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  • Klen
    • Aug 2006
    • 32235
    #1

    Can you type without watching the keyboard?

    I do this all the time, can type anything no matter how complex it, dont even need good light in background.


    Tho, i wish i could have same skill for something more useful, like playing guitar or piano lol
    Tags: background, guitar, keyboard, lol, piano, playing, skill, tho, time, type, watching
    • Grapesoda
      So Fucking Banned
      • Jul 2003
      • 46238
      #2
      Originally posted by Klen
      I do this all the time, can type anything no matter how complex it, dont even need good light in background.


      Tho, i wish i could have same skill for something more useful, like playing guitar or piano lol
      not all all, I always wanted an app that would 'ghost' a key board over the screen with an opacity setting

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        • Rochard
          Jägermeister Test Pilot
          • Dec 2001
          • 75733
          #3
          I took a typing class in the 1980s on a... electric typewriter. I've been working on computers ever since.

          I never have to look at the keyboard. In fact, all keyboards have little notches on the f and j buttons so you can center yourself properly on the keyboard as needed.

          My main PC has a Alienware mechanical keyboard on it. Old school, net. My other PC has a cheap Microsoft keyboard on it, easy enough. My laptop is a Microsoft Surface, which is an entirely different feel but still easy enough.
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          Brooklyn, NY

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            • gorillaz_
              Confirmed User
              • Sep 2014
              • 361
              #4
              of course all the time , btw it's not sophisticated .

              i have new touchpad that jump when i use it , this what i dislike about my keyboard .

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                • ruff
                  I have a plan B
                  • Aug 2004
                  • 5507
                  #5
                  I learned to type in the 8th grade without letters or numerals on the keyboard. At the time I thought how useless is this particular skill. Who knew?
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                    • fuzebox
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                      • Oct 2003
                      • 22353
                      #6
                      Isn't that what typing is? :confused:

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                        • Denny
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                          • Feb 2005
                          • 17399
                          #7
                          Only certain words

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                            • CurrentlySober
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                              • Aug 2002
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                              #8
                              i cunt a4da keyboard...


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                                • PornDiscounts-V
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                                  • Oct 2003
                                  • 5744
                                  #9
                                  My wife is always marveled when I keep typing an email reply for paragraphs while looking and talking to her without skipping a beat.
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                                    • Wizzo
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                                      #10
                                      I can, as long as I don't think about it. Once I start thinking about it, it's like I totally forget how to type...lol
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                                        • Brian mike
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                                          • Oct 2014
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                                          #11
                                          I learned it with this https://www.taptouche.com/fr many years ago , its in french (my mother language) .
                                          Never feel i was a fast or perfect Type/writer but that did help at first.
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                                            • hausarzt
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                                              • Jan 2011
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                                              #12
                                              Of coursw I can. I do ir all t he timne. Flawlerssa victotry.
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                                                    • CourtneyR
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                                                      Yup not sure how people get by having to look at the keys.

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                                                        • Coyote
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                                                          • May 2003
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                                                          #15
                                                          i cAnn type 180 wrods a minite,
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                                                            • Rochard
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                                                              • Dec 2001
                                                              • 75733
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Wizzo
                                                              I can, as long as I don't think about it. Once I start thinking about it, it's like I totally forget how to type...lol
                                                              Well now you are screwed. LOL.
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                                                                • Rochard
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                                                                  • Dec 2001
                                                                  • 75733
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Years ago while I was in college I applied for a job at a AAA call center. The first test was a typing test. They gave you a computer with Microsoft Word, and two pages typed on paper. You had to copy the paper over to the computer. You had three minutes to see how many words you could type. You had three tries.

                                                                  Towards the end of the first try I hit CTRL+A and then CTRL+C. Woman came in and used MS word to see how many words I typed and said "Oh, you did good" and then "try again" after clearing the screen.

                                                                  Hit CTRL+P and started just where I left off...

                                                                  I was the only one who ever completed the two pages in the alloted time. When they asked me about it I told them what I did (I am brutally honest) and they told me I had cheated. LOL.
                                                                  Herschel Savage
                                                                  Brooklyn, NY

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                                                                    • RyuLion
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                                                                      • Mar 2003
                                                                      • 32369
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Yes, ever since high school.

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                                                                        • King Mark
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                                                                          • Aug 2016
                                                                          • 27033
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Nope. When it was Mavis Beacon time in school, I usually just found a girl to fuck off with somewhere else.

                                                                          And I still type faster than all of them. I type fast as fuck with just 2 fingers and just kind of glance at the keyboard while doing it.

                                                                          This touch screen shit tho.... If it wasn't for autocorrect it would probably take me hours to type this post.

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                                                                            • CaptainHowdy
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                                                                              • Dec 2004
                                                                              • 94738
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Nope . . .

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                                                                                • King Mark
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                                                                                  • Aug 2016
                                                                                  • 27033
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by Rochard
                                                                                  Years ago while I was in college I applied for a job at a AAA call center. The first test was a typing test. They gave you a computer with Microsoft Word, and two pages typed on paper. You had to copy the paper over to the computer. You had three minutes to see how many words you could type. You had three tries.

                                                                                  Towards the end of the first try I hit CTRL+A and then CTRL+C. Woman came in and used MS word to see how many words I typed and said "Oh, you did good" and then "try again" after clearing the screen.

                                                                                  Hit CTRL+P and started just where I left off...

                                                                                  I was the only one who ever completed the two pages in the alloted time. When they asked me about it I told them what I did (I am brutally honest) and they told me I had cheated. LOL.
                                                                                  Did you get the job tho?

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                                                                                    • lock
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                                                                                      • Jul 2003
                                                                                      • 5065
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      No never really picked up typing skills.
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                                                                                        • Jazzix
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                                                                                          • Nov 2019
                                                                                          • 354
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Nope. One finger on each hand.

                                                                                          Typing was an option in high school and in later years wished I had taken it.

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                                                                                            • JesseQuinn
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                                                                                              • Aug 2012
                                                                                              • 6631
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              09/42

                                                                                              what does this mean?
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                                                                                                • ghjghj
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                                                                                                  • Jun 2005
                                                                                                  • 3770
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  Originally posted by King Mark
                                                                                                  I type fast as fuck with just 2 fingers

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                                                                                                    • Jazzix
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                                                                                                      • Nov 2019
                                                                                                      • 354
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by JesseQuinn
                                                                                                      09/42

                                                                                                      what does this mean?
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                                                                                                        • george MH
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                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          copying skills into many places in life
                                                                                                          that is impressive


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                                                                                                            • PornDiscounts-V
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                                                                                                              • Oct 2003
                                                                                                              • 5744
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Only have to look when typing in a Windows key.
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                                                                                                                • JesseQuinn
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                                                                                                                  • Aug 2012
                                                                                                                  • 6631
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Originally posted by Jazzix
                                                                                                                  They are never heard of em guitar strings .. "These nickel wound strings deliver crisp highs, aggressive mids, and a focused low end for dynamic lead work and chords that ring out clearly whether clean or heavily distorted. " Quoted from Amazon
                                                                                                                  cool, gracias
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                                                                                                                    • NatalieMojoHost
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                                                                                                                      • Aug 2013
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                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      Yep, in 2 different alphabets.

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                                                                                                                        • TheLegacy
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                                                                                                                          • Apr 2003
                                                                                                                          • 18096
                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          I grew up without computers and only used electric typewriters that were a mandatory class in high school - so we had to learn to do it without looking. That has always stayed with me. Think the better question is - how many words per min can you type
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                                                                                                                            • Forkbeard
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                                                                                                                              • Feb 2002
                                                                                                                              • 2236
                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              Yeah, to people who grew up before computers, "type without looking at the keyboard" is what typing is. Poking at the keys while looking at them was called "hunt and peck" (like a chicken).

                                                                                                                              As others in this thread have mentioned, serious typing-class typewriters didn't have anything to look at on the keys. You could buy sets of blank white plastic key covers to snap over the keys of your typewriter so it could properly be used to teach typing.

                                                                                                                              There was a thing called a "copy stand" made out of steel that sat beside your typewriter. People who typed for a living were inevitably typing from paper copy, whether it was the boss's hand-written notes, an author's long-hand manuscript, or the last typed draft that somebody had scribbled all over. If you were a typist, you needed to have your eyes on the copy, there on the copystand. You couldn't look at the keyboard. You'd be too slow and you'd kill your neck, shifting your gaze back and forth.

                                                                                                                              Before Mavis Beacon, typing class meant endless drills, to a timer, with score based on the number of words per minute correct and error-free. You'd practice with nonsense sentences: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy black dog. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.

                                                                                                                              If you're lookin' at the keys, you're not typing.
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                                                                                                                                • SilentKnight
                                                                                                                                  Megan Fox's fluffer
                                                                                                                                  • Oct 2005
                                                                                                                                  • 24818
                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  Taught myself to type on a manual Olivetti typewriter when I was 10-12. Took two years of typing in highschool long before computers were around.

                                                                                                                                  I type about as fast as I talk...somewhere around 80-100wpm.

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                                                                                                                                    • Rochard
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                                                                                                                                      • Dec 2001
                                                                                                                                      • 75733
                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by King Mark
                                                                                                                                      Did you get the job tho?
                                                                                                                                      Nope. They said I cheated.
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                                                                                                                                        • 2MuchMark
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                                                                                                                                          • Aug 2004
                                                                                                                                          • 50990
                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          Absolutely I can type without looking at the keyboard. I can even do it without looking at the screen too, though looking at the screen makes it easier and faster, not sure why.

                                                                                                                                          My favorite keyboard is a 1980's IBM Model-M. I am at my fastest and more accurate on this keyboard. The only problem is that they are noisy as hell. If I'm on the phone and need to type at the same time, I'll use a second one (a Matias wireless). It sucks, but at least its quiet.

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                                                                                                                                            • Jazzix
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                                                                                                                                              • Nov 2019
                                                                                                                                              • 354
                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              Why is it that every time you watch a YouTube video and the poster is typing they never get it right the first time...

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                                                                                                                                                • Den BongaCash
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                                                                                                                                                  This made me think about when I began to type without looking. I can't remember how it happened though...
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                                                                                                                                                    • SilentKnight
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                                                                                                                                                      • Oct 2005
                                                                                                                                                      • 24818
                                                                                                                                                      #38
                                                                                                                                                      What cracks me up is nearly every actor/actress in movies has this amazing skill to type at the speed of light. And rarely do they make errors and have to backspace.

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                                                                                                                                                        • 2MuchMark
                                                                                                                                                          Mark of 2Much.net
                                                                                                                                                          • Aug 2004
                                                                                                                                                          • 50990
                                                                                                                                                          #39
                                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by SilentKnight
                                                                                                                                                          What cracks me up is nearly every actor/actress in movies has this amazing skill to type at the speed of light. And rarely do they make errors and have to backspace.
                                                                                                                                                          Even worse, are "hackers" in movies. They type at lighting speed on the shittiest keyboards, with nothing but random crap appearing on the screen, with dialog like "Override Mainframe Security", etc... cringe.

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                                                                                                                                                            • Klen
                                                                                                                                                              • Aug 2006
                                                                                                                                                              • 32235
                                                                                                                                                              #40
                                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by 2MuchMark
                                                                                                                                                              Even worse, are "hackers" in movies. They type at lighting speed on the shittiest keyboards, with nothing but random crap appearing on the screen, with dialog like "Override Mainframe Security", etc... cringe.
                                                                                                                                                              Hacking is actually very boring activity, that is why movie makers need to bullshit in order to make it watchable.

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                                                                                                                                                                • LustCore
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                                                                                                                                                                  #41
                                                                                                                                                                  It depends as I am using different machines with of course different layouts and languages, plus often switching the languages.
                                                                                                                                                                  But normally I can type by looking only at the screen even in dark (no backlit keyboard), except if I have to use special character that otherwise rarely using. And the time when I knew the ascii codes from the top of my head just long time gone.
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                                                                                                                                                                    • CurrentlySober
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                                                                                                                                                                      No, but I can take a poo without visiting the bathroom though...


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                                                                                                                                                                        • st0ned
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                                                                                                                                                                          I can and have for most of my life. Oddly enough, I primarily use both pointer fingers, and my middle finger on my right hand. I use my left pinky for shift and such. I typed this way prior to taking the classes in school where they show you how your hands should sit on the keyboard.

                                                                                                                                                                          Generally speaking, I can type faster than most people I've competed with in the past even though my typing probably looks incredibly strange lol.
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                                                                                                                                                                            • SilentKnight
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                                                                                                                                                                              • Oct 2005
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                                                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by st0ned
                                                                                                                                                                              I can and have for most of my life. Oddly enough, I primarily use both pointer fingers, and my middle finger on my right hand. I use my left pinky for shift and such. I typed this way prior to taking the classes in school where they show you how your hands should sit on the keyboard.

                                                                                                                                                                              Generally speaking, I can type faster than most people I've competed with in the past even though my typing probably looks incredibly strange lol.
                                                                                                                                                                              I typed four fingers the same way for years before taking typing class. I actually could hammer out 60wpm...until the teacher eventually caught me and moved me to a typewriter with no letters on the keys. Glad she did - it forced me to re-learn how to type properly.

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                                                                                                                                                                                • st0ned
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                                                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by SilentKnight
                                                                                                                                                                                  I typed four fingers the same way for years before taking typing class. I actually could hammer out 60wpm...until the teacher eventually caught me and moved me to a typewriter with no letters on the keys. Glad she did - it forced me to re-learn how to type properly.
                                                                                                                                                                                  Interesting! So you prefer the "proper" way now? I have a hard time forcing myself to re-train on something that works just fine as it is haha.
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                                                                                                                                                                                    • SilentKnight
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                                                                                                                                                                                      • Oct 2005
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                                                                                                                                                                                      #46
                                                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by st0ned
                                                                                                                                                                                      Interesting! So you prefer the "proper" way now? I have a hard time forcing myself to re-train on something that works just fine as it is haha.
                                                                                                                                                                                      Definitely much faster...although it took me a few years to realize it.

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                                                                                                                                                                                        • davidCRM
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                                                                                                                                                                                          if i try hard enough
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                                                                                                                                                                                            • k0nr4d
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                                                                                                                                                                                              Typing without looking seems like a pretty normal skill people have nowadays to be honest
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  Its a blessing to not have to look at that damn keyboard anymore. this is not the case when the lights are off. It seems to fuck with my mind when everything around me turns dark.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                    • LAJ
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      I took a typing class in high school and it served me well. Even after 35 years I'm still able to do about 60 WPM without looking and probably 98% + accuracy.
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