Fact · Typing and writing speed
15sentences
In the Palin study, each participant's task was to transcribe 15 English sentences, shown one after another.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The task was to transcribe 15 English sentences, shown one after another.”
How do People Type on Mobile Devices? Observations from a Study with 37,000 Volunteers, Kseniia Palin et al., Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2019), 2019, Task and Procedure.
Open the original- What it measures
- The same task and phrase set as the desktop study by Dhakal et al., so the two sets of numbers use one method.
- What it does not show
- Copying known sentences measures transcription speed, not the speed of composing new text.