Fact · Typing and writing speed
The study's lead researchers say that slower typists make more errors and take a long time to find and correct them, which holds back their speed.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Slower typists make more errors and require a long time to identify and correct them.”
The traits of fast typists discovered by analysing 136 million keystrokes, Aalto University, Aalto University, 2018, Press release, quote from Anna Feit.
Open the original- What it measures
- Anna Feit was a doctoral student on the study. The quote explains why error correction matters for speed.
- What it does not show
- This is a quote from a press release, supported by the paper's finding that faster typists make fewer errors. It describes the pattern, not a measured effect size.