I had the option of taking the beginning typing course in high school.  My parents had purchased a Smith Corona portable electric typewriter.  I signed up. I can't recall if the criteria for passing was 30 or 35 wpm.  I may have been the only male in the class, but the school advisor at the time recommended it for anyone going on to college.  So there may have been males in other classes?  I don't really recall any discussions one way or the other as to whether it was appropriate.  I have no idea what the more advanced class required.  30 or so was impressive to any non-typist at the time.  Certainly good enough for a position where you were reception, typing, filing etc. in small office.

I doubt I could do 30 on any mechanical keyboard anymore since N-key rollover on the PC keyboard has ruined my rhythm.

It would be interesting to see if there are any videos showing someone typing rapidly on a teleprinter. Nick in particular I wana see the guy typing line speed on a 28KSR.

I once had the experience of talking to a high speed CW operator typing the incoming message on a mill and carrying on a conversation at the same time.  I suspect there was some part of it was formalized message formats which would allow the op to just get the changeable part of the message in their heads and the canned parts would be almost finger memory.  In any event still impressive. The op was W5FZC (fast zipper closer) In that era (1960), the various state police departments operated HF radio networks.

I didn't think of this at that time, but I've noticed that certain repeated character strings jump on the screen too easily.  E. G. "ing"  I cannot type Austin Texas without it coming out Austing. Or for years I was doing paper work for an organization called "TAPR".  To type the word "tape", I always have to backspace and type e in place of already typed r.

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You said "tomorrow" yesterday.

The above comments or recommendations are SWAG. Use at your own risk.
John, W9DDD
On 11/29/2022 3:17 PM, 1oldlens1 wrote:
I may have been misleading about minimum speed.  I meant the minimum that someone would have aimed at in a high-school or secretarial course to become employable in business, not specifically at Teletype Corp. In my day boys were not trained to touch type, considered girls work.  Ugh.
I taught myself to touch type because I realized it's power for someone who likes to write.  I practice every day (except on this one finger thing).  Mostly on a mechanical machine to keep my hands strong.  Not many realized when I was in high school just how important basic computer skills would become.



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