can you type without looking at the keyboard?
By suzyangel08
@suzyangel08 (616)
United States
January 25, 2007 5:45pm CST
as much as i have been typing for over 10 years, i still tend to look at the key board... its a bad habit for me... how about you?
13 responses
@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
25 Jan 07
Yes, I can type rapidly and accurately without looking at the keyboard. Even when typing numbers! I didn't have any computer training until I was in college, but I took 4 years of office courses and typing during high school (before I changed tracks and decided to go into Nursing). I did really well at typing and it just stuck with me- kind of like how you never forget how to ride a bicycle! The typewriter keyboard and the computer keyboard are almost identical, so it was easy to regain my speed on the computer.
@ShadowWalker (969)
• United States
25 Jan 07
I only have one hand so I have to use one finger. So yes I look at the keyboard when I type. I'm a pretty good typist even though I'm only using one finger. My biggest problem is typos.
@marief2rnurse (2704)
• United States
27 Jan 07
I've been typing since I was 18 or 19...with two hands. Now I don't look anymore and I even know when I've typed something by mistake...
@xParanoiax (6987)
• United States
27 Jan 07
Don't need to look at the keyboard anymore, nopes. It helps loads when computing in a dark room lol.
Ocasionally I'll look down at the keyboard, if I'm not on my own keyboard, I tend to know my own by feel..so I don't need to as much..
@Poison_Girl (4150)
• United States
27 Jan 07
Oh, I definitely type without looking at the keyboard. I have to look at the screen and can't stand it when I CAN'T look at the screen. Sometimes, I'm eating, so I'm typing with one hand and it's then and only then I look at the keyboard. I HATE it!
@kdeepak1984 (639)
• United States
27 Jan 07
I have seen my dad typing without seeing the keyboard but i have tried many a times but in vain. I think my friend can do that and it is one of the advantages of chatting a lot with ur friends online!
@charlie69 (334)
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25 Jan 07
Yes i can type without looking at the keyboard, it comes really easily to me but we did start using somputers in school when i was about 5 and we have always had a family computer at home as far back as i can remember as my father has always needed it for his work.
@Singsong (19)
• United States
25 Jan 07
Put masking tape on each of the keys and proceed to type by looking at what you see on the screen. A screaming good time isnt it?
@cerium (689)
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26 Jan 07
I personally think that every one tends to look at the keyboard without noticing. I think that if someone is in total darkness, he won't be able to write. As for myself, I've been using computers for mor than a decade and I always look at ther keyboard when I am writing (I rarely look at the screen while writing).