words per minute
10
MR_Briten
00:00
Speed
Touch typing is the ability to type using all your fingers, without looking at the keyboard. This a valuable skill for employers because it enables employees to produce and edit text at a much faster speed than usual. It also means that finished work has a greater level of accuracy. For employees, it means a better work experience, and more time available for other tasks. Touch typing skills are beneficial in almost all industries, especially with continued technological advances. There are individual benefits to touch typing, too. First of all, touch typing makes working at a computer more comfortable. Second, it enhances communication between colleagues and customers. Third, it improves the accuracy of documents. From a productivity standpoint, an individual's typing speed increases when switching from two finger typing to touch typing. With two-finger or slow typing, at 20 words per minute (wpm) they will type a 600 word document in half an hour. A trained typist, averaging 70 wpm, will take 8.5 minutes to type this same document. Thus, the individual saves a considerable amount of time. With time saved up, over the long term, this also helps the company save significant amounts of money. The average typing speed in the UK is reported to be around 50 words per minute. So, learning to touch type is a great way to boost your employability and stand out from the crowd in the job market.