Typing Guides
Practical guides and a living glossary to help you type faster — without looking down.
Touch Typing vs. Hunt-and-Peck: What 150+ WPM Really Proves
A two-finger typist just hit 151 WPM in a viral post, raising a fair question: why bother learning touch typing at all. Here's what a real 2016 Vanderbilt study found about speed and accuracy once the keyboard is out of view - and the specific point where hunt-and-peck quietly falls apart at work.
Is It Too Old to Learn Touch Typing at 40, 50, or 60?
Is it too old to learn touch typing at 40, 50, or 60? A 10,613-person study shows speed does decline with age, but not the way most people assume. Here is the actual curve, and what to do about it starting today.
How to Actually Measure Your Typing Progress (Not Just WPM)
You practice every day and your WPM barely moves. WPM alone is simply the wrong number to be watching - it hides real typing progress happening underneath it. Here are the metrics serious typists actually track, built from real research and Monkeytype's own open-source formulas.
Voice Dictation vs Typing Speed: What the Research Actually Shows
Voice dictation vs typing speed is closer than the marketing suggests. Dictation can output words faster than your hands ever will, but it doesn't always save you time once you count what it costs to fix the errors afterward, especially if you already type well.
Will a Split Keyboard Slow You Down at Work?
Every split keyboard vendor tells you the adjustment is quick. Every person who actually made the switch says otherwise. Here is the honest range for how much typing speed you lose, how long it takes to come back, and a plan for surviving the first week without missing a deadline.
Touch Typing Without Looking at the Keyboard: Why It's Hard
Most pages promise you'll stop looking at the keyboard in 2-4 weeks, with no source for that number anywhere. Here's the actual mechanism behind typing without looking, drawn from real keyboard research, and a realistic picture of how long it takes.
Can't Type Without Looking? Build Typing Skills Before Your First Job
Years of thumb-typing on a phone don't transfer to a keyboard - it's a separate skill on its own. Here's the honest timeline for building real typing skills before your first job, and what to do if you're already embarrassed to practice.
Hunt-and-Peck Typing Cost: How Many Hours You Really Lose
Typing with two or four fingers while watching the keyboard has a real, calculable cost in hours a year - not just a vague sense that you're slower. Here's a transparent version of that hunt-and-peck typing cost calculation, and why a popular typing calculator gives you a different number.
How Much Your Typing Speed Really Improves in a Week
Typing sites love round numbers like 30 WPM in two weeks, with no source behind any of them. Here's what motor-learning research and a 168,000-person keystroke dataset actually say about how much your typing speed improves in the first week.
Why Fixing Your Weak Keys Beats More Typing Practice
Most people who quit typing practice are not lazy - their progress was invisible. Here is what the research actually says about why targeted practice on your own weak keys works when generic drills do not, and how to build a realistic first week around it.