How many of you learned how to type on a typewriter?

Ah, I think I saw that video clip. Is that the one where a woman types infront of the computer then suddenly push the monitor as if typing in a typewriter? It is very funny indeed! We have this program at home "MavisBeacon" it helps enhance the typing skill. I learned how to type in a typewriter during my grade school years since my father owns a typewriter. I few years back, I found it hard to study typing using the home keys, they say this is because I learned how to type not considering the fingers' position. Thanks to this computer program that my sister borrowed from the library, I was able to learn how to type the right way.

I first learned to type off my mom's old laptop. This one had no cords or electricity. LOL. I suppose this kind of ages me. Not too much longer than that, the trs-80's came out and my typing became a lot better. LOL.Young people check your history books on this one. I am sort of glad I learned to type off my mom's. I am more conscience of typing errors. White out used to be my favorite stuff. LOL. It is now getting harder to see my screen.

I did,and I still own it too- it was a smith-corona-my parents bought it for me when I was 10-I'm a south-paw(lefty) and I got mine shortly after papermate came out with useless eraseable pens-what a mess I can make writing with those as the lower portion of my left hand drags across the paper-that typewriter saved many homework assignments from being tossed out.I lucked out though mine could switch from being manual(unplugged)to electric(plugged in)-and 21 years later it still works..

I'm going to make myself feel really old here. When I first started taking typing classes we had the manual ones in the class with the manual returns but there were a few electric ones in the class, just not enough for everyone. These were very basic electric ones let me tell you. I think about half way through we got to switch over to them; however at home the one I used for practicing on a manual. Now by the time I took typing again (my senior year they ran out of electives and they had it under a different name so I could take it again) all they had were electrics and they were different then the ones I started out on. Amazing some times what a few years can make.

I learned on a Manual Typewriter when I was a Senior in High School. I had also broken my arm that semester and could only type one handed. GRRR the teacher gave me a D! I went back and argued my case and she finally gave me a B! Over the years my typing has gotten faster and faster. I have to laugh watching my brother and mom and dad type. THey are so slow it's just hilarious. THey are the one finger typers. I didn't know any of those existed!

I did learned to type on a typewriter when i was a kid, about an age of 8 or 10 i really don't know. We had a VERY old typewriter which pass out thru generation, it was from my grandfather, he was a journalist and he used it in typing a news articles. We i was a kid, i always go to my grandpa's house and see he typing on the typewriter. In that time, i was amazed on the typewriter because it really helps to write on a paper in at ease. So there on, i trained myself and used typewriter until when i'm at highschool. Then the computer starts to emerged here in the philippines, and i really need to have one, because of my profession to be in college and when i was in highschool i got a lot of projects. So computer change my life, not just on typing on pages but also lots of stuffs like research and school projects. I really good thing about computer typing, you can save it in the harddrive or a disk of your work, not like on typing, if you commit mistake or misplace it, you gonna work the whole thing up. Computer makes things easy, and really kick as5.:)

I have never used a typewriter. And to add to it, I have never learned typing. It was only by continuous use of keyboard that I was able to increase my typing speed. So even if my speed has increased, I need to look at the keyboard while I am typing.

I learned on an old manual typewriter..with manual carriage...I had an awful time because one of my index fingers was injured at age 10 and I had to have some surgery on it at age 13...so it's a little shorter than my other and when I got into high school and took typing and business classes it was difficult...I had to look at the keyboard to make sure I had my finger positioned properly...so it affected my typing..every now and again I still have to look down..as the finger has a numb spot on the pad and I can't feel where I'm placing it...sometimes the words look very funny!!! But all in all it's not so bad...Working in pharmacy I keyboard all day and love the backspace button!!! LOL

I learned typing on a typewriter. It was so many years back. In 1968. At that time there were no electronic keyboards. The typewriter on which I learned typing was an Olivetty machine. For the first two months I was provided with that age old Olivetty. The keys used to get stuck frequently.After two months the preleminaries were over and I got some momentum in typing. Then the manager of the typing institute allowed me to type on a rather new machine. It was a Remington Rand machine. I completed my course and done my exams in that machine. Sure both these machines were with mannual carriage return system. I'll send my e mail through PM seperately requesting for the vidio clip. You start wonderfull discussions paidreader. Thank you for that.

I learned to type as a young teenager; I joined the military, and someone asked me to type and I did a real bang up job of it; So, I taught myself to type, this was over 25 years ago, then when the internet and my work experience increased, my typing did too; I also took a formal typing course in college for this secretarial program I was into; Took dictation too as well.

I learned to type on an electric typewriter and when I took business in college, I took a class called business machines. In it was a new machine called a word processor. It was much bigger than a standard electric typewriter and it had the capability of memorizing one line at a time so you could erase your mistakes. It was considered cutting edge at the time. I never typed on a manual typewriter though, but your post brought back some memories for me. Thanks.

I learnt on a manual typewriter, cuz i did a typing course in school. I still have the machine till today. I never learnt keyboarding, it was very easy having learnt witht the manual typewriter. currently the skill is really paying off now, am actually working with the skill and type realllllll fast while maintaining accuracy.

I took typing in high school. We learned on IBM Selectric II electric typewriters. They had the little ball that jumped up and hit the ribbon to make the impression. I can still hear my instructor in my head, droning on "j, j, j, space, k, k, k, space, l, l, l, space, sem, sem, sem (for semicolon)". We'd do drills like that at first, then we'd type from books with regular words and speed drills. We learned how to format business letters, etc. I've never used a manual typewriter to actually type on - the stroke is much different than the one used for electrics and computer keyboards. My grandmother learned on a manual, and she POUNDS the computer keyboard out of habit!

well i learnt typing when i was 16. i learnt on a keyboard. i used the typing tutor CD to learn. it was a very exhausting course. cause in the beginning it teached me to type only asdf for about half a month. i became so bored with it and very irritated because for a long time i couldnt get them right. when i finally started on the other letters it became very interesting. and then i was so obsessed with it that i wanted to practice the whole day. well its a very useful talent. especially in the modern age of computers you should know typing. i can use all five fingers. and the best thing about typing is that once you have learned you never forget even if you are not in practice. so i guess its a very advantageous point

I learned on a computer keyboard, but now at work I type on a typewriter. Go figure!

I had to take typing class while I was in high school. What a boring class that was. I don't know if it is still a requirement or not. But given that every company has a computer maybe it should be. I learned on an electric typewriter but the one that I had at home was a manual one. It wasn't so bad till the keys started sticking and you really had to pound them to get it to work.

I used to use my parents typewriter as a kid, then once I got my own things flew by. It's probably why I'm pretty good at typing doubled handed on the keyboard but it's still nice to use it every once in awhile. (typewriter) Kudos, ~Joey

I have used a manual type but it was more electric. Well I think I have typed yeah I typed regular too. Then electric. My dad got a computer. But I learned to type for real on a computer at school when I was in the 9th grade. I didnt get to use the net and wasnt big till college when I was 18 I learned that in 1998. Wow almost 10yrs of the net for me :))

I learn it from keyboard and my method is just practice as much as I can...There're always some kind of games to help me to practise...And it is interesting...

I took typing in 7th grade, on an IBM electric typewriter. The school district I was in offered it and I thought it would be a good idea to learn to type. My family moved from Texas to Kansas and the new school I enrolled in didn't offer typing until sophomore year. The new school in Kansas wouldn't recognize the typing credit I had already earned, so I had to take the whole class again. Of course I aced the class. Now that I have been typing on a computer for so many years, I find it difficult to type on a typewriter. I can still do it, but not near as fast as I used to. My mom and dad have an antique manual typewriter. I can type on it, but not well. My mom's fingers used to fly on that old typewriter, but arthritis has taken away her speed. Great post! Hugs.