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myLot reputation of 98/100. SangsTurks (825)   ranked 90 out of 32,957 in life 4 years ago

Well, to be honest with you i can not type without looking at the keyboard. There are some alphabets that i can type but there are many more that i cant!! Though i am good at the numbers, i can type numbers without looking at the keyboard. Planning to learn to type looking at the moniter and not the keyboard. I have not found the perfect "typing tutor" online yet but i am still looking for one that has a lot of practise sessions. What about you, can type looking at the computer screen??


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1. myLot reputation of 88/100. Ganesh44 (1423)   ranked 843 out of 32,957 in life   4 years ago

Yes I can type without looking at keyboard ...but its almost more than 10 years that I have been using computers so ....its not a problem keep practicing and u will also be able to do that .......

Thanks
Ganesh


myLot reputation of 98/100. SangsTurks (825)   ranked 90 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

Lets hope so, i too wish to learn the art soon. but when ever i try, the words look like some other langauge altogether!! there are few alphabets that i can type without looking at the keyboard but not without looking at the keyboard at all.


hgwyneth (62)   ranked 13,621 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

Yup, I can... I learned not to look in my keyboard 'coz my teacher in typing during my highschool days hit my hands when she saw me typing with my eyes on the keyboard...(hehehe)You'll learn them...just keep on trying...However, inorder to learn typing without looking,you must acquaint yourself with the proper hands-on/keying.


topties (4)  4 years ago

Like Ganesh, I've been typing for well over 10 years, and I had a great start: typing dictation. Its definitely something you need to practice, but considering how much we do online there are always opportunities. I found it handy to have a 'map' of the keyboard just beside the monitor to refer to. Start slow, and before you know it you'll be gaining speed.


lyowood (1)  4 years ago

It's not hard to type without looking at keyboard if you practice for about a monthe, but you need to compel yourself not to look at the keyboard, but you may think.


prince_liangjie (9)  4 years ago

yes i can type without looking at keyboard .exactly .i'm doing it right now .hehehe but i cant type number !


Prince1956 (1)  4 years ago

Yes I can type without looking at the keyboard also, but when it comes to the numbers I have to look for some reason, I guess not feeling that confident.


jluther1956 (1)  4 years ago

I can type without looking at the keyboard, but I find myself looking at the screen to make sure I don't make any mistakes. When it comes to numbers, I do best with the number keypad. I don't do well with the numbers above the letters. I guess because at work, that is all we use are the ones on the number keypad.

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2. myLot reputation of 75/100. Scotlandthebrave (1267)   4 years ago

No I cant
And if I tried
You wouldnt understand a single word I had typed.


myLot reputation of 78/100. Maggiepie (2990)  4 years ago

Same here. So unless my intended readers can understand Old High Martian, I look at the keys. I DO, however, try to type as fast as I can.... ;o)

Maggiepie


myLot reputation of 98/100. SangsTurks (825)   ranked 90 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

Its the same with me too, if i type without looking at the keyboard it looks like some new kind of inscription! but i woul;f lobr rto lrat hier to tupe ( Oh, that is : But i would love to learn to type!) I bet you are not as bad as me, lol

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3. myLot reputation of 88/100. oraclemv (2492)   4 years ago

I can type without looking and I know if I have to delete a wrong letter I just typed! thumbup

My husband saw me doing it one day and he thought I was messing with him. He didn't believe I could because he said I can't do anything he can't. lol


So he tested me and bet me some money to type everything he said as he said it. He spells gonna like 'gone'. And when he got to that word, I spelled 'going' and because his English isn't that good, he said I was wrong! lol


myLot reputation of 98/100. SangsTurks (825)   ranked 90 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

Oh never mind you know what the truth is, dont you. Hummm.. male Eg!! You know that you are equally good at everything that your husband is good at so be happy. I too can type certain words without looking at the keyboard but not type without looking at them for long.


myLot reputation of 98/100. SangsTurks (825)   ranked 90 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

Eg = EGO! Spell check :)

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4. myLot reputation of 90/100. sexylc (417)   ranked 3,089 out of 32,957 in life   4 years ago

Sometimes I did but not all the time...I try to do that but my fingers its kind a hard time.I did bought a cd's that I can practice to type with out looking for the key board.


myLot reputation of 98/100. SangsTurks (825)   ranked 90 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

I too am trying my best to learn to type without looking at the keyboard but the problem is that i dont use all mt fingure like tghey want us to practise in the typing tutor! but i am kind of comfortable typing my way, guess i need to change myself if i want to learn!

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5. myLot reputation of 98/100. Anne18 (4162)   ranked 331 out of 32,957 in life   4 years ago

I can not type without looking at the keyboard, wish I could and with more than three fingers then I would speed along and get more discussions answered etc.
Don't think I will ever be able not to look at the keyboard!!
If you fine anything good on line to tutor you please share with us all.
Thanks


myLot reputation of 63/100. naokokensaku (405)   ranked 8,024 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

Typing games help a lot, actually. I learnt how to type without looking at the keyboard by playing such games, and when you're in an IRC chatroom answering trivia questions, you sometimes don't have the time to look at the keyboard before you can press Enter.

I'd recommend Typer Shark as a beginner's guide. Hope that helps!


myLot reputation of 98/100. SangsTurks (825)   ranked 90 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

Oh my God Anne, i too cannot use my thumb and the little finger at all. No matter how much i try to practise it is a waste for me , i always end up typing the three finger. Sure, if i do find something that would help people like us who use three finger to type i would definately share it with all of you.

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6. myLot reputation of 83/100. nic_knick (588)   ranked 8,740 out of 32,957 in life   4 years ago

Yes, I can except some keys.


myLot reputation of 98/100. SangsTurks (825)   ranked 90 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

Then i am exactly opposite of what you are, cause i can type a few keys without looking at the keyboard and the major part of it i need to look at the keyboard and type!! But i am tying to learn as soon as possible so that it helps me in my future.

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7. myLot reputation of 98/100. winzpc (1803)   ranked 10,229 out of 32,957 in life   4 years ago

I hope and dream that I can do it. But I still don't make it until now. I must use my eye to look in the keyboard when I'm typing. But I have get the improvement, while using myLot to make a post. But still make many errors when type without looking at the keyboard. I have try to find too typing tutor. But still haven't found the best one.

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myLot reputation of 98/100. SangsTurks (825)   ranked 90 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

I guess we are on the same boat then, i too am looking for a nice typing tutor online to practice. I had downloaded two of tem but they were not the one's that i wanted so i uninstalled it. Dont worry if we really want to do something we can sure do it!!

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8. myLot reputation of 73/100. divinchris (1107)   ranked 3,225 out of 32,957 in life   4 years ago

I'm learning like you Sangs.But now I'm getting very comfortable with my way of typing.I have been using computers from my 8th grade and i like chatting a lot. Infact i learn't typing only because of yahoo msssenger lol.Now I'm good at typing. Try the typing master software it will be very helpful.That software has lots of practice exercises, if u follow it perfectly you don't need to search for a typing tutor.Hope you will try it and become a great typist.All the best for your typing activities.Happy mylotting.


myLot reputation of 98/100. SangsTurks (825)   ranked 90 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

Hi divinchris, by typing tutor i meant typing tutor software,lol. Oh may be thats the reason i hate chatting. When i was in school we also had the software to practice after school but then who on earth wanted to practice. now that i am intrested i am not getting the software download free.

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9. myLot reputation of 84/100. blanne (127)   ranked 13,975 out of 32,957 in life   4 years ago

I can type without looking at the keyboard but there are just times that I mistakenly press the wrong keys most especially when I use the laptop. But basically, I do not look at the keyboard that much when I type stuff. I think it helps when what you do most of the time is just staying in front of the computer. I am a computer science student and I earn online so I can never avoid computers.


myLot reputation of 98/100. SangsTurks (825)   ranked 90 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

It is nice to be able to type without looking at the keyboard as one can type faster that ways and can also spell check when there is a mistake not like me type first and then search for mistakes, it is time consuming

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10. myLot reputation of 98/100. dolce_vita78 (5422)   ranked 8 out of 32,957 in life   4 years ago

Hi there SangsTurks!

I learned to type at a very early age. That is why I have learned how to type without looking at the keyboard at an early age too. What I am proud of is that aside from being able to type without looking at the keyboard is that I can type efficiently and accurately. The last time I checked, I can type 72 words per minute and have an accuracy of 99%.


gaby_user (2)  4 years ago

I used to type. At the beginnig it it was not easy so i buy a software which used me a lot, the software is 'Dactylo' and for now I can type 9 or 10 words per second.


myLot reputation of 84/100. jaysonjpa (101)   ranked 14,985 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

Yes I can type on a keyboard without looking. But their are limitation. My typing speed is only 34 letter per minute and my accuracy is only 96%. When you apply to a typing job they required to type 100letter speed per minutes. Thats tough for me you know.And Im not good in numbers. Which is better to practice the upper key set on your keyboard. Or the number keys on your right? Beside your mouse.


myLot reputation of 87/100. mwhitby1985 (152)   ranked 21,240 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

I can type without looking at the keyboard. I like doing this at work because you can stare at people while you type and freak them out which is fun lol. Helps me get through my day anyway. I dont have a clue how I learnt how to do this, it just happened over night. All I remember is my college tutor saying wow you can touch type and I thought...hmmm I can can't I!
The other advantages of me being able to touch type is being able to take phone messages alot faster and accurately.


myLot reputation of 98/100. SangsTurks (825)   ranked 90 out of 32,957 in life  4 years ago

I am sure that it must be really helping you, when i was taught in school i was not intrested in learning we also had the faclity to learn after school if we wanted to but who had the time then! now i have the time an the inclination to learn and so i will learn and achieve what i want to.

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