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Originally Posted by PrincessPerky
As of 2005, Barbara Blackburn is the fastest typist in the world, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. Using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, she has maintained 150 wpm for 50 minutes, 170 wpm for shorter periods of time, and has been clocked at a peak speed of 212 wpm. Blackburn failed her typing class in high school, first encountered the Dvorak keyboard in 1938, quickly learned to achieve very high speeds, and occasionally toured giving speed-typing demonstrations during her secretarial career.[/i] more here
are you sure that thing is accurate? |
That's really impressive, and yet, that's exactly what some of the diggers are claiming! However, they didn't specify if they're using standard qwerty or not. For Dvorak, I can see how Ms. Blackburn was able to type so fast.