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    I was thinking about how fast people can type the other day. Who in the world has the fastest typing?

    Question #61881. Asked by iamtheotaku. (Jan 22 06 12:10 AM)


    zephyra

    		In 1946, Stella Pajunas typed 216 words per minute.

    Jan 22 06, 1:24 AM
    daddy1161992

    		In 1923 at the age of 16, Birdie Reeve, was credited with typing 250 wpm, 800 key strokes per min., 29,000 strokes per hr.,and she only used 4 fingers! She also had a vocabulary of 64,000 words. When she typed some words with over 30 letter in them, she slowed to 20wpm.
    from: chesshistory.com

    Jan 22 06, 2:48 PM

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