How to learn Touchtyping

Posted by Chaitanya Shahare on Thu, Dec 8, 2022

What is Touchtyping?

Touchtyping is a method of typing which requires you to use all 10 fingers and makes typing on a keyboard more than just finding & pressing buttons. It makes you blazing fast & efficient.

Touchtyping is a great skill, it can literally save you a lot of time looking for different keys when you need it.

But it can be a little intimidating and frustrating to start learning a new way of typing just like anyting new.

Following are some sites which personally helped me in learning touch typing

Keybr.com

Keybr.com screenshot

Keybr.com is the best place to start learning touchtyping from scratch. It has a very cool algorithm which repeats the letters until you get that right. Also the use of non-words makes it different from other typing practice sites.

Monkeytype.com

monkeytype.com screenshot

After learning touchtyping from keybr.com you most probably want to learn how to be fast when writing real words.

Monkeytype.com is a good place to start. It also has different modes for practicing according to your requirements.

I like the special characters mode, which helps improve speed when writing codes.

Conclusion

The above sites are, in my opinion, easiest to use and learn from. But you can use anything you are comfortable in. Just give touchtyping a real shot. You’ll feel like you are getting slower and infact you will, stick to it. Soon you’ll be typing like a wizard.