How do I Improve my typing skills -reducing errors-?

Question

I can type 92 - 95 words a minute but sometimes get up to 6 errors (and when I'm lucky I get 0). How can I improve this? I have noticed that sometimes I just press the wrong key by mistake OR put my finger in the correct key but don't apply enough strength to strike it.

Answer 1

The kinds of things you describe happen to us all. I've been typing for hundreds of years but can still accidentally hit a wrong key - particularly on a computer as opposed to a typewriter.

If your typing speed is 92-95 you must have been typing for quite a while, so you know the only answer is practice, practice, practice. There's no other way.

92-95 is a pretty good speed.
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Answer 2

I had the same typing stats about a year ago. I had to actually get a robot with an IR sensor on it. It would watch my keystrokes and shocked me everytime I made a mistake or slowed down to under 93 WPM. The only problem is that I haven't been able to stop typing since then. So I apologize if this answer goes on for a very long time. I can't help it. I have run out of things to say -- and DANG IT!!! I just typed "say" wrong... so that's what happens... anyway, as I was saying...

Answer 3

First, I wouldn't worry about typing faster than 90 wpm; who needs to with today's computers. You can get too far ahead of yourself and the keyboard can't keep up.

SEcond, the best tip I ever had from my typing teacher, that I still use after 50 years is this: always read one word ahead of what you are typing. You start by reading the first two words, ... The world ... for instance

then as you begin to type world you read the next word, and so on. Do not start fast and slow down, instead start slow and speed up as your confidence comes naturally.

It isn't even important to think about how fast you are typing as your natural ability will put you up to the speed you can attain without making errors.

good luck.

Answer 4

Start each practice session with very slow (one key at a time, as if you were a beginner) and think about perfect form on every key stroke, then gradually build up speed back to your maximum. A lot of teaches use the fast slow fast method. type a paragraph fast, then slow and aim for perfect form and no errors, then fast again. You will get better accuracy, and better form will give you faster top speed.

Answer 5

My daughter's school requires the students to take a computer-based typing course called Mavis-Beacon. I ordered the CD online. Here's the website:

Answer 6

Type a little more slowly to reduce errors, but I'd say that you're a lot faster than most people I know.

Answer 7

pure repetition. There's no shortcut, and once you achieve those speeds, you have to continue to work at it on a daily basis or your fingers lose their skill and you retain the speed but sacrifice the accuracy. on manual typewriters, it was a little tricker as you had to actually hit the keys. on new keyboards, you stroke the keys rather than hit them.

Answer 8

just keep practicing, and really work on trying to place your fingers on the right keys. Good Luck.

Answer 9

I'm not quite sure.. I'm pretty sure everybody does this at one point or another.. it's really hard to ALWAYS get the right letter every single time.. just keep practicing and get this game called typer shark that might help you. But yeah, I'm pretty sure everyone does this though.. it's not anything you can really fix.

Answer 10

quick brown fox jumps over a lazy little dog.
or you type a to z in both ascending and decending orders. this will improve your typing skill withouterror.