Fact · Typing and writing speed
The authors write that touch typing can be learned quickly but needs deliberate training of hundreds of hours to reach the performance rates reported in the literature.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“While the system can be learned rather quickly, it requires deliberate training of hundreds of hours”
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, Introduction.
Open the original (DOI 10.1145/2858036.2858233)- What it measures
- A statement in the introduction, citing earlier work on trained typists. The study does not measure how long its participants trained.
- What it does not show
- This is the authors' description of the touch typing system, not a measured learning curve.
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