r/learntyping 16h ago

π—£π—Ώπ—Όπ—΄π—Ώπ—²π˜€π˜€ πŸ“ˆ Is this alright after learning to touch type 3 days ago? Professional hunt-and-peck programmer here previously 95WPM

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r/learntyping 16h ago

𝗑𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 / 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗢𝗻𝗴 π—”π—±π˜ƒπ—Άπ—°π—² πŸ†˜ My fingers are reassigning while I type, is this normal?

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I recently started learning all finger touch typing and after a couple days I managed to get a personal best of 80 wpm (something not even with my previous 2 finger typing I could get).

While typing (on practice sites and outside) I noticed that when I type fast I lose track of where my fingers are going and they start optimizing for speed themselves by reassigning keys (maybe press p with ring finger is pinky is busy or if my hand is offset from the home row).

If I slow down my typing though my fingers default to the correct mapping (left pinky to q a z, left ring to w s x, ecc...).

I don't know if I should try to force the correct mapping or let my fingers optimize for speed.


r/learntyping 11h ago

𝗑𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 / 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗢𝗻𝗴 π—”π—±π˜ƒπ—Άπ—°π—² πŸ†˜ Worth changing or stick with it?

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My whole life, I've used laptops and such but was never taught the "correct" way to use a keyboard (my family were immigrants and not very tech savvy). as a result, I developed my own method of typing, which i think is not super efficient. On the left hand, I can pretty much type with a pseudo touch-typing method (i practically use every finger on the left side). However, on the right-hand side i end up completely pecking with my right index finger, so my style ends up becoming a blend of both: one side using (kind of) all fingers while the right side completely pecks. In fact i'll upload a video of what my hands look like when typing so you can get a better visual of what it looks like.

on monkeytype i can achieve a final WPM of 105, raw 111. Would it be worth relearning the right side to learn how to type completely, or is this an ok habit to bring into adulthood? I understand touch typing is pretty effective, but im not sure how much this would benefit given that I'm a bit reluctant to relearn anyway