Typing accuracy practice

Why accuracy comes first

Every error costs you twice: once to type the wrong character and again to delete and replace it. Below about 92% accuracy, most typists would be faster by slowing down. Employers know this, which is why job tests report accuracy and subtract uncorrected errors from your speed.

In stop-on-error mode a wrong key is counted but not entered, and the correct key flashes on the on-screen keyboard. Type at a pace where you rarely see that flash; speed follows accuracy, not the other way round.

A simple accuracy routine

1. Take one 1-minute test and note your accuracy.
2. Do two rounds of accuracy practice at a deliberately easy pace.
3. Do one round of your weak keys on the practice page.
4. Take another 1-minute test and compare.