learn to type

making an effort to put my fingers in the proper places when I’m not in much of a hurry. :)

probably something i should know by now, I’m 20!! I have mavis beacon, but I don’t seem to be getting anywhere :(

When I was in elementary school, I always finished first when we had to do things in the computer lab. And so, the teacher always made us play a game designed to teach people how to type. The only reason it took so long was because we only went to the computer once or twice a month. By the time I was 8 years old, I could type about 60 words per minute and they were usually spelt correctly.

I want to achieve touch-typing speed 200 symbols a minute

Now I’m off the homerow and Shift and have added “e” and “n.” I actually find e and n easier than my trouble homerow keyes: s, k, and l.

I’m starting to think that my synesthesia is making this hard. The type I have, grapheme → color synesthesia, is an involuntary association of letters with specific colors (I see an “a,” my brain perceives it as red, “b” is blue, etc…).

I have an ok time typing with my left hand and a noticibly harder time with my right, even though I am right-handed. I think this may be due to the fact that the left-handed keyboard keys are letters with very strong color associations, while I perceive most of the right hand keys as neutral colors. J, K, L, ;, and N only vary slightly from beige (N) to very light lavender (J). In essence, I think I see an “L” come up in the typing practice and it takes noticibly longer for my brain to distinguish which letter to type than say, for “e,” which is a unique, vivid green.

Hmm.

...on the “homerow keys,” that is, and not even with the Shift key yet. I found a great webpage with free typing lessons (FreeTypingGame.net) and got through the first 4 lessons like lightning. Now, however, I find it extremely hard to move my pinkies without taking my whole hand off the keyboard so the “a” and ”;” and Shift are ruining EVERYTHING!! :)
Still, I improve my wpm so much in the space of 15 minutes practice that I’m confident this is going to work for me.

I noticed I’m typing this the cheater way. Ha.

PS- Posture changes everything. Easier to type with a straight back!

my daily practice, so its back to it this week.

So far I think Ive managed 20/30 minutes most days
practising with the ‘strange’ kids typing programme.
It suits me a little to well ; D
Ive noticed some improvement & Im confident this is
is achievable IF I keep at it.

I type with hmmmm…..three fingers, four tops !
I think its about time I taught myself to use them all.
Ive looked at various online programmes & I think
the kids ones are the best for such a beginner as myself ; )
Im doing 30mins a day so far this week.
The ‘Liverpudlian goat’ (Ringo Starr wannabe) and the Italian octopus have me enthralled, Im working well just to please them ! LoL

This is part of a bigger goal to come off benefits and support myself and my son finacially.
So far so good. I find even if I just do half an hour a day it makes a big difference. Its actually a bit addictive! so far

a s d f g h j k l ; w e r t y u i o l . n

Not doing too bad hey!