Good day to everyone except to the neo-liberals always btching about .ml being a communist instance, we don’t care about your opinions

Moving on, I got my first computer about two years ago and typing has been a pain, last year I read a post online about touch typing and I’ve been trying to do that ever since but switching from my “hunt and peck” method is quite difficult. Changing hand forms and trying to return my hands to the home format has always made me given up on touch typing.

I now have a lot of typing and note-taking to do and I’m trying to learn this, so I’m looking for tips and advices on how to make this easier

thanks in advance, pals

also, if you’re on linux and want to try this out, there’s this native app I’m using Klavaro. It is also available as a Flatpak

  • Unmapped@lemmy.ml
    5·
    2 months ago

    About a year ago I finally took the time to learn it. Just make sure you know which finger should hit which keys. And then do a bunch of practice. My favorite way to to practice is Monkey type. Its all about the muscle memory. Doesn’t take as long as you’d think ether. About 20 hrs of practice and I was just as fast as I was before. Then you will start getting really fast if you keep it up.

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
    31·
    2 months ago

    Practice I guess. I learned in a hs computers class where we had to do timed assignments, copying spreadsheets and transcribing speech and such. Hunt and Peck was simply too slow to do it, we had to learn our homerow to get a pass.

    Also death to neoliberalism.

    • a Kendrick fan@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      2 months ago

      Thanks for your reply, my high school equivalent never had such, our computer classes were spent in front of barely functional monitors with MS word open as we learnt the “CTRL +” commands while never as much as touching the keyboards

      thanks for your support

  • Codex@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 months ago

    Try a typing game, there’s lots of them now in several genres. I learned to touch type in secondary school, doing the old fashioned thing of taping a sheet of paper over the keyboard (and typing under it) so you can’t see the keys. That works but I believe in the educational power of games, and it’ll be more fun.

    Otherwise, just practice. If you use lemmy on mobile, try switching to desktop to type more. Start writing letters to people or short stories or anything that just encourages you to type more.

    • a Kendrick fan@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      2 months ago

      Ok, I’l look into those games, I know I have to put in practice but getting started is somehow uncomfortable, that’s why I’m looking for tips to improve the experience

      the limited time I spend in front of my desktop, I’m preoccupied with learning other stuff, practicing this alongside makes me slower

      thanks for your reply though

  • morgan423@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    Are you on Windows 11?

    Regardless of how your touch typing improvement project goes, be sure to get a good mic. Voice typing has come a long way, if you work in circumstances where you can speak aloud. It’s usually faster than my touch typing most of the time (not that I’m a blazing fast typist, but still).