It used to be that touch typing was a skill reserved for courtroom stenographers, transcriptionists and maybe a few writers. But, in today's digital age all that's changed. Touch typing is no a skill that anyone can learn and with regular practice can be quickly and easily mastered. So, why to learn touch typing? Well , here's 5 ways touch typing can benefit you: Touch typing can drastically improve your typing speed. Maybe you have been using the hunt and peck method all of your life or some variations of placing all 10 fingers on the keyboard. Either way, these methods are incredibly slow compared to touch typing. Think about this: if you are currently typing 20 words per minute (wpm) that means it would take you on average about 30 minutes to type up a one page document. Factor in time to think about what you want to say and the time it takes to start and stop if you need to look at the keyboard and you could be looking at close to an hour to get that task done. By learning touch typing, you could boost your typing speed to 40wpm or even 60wpm and drastically cut down the amount of time it takes you to do even the most simple tasks. Not only will you become more efficient, but you will also be able to direct your focus to where it counts.