Fact · Typing and writing speed
The 2003 study describes visually guided typing as a strategy in which the typist looks at the keys to locate their position, and treats it as a choice that touch-typing training can fail to replace.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“One such strategy is visually guided typing, in which the performer looks at the keys to locate their position.”
Melioration and the Transition from Touch-Typing Training to Everyday Use, Eldad Yechiam et al., Human Factors, 2003, Abstract.
Open the original- What it measures
- The authors call the tendency to choose such strategies melioration, a preference for the option that pays off right away.
- What it does not show
- A definition from the abstract of a single study. It does not say how common the strategy is among typists.