Fact · Typing and writing speed
A study of 30 typists of varying styles and expertise found minimal difference in typing speed between touch typists and self-taught hybrid typists.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“One study examining 30 subjects, of varying different styles and expertise, has found minimal difference in typing speed between touch typists and self-taught hybrid typists.”
Typing, Wikipedia, n.d., Disputes over advantages.
Open the original- What it measures
- The Typing article describes hybrid typists as those who do not look at the keyboard but do not use the home row, and it reports one small study on the question in its section on disputes over the advantages of touch typing.
- What it does not show
- A single small study with 30 subjects, reported second-hand by an encyclopedia. The article gives no speed figures, so it does not settle how large any gap is.