Fact · Typing and writing speed
The study's lead researcher says the rollover strategy is possible only for highly practiced letter combinations, and only when performance does not depend on visual attention.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“This strategy is only possible for highly practiced letter combinations and when performance does not rely on visual attention”
The traits of fast typists discovered by analysing 136 million keystrokes, Aalto University, Aalto University, 2018, Quote from Anna Feit.
Open the original- What it measures
- The quote follows the press release's finding that fast users type 40 to 70 percent of keystrokes with rollover, whether or not they touch type.
- What it does not show
- A researcher's explanation given in a press release, not a result reported in the paper's data tables. It is consistent with the paper's findings.