Fact · Typing and writing speed
15sentences per participant
Each participant in the 2018 online study transcribed 15 English sentences.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The task was to transcribe 15 English sentences.”
Observations on Typing from 136 Million Keystrokes, Vivek Dhakal et al., CHI 2018, ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2018, Task and Procedure.
Open the original (DOI 10.1145/3173574.3174220)- What it measures
- Participants first read and memorized each sentence and then typed it, so the test measures copying from memory rather than composing.
- What it does not show
- Typing from memory is a different task from typing a sentence that is on screen, and from composing new text.