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Competitive typist Albert Tangora demonstrating his typing in 1938. Touch typing (also called blind typing, or touch keyboarding) is a style of typing.Although the phrase refers to typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys—specifically, a touch typist will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory—the term is often used to refer to a specific form of touch ...
Albert Tangora (July 2, 1903 – April 7, 1978) was an American competitive typist who was widely regarded as having the fastest typing speed on a typewriter. [2] Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Tangora began typing in 1916, entering typing contests the following year.
Touch Typist Typing Tutor is developed by Sector Software. Touch Typist typing tutor is the earliest example of typing tutor software currently still on sale. [1] The software was written and released for sale in 1985 on the Sinclair QL computer. [2] Its first public sale was at The ZX Microfair in 1985.
To insert a dash or minus sign, use the toolbar below the edit box. Click where you want the character to be inserted, select "Insert" from the pull-down menu, and then: To insert an en dash (–), click on the first character (the shorter dash). To insert an em dash (—), click on the second character (the longer dash).
The adjustable arm on the copyholder aids legibility and maximizes the typing speed. There could also be an adjustable ruler and marker to help the typist keep their position when they are interrupted, clips to hold the pages in place, and a light. The copy can be hand written notes perhaps from an author of a book, a play, or a TV show.
The Ultimate Typing Championship was created in order to promote typing and find the fastest typists in the United States of America. Players compete against each other in typing races. Typing races are done in real time online via an online typing race application. Finalists compete in person at SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Blackburn starred in a commercial for the Apple IIc, released in 1984, which offered a switchable Dvorak–QWERTY keyboard. [16] [10] [17] In the commercial, captioned as the "World's Fastest Typist", she explains how she achieved the Guinness World Record for fastest typist at barely 150 words a minute, yet she was able to type nearly 200 wpm on an Apple computer.
Being a typist was considered the right choice for a "good girl", meaning women who present themselves as being chaste and having good conduct. [139] According to the 1900 census, 94.9% of stenographers and typists were unmarried women. [140] This also led to an increase in schools and classes for typing in order to prepare for a future job.