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  2. Typing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typing

    Some notable [citation needed], records include 255 wpm on a one-minute, random-word test by a user under the username slekap and occasionally bailey, [20] 213 wpm on a 1-hour, random-word test by Joshua Hu, [21] 221 wpm average on 10 random quotes by Joshua Hu, [22] and first place in the 2020 Ultimate Typing Championship by Anthony Ermollin ...

  3. Words per minute - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute

    Audiobooks are recommended to be 150–160 words per minute, which is the range that people comfortably hear and vocalize words. [16] Slide presentations tend to be closer to 100–125 wpm for a comfortable pace, [17] auctioneers can speak at about 250 wpm, [18] and the fastest speaking policy debaters speak from 350 [19] to over 500 words per ...

  4. Speech tempo - Wikipedia

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    Various units of speech have been used as a basis for measurement. The traditional measure of speed in typing and Morse code transmission has been words per minute (wpm). However, in the study of speech the word is not well defined (being primarily a unit of grammar), and speech is not usually temporally stable over a period as long as a minute ...

  5. Audio typist - Wikipedia

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    The audio typist will have learnt to touch type at a high speed which means they can look at the monitor or keep an eye on a waiting area as they are typing because they do not need to look at the keyboard. A specialist player called a micro cassette transcriber (below) is used for playback of the cassettes to maximise the typing speed.

  6. Teeline shorthand - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeline_Shorthand

    Teeline shorthand is a streamlined way to transcribe the spoken word quickly by removing unnecessary letters from words and making the letters themselves faster to write. [2] Vowels are often removed when they are not the first or last letter of a word, and silent letters are also ignored. [ 2 ]

  7. TypeRacer - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TypeRacer

    For racing, there is the default ("maintrack") option, where players race against each other by typing randomly selected quotes from a database. [5] [6] Practice racing, or "ghosting", is the game's single-player option where players can type any text on demand, and save up to ten races per day. [7]

  8. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing - Wikipedia

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    Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is an application software program designed to teach touch typing. Released in late 1987 by The Software Toolworks, the program aimed to enhance users' typing skills through a series of interactive lessons and games. Mavis Beacon is an entirely fictional character, created for marketing purposes.

  9. Albert Tangora - Wikipedia

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    Tangora began competing in typewriter speed typing contests in the "Novice" (15-minute) division, when during the New England Business Show held at Mechanics Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, Tangora won the Eastern States typewriting contest held on April 9, 1917, [17] for having a 15-minute typing speed of 91 words per minute (WPM). [18]