Fact · Typing and writing speed
58.93words per minute
In the same task, typists who had not learned touch typing entered text at an average of 58.93 words per minute.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“and 58.93 WPM and 168.91 ms for non-touch typists”
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, Typing Performance.
Open the original (DOI 10.1145/2858036.2858233)- What it measures
- Same transcription task as the touch typists, on sentences in Finnish and English.
- What it does not show
- Speed of 30 people on one task. The average hides a wide range: the study's participants ranged from 34 to 79 words per minute.
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