How to Test and Improve Your Typing Speed

Compare typing sessions using accuracy and consistent conditions.

Use the Typing Speed Test alongside this illustrative example.

A practical example

Run the same duration on the same keyboard over several sessions, then compare accuracy before the displayed speed. A fast run with many mistakes may take longer to turn into usable text once corrections are included. Record the passage type, because unfamiliar punctuation and names can change the difficulty.

Check the result

Avoid comparing a memorised passage with a new passage as though only skill changed. Check that interruptions did not stop or distort the timing.

Try a comparison

Repeat on a different day without first rehearsing the passage. Compare several results rather than treating one unusually fast or distracted run as a baseline. For your own improvement record, note accuracy, speed and the conditions of each session.

What this does not establish

A browser score is practice feedback, not a certified employment assessment. The result does not measure every part of writing or editing work.

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