does the exact same thing and averages 90-100. I only use my left hand for pressing space and shift which is weird because I'm right handed.

You can type fast with 2 fingers, but at what cost! *Fatigue muscles, consistently looking at keyboard and what not*

Nice works, guys.

Nice research appreciate the work ❤

I cant handle this guys asmr voice

Hands are always on the WASD keys, I constantly bounce off the key inches in the air moving FAEST.

And did you let touch typers adjust to the keyboard? If I personally type on a new keyboard it takes me like a day or two before I get to my peak performance. I'd say this is not as big of a problem for non-touch typers as they have a visual aid by watching their fingers...

i use my left hand a little bit tilt on keyboard and it cover more than half keys of keyboard but i found alot of videos on youtube that tell's us about the right position when i started to type with right position its sucks me up and my typing speed become very slow so i compare both positions speed and now i type as i earlier type on keyboard i use my left hand point finger mostly

All this is only necessary because of QWERTY and the staggered layout. I'm typing with a split ortholinear keyboard and a layout called Neo2 for over four years now and my fingers don't need to move like this at all. Currently I'm learning a new layout that is even more efficient for ortholinear keyboards with thumb shift. I need some time to get back to 60 wpm and more

This is Brilliant!!

I type at 55-80 wpm (96% accuracy) using both of my pointer fingers.

I type an average of 80wpm with 6 fingers, 5 being extremely dominant. I seriously doubt I could type any faster tbh, but I do reach the top 20-10 percent just using self taught methods.

What she said correct 100%, I use all 10 fingers and my colleague use only two finger , he type much faster then me , my typing speed is 70wpm

Iput my finger on WASF and Shift(Left hand) and jkl; (right hand)

admitted my hands sit on ASD from too much unreal tournament, but I managed 140WPM last time I did a test.

I average in the 90-120 range with 2 fingers , and now that im used to it on a laptop, it feels weird to get a keyboard since it's on like different levels and the the way the keycaps are on the laptops versus keyboard ones but I know there is those flat keycaps I'm just trying to the find the right keyboard.

If you want a comfortable typing experience, use more fingers. And I still believe that your potential typing speed goes up when you use more fingers.

I don't know why but before I was taking typing in elementary I already learned to type the way I do so I never corrected. I don't use my left index finger at all, it just hangs in the air above all the keys. It looks weird but I still type super fast despite it

I only use two or three fingers and can text very fast. I got really troubled when I discovered that because I've never thought about it. Then I started looking on the internet a way to use all ten fingers because I've come to think that it could be unhealthy to use only two or three fingers in the average. But now I'm kinda relieved that is not only me who types like that. Actually i'm so used on typing with two-three fingers that my left arm aches when I use all 5 fingers for that arm. Any thoughts on that anyone?

for average speed which format is adopting

Slow speeds and lack of proper technique seem to bias the study...

So I don't understand all those comments questioning what the researcher about the factor of number of fingers used in typing. He obviously meant that it is not the only factor that determines the outcome. There are several other factors involved in that.

I compared a couple of people who climbed Everest who had only one leg, with people who climbed Everest with two legs. They both reached the top. So my conclusions is: if you want to climb a mountain you can use one leg instead of two, this doesn't matter.

I don't know if this happen to anyone else but when I type in self taught way I use like all of my left hand and 3 finger for the right hand and It's fine not the fastest but it's a solid 80wpm But I'm currently learning touch typing and I notice I misstype very often and my speed actually become slower like 50wpm should I even continue?

Great , thank you

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I love how my school mates and teachers are like "Did you take a course?"

"The number of fingers does not affect your typing speed" ...said with pride and confidence

Hey i am using typing Master pro so i can type faster,,,,

Well, touch typing is not difficult to learn in the first place, besides more than speed touch typing has other benefits such as not looking at the keyboard while typing which in turn reduces the strain on your neck, also using all 9 fingers or 10 in some cases distributes the load and reduces stress on your each individual fingers enabling us to type longer with a consistent speed and accuracy.

Thanks for help

I see them here saying that typing method doesn't make a significant difference in speed, but then they showed extremely slow typists (46 WPM and 75 WPM) to prove their point. Here's the study that I suggest - get a group consisting only of competent typists (100 WPM or higher), and test their typing abilities. See how many of them are two-finger typists, and how many of them are touch-typists.

My typing style is fucking chaotic. I consider my keyboard to have three zones; the left, the right, and the center. The left zone is Q, W, A, S, Z, and X. The right zone is O, P, K, L, M, the comma, and period keys. Everything else is a free-for-all.

I wanted more.

this is so helpful now i can type better and type faster in roblox!!

for programmer, typing is a very tough progress. Because you have to type some characters very frequently, for example, [ ] { } " - _ = + \ backspace enter. all these key, you must do it with your right little finger. What's more, your left little finger is also tough, whatever code editor you are using, the ctrl key is also a very frequent key you have to press. because it's too slow to press ( you must move your hand to left bottom and then move back). So some programmer exchange the capslock key with ctrl key. The last straw is that your left thumb have to press space key and alt/cmd key to improve efficiency. If you are using vim editor, then you have to press esc key frequently, so some people redefine the capslock key to esc key.

I use right index on h key, anyone know what thats called

I was never taught how to type by anyone just sort of got really used to it over time and I get around 100-130 wpm. One weird thing I do is not use my thumb for space bar. I'm so used to not using my thumb that I actually type slower trying to get my brain to use it.

Index fingers only, around 80-90wpm

I need to show my computer teacher this video

I type with 6-8 fingers, I rarely use my pinkies because they are much weaker than the rest of my hand. for the record my typing speed is 105wpm

Why are so much of the keyboards “blank” as in they don’t know what finger they used for those certain keys??

Touch typing is fastest. Nothing comes closer. Provided person knows how to touch type.

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Nice video mam thanks

Im a 95 wpm typist (5th grade) I use both of my thumbs and all of the others fingers I use my left thumb for the shift and ctrl because i feeel pretty comfortable xD maybe some of u should try that

I dont use my pinkies. And sometimes i use my middle finger for the O key instead of my ring finger

You defiantly can't reach higher speeds than 75 with just using 2 fingers. That was my technique, but after I laent how to touch type, my speeds went up by 40+ WPM (106, lol not the best) on a regular rubber dome keyboard.

I use all 4 fingers on my left hand but only my middle finger on my right to type, which is probably because I'm self taught. But I've been typing for a long time and I am a G A M E R so I actually type 112 wpm with this horrible technique and I wish I could fix it to type even faster but I feel like I have specific muscle memory for every different word and I would have to slow down a ton to retrain

Did they study dvorak vs qwerty vs maltron vs others… ? Did they study Stupid vs Ortholinear key placement? What if several keys are under each thumb?

thank you

All I know is that I type o and a using my ring fingers, and I also don’t use my thumbs, typing at 100 wpm.

0:19 totally disagree. You physically have to reach further for keys using eg 2 fingers (as so many do today). The full hand on the other hand has fingers directly above the full keyboard. Also, maybe the 2-index-finger typists are used to trying to be faster because it's not economical in the first place, so that affects statistics.

Thanks.

Can you type faster than talking? To your keyboard?

Thankx Bro

I use my 2 fingers on each hand to type and I type pretty fast. But I'm practicing using all ten right now.

Im a index typisr and im trying to use 10 fingers

thanks

You're not going to type over 120wpm with one or two fingers per hand. So 'pretty fast' is relative here.

I want to learn to Touch Type but I found it very uncomfortable & very annoying since when trying to reach certain keys with certain fingers another finger will always end up hitting a key. I find it also very difficult trying to use the pinky for keys since you have to come out of alignment to reach the keys & then realign yourself. Any advice?

Is using my thumb to press shift weird?

I have been typing all my life and I found many times during this time, I have never found any typist using 2 fingers to go above 50wpm.. you need 10 fingers to cross the 100 barrier and the rhythm which their research never mentioned.

Quite nonsensical study. The only touch typist seen in the video has this dreadful technique of fixing their hands as far as possible in a certain position while twisting the fingers uncomfortably to reach the keys (instead of moving the hands freely). This is a very slow technique and certainly does not reveal the true potential of touch typing. I think it is easy to phrase two hypotheses which are most probably true and not refuted (nor even investigated) by this study: 1. The fastest absolute typing speeds are reached only in touch typing technique. 2. Most, perhaps all, typers will reach higher speeds after they switched permanently to touch typing. Only if these two hypotheses were refuted the authors could claim legitimately to have proven that the number of fingers used does not matter.

Love her German accent. Asmr inducing video too haha

interesting, I have been told that I type to hard but to me its just natural. I don't use all my fingers when typing, but im still average. yes im on here bc i felt somewhat insecure about not using all my fingers when typing so naturally im gonna youtube it and see if there is more than one way of typing and well yep there is.

I type with my index fingers basically all the time.

What about a link in the description and not only in the video where it cannot be copy-pasted ;)

How can a person having syndactly ( 50 %) type faster and avoid mistakes. middle and ring finger joined together by a skin flap (50 % ).