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Wikipedia says that both two-handed and one-handed touch typing are possible.

Checked against its source on October 17, 2026

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“Both two-handed touch typing and one-handed touch typing are possible.”

Touch typing, Wikipedia, n.d., Definition section.

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What it measures
The sentence appears in the definition of touch typing, after the description of the home row.
What it does not show
A general statement with no measurement behind it. The measured one-handed speeds are in the 1996 Half-QWERTY study.

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