Fact · Typing and writing speed
In the touch typing system, every finger is assigned to one or two columns of the keyboard.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“every finger is assigned to one or two columns of the keyboard”
How We Type: Movement Strategies and Performance in Everyday Typing, Anna Maria Feit et al., Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2016, Frequently Asked Questions, What is the touch typing system?.
Open the original (DOI 10.1145/2858036.2858233)- What it measures
- The How We Type project, which ran a 2016 motion-capture study at Aalto University, describes the touch typing system in its FAQ.
- What it does not show
- A description of the system's design, not a measurement of how many typists keep to it.