Fact · Typing and writing speed
Typists who do not look at the keyboard but do not use the home row either are called hybrid typists.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“typists who do not look at the keyboard but do not use home row either are referred to as hybrid typists”
Touch typing, Wikipedia, n.d., Introduction.
Open the original- What it measures
- The article defines the term in its introduction, separating touch typing from the home-row method and from looking at the keys.
- What it does not show
- A definition of a term used differently by different sources. Other authors use hybrid to mean a mix of looking and touch typing.