It doesn't matter if you know the blind method of printing or not, but typing quickly is important for almost any professional using a computer. For productive work, the print speed should be from 200-250 characters per minute or higher. This will already allow you to enter words almost as fluently as they add up in your head.
To check, it is enough to open any of the services and pass the proposed test. As a rule, you need to print either a fragment of text about a third of the A4 page, or just type words from the screen for a minute. At the end, you will learn the typing speed in characters or words per minute, as well as the percentage of typos.
The most advanced version of the test with a lot of settings. You can choose the language, testing mode, frequency of use of the words used, time, themes, alternative layout and much more. When completed, Monkeytype will show a speed graph, the number of words and characters per minute, as well as additional information. For competitive effect, the history of results and leaderboards from around the world are available.
A relatively simple service based on the keyboard simulator of the same name, which will help determine the speed of printing. There are three modes to choose from: "words", "time" and "quotes". You can set one of three difficulty levels, set the duration of the test and enable the mandatory placement of punctuation marks. At the same time, a separate training of words in which mistakes were made is available.
Print speed test with the ability to select a variety of languages, including Russian. The check is carried out in the usual and more complex mode, a choice of duration is available from the settings. The result is shown in words per minute. Thanks to the high score table, you can immediately evaluate it and understand how fast you type compared to other users.
A fairly simple service for checking the print speed, in which nothing distracts from the process. In the first mode, you can determine how fast you type text, and in the second — how accurately: statistics of erroneous clicks are displayed for each key. The result is indicated in words per minute with the number of errors. Also, Touch Typing Study gives useful tips that will help improve the results.
A test of a well-known keyboard simulator. You need to type a text fragment, after which the service will show your average and maximum speed in characters per minute, the number and percentage of errors, as well as the time spent. The screen displays a keyboard with finger zones, additionally you can turn on the sounds of keys and errors.
Another simple test with a minimalistic design, which at the end of the test will show the number of words and characters typed in a minute, as well as the accuracy of the input. Catch phrases from old movies are used as texts. The settings allow you to change the fragment size from 100 to 500 characters and choose one of nine options.
This material was first published in January 2008. In May 2023, we updated the text.
