Show HN: Keyboard Drill – Minimalist Typing Drill to fix common mistakes
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Show HN: Keyboard Drill – Minimalist Typing Drill to fix common mistakes
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Re: Show HN: Keyboard Drill – Minimalist Typing Drill to fix common mistakes
#2I've created this small project to fix my own typing and thought you might benefit from it as well.
To calculate the WPM words with 5 letters are taken. To reach e.g. 80 WPM you'd have 150ms per character.
The application uses ~1000 most common english words and only gives you the next word once you've cleared the word in the calculated time.
The time is measured only as soon as you press the first key.
Give it a try.
Controls: [Space] or [Enter] to complete a word. [Esc] to move on to a next word
Click [wpm] to set your target speed. The default is quite low but you might still find words that you can't type within the time limit. Click [log] to see a log of your individual attempts.
How it was build:
No dependencies, single html file
Respects system preferences for dark them
Keyboard friendly (autofocus, tab & enter for settings, etc.)
Next up:
Using Service Workers to allow offline usage
Re: Show HN: Keyboard Drill – Minimalist Typing Drill to fix common mistakes
#3I've created this small project to fix my own typing and thought you might benefit from it as well. To calculate the WPM words with 5 letters are taken. To reach e.g. 80 WPM you'd have 150ms per character. The application uses ~1000 most common english words and only gives you the next word once you've cleared the word in the calculated time. The time is measured only as soon as you press the first key. Give it a try…
This is cool I will bookmark it. I'm a terrible typist. I'm also teaching my 7 year old to type so this can be handy. I have something I built myself years ago and have never really circulated, that is more for beginners (it tries to help you with finding the keys and knowing which finger to use):
https://pianop.ly/misc/typingtutor/
One thing I experimented with is giving you both a "total speed" and a "best 15 seconds" speed.
Re: Show HN: Keyboard Drill – Minimalist Typing Drill to fix common mistakes
#4Feels like it needs some sort of feedback when you type too slowly to get the next word. Plus maybe making it a bit more obvious that you can select a target speed for the WPM.
Re: Show HN: Keyboard Drill – Minimalist Typing Drill to fix common mistakes
#5I've created this small project to fix my own typing and thought you might benefit from it as well. To calculate the WPM words with 5 letters are taken. To reach e.g. 80 WPM you'd have 150ms per character. The application uses ~1000 most common english words and only gives you the next word once you've cleared the word in the calculated time. The time is measured only as soon as you press the first key. Give it a try…
This is very cool and it arrives at a good time: I have a whole delete-back-word thumb key on my split-key, and I've been trying to train myself to use it with little success. This is actually perfect.
I recognize this might push against the minimalism you're going for, but I might suggest having the next word, or even two words, off to the right and greyed out. What you're measuring is recognizing and typing the word, and most competent typists who want to lower error rates and gain speed are going to be fast enough already that they (we) can be recognizing the next couple of words while typing the one which is already centered.
A two-word lead would let me get up to speed, maybe that should be configurable but for the words I've seen while playing with it, probably two is just right.
Great site, I'll come back and use it as-is.
Re: Show HN: Keyboard Drill – Minimalist Typing Drill to fix common mistakes
#6Feels like it needs some sort of feedback when you type too slowly to get the next word. Plus maybe making it a bit more obvious that you can select a target speed for the WPM.
Agree, I didn't understand that one can change the WPM before reading this thread.
Re: Show HN: Keyboard Drill – Minimalist Typing Drill to fix common mistakes
#7It's a cool challenge! I tried it at 90wpm and cleared most words. Some I had to do 2 or 3 times to do fast enough. Then I hit my nemesis: I can't type "necessary" fast enough for 90wpm. Tried it 20 times.
Re: Show HN: Keyboard Drill – Minimalist Typing Drill to fix common mistakes
#8Feels like it needs some sort of feedback when you type too slowly to get the next word. Plus maybe making it a bit more obvious that you can select a target speed for the WPM.
Do you have any ideas for the feedback when your speed is to low?
I am not a designer and struggle to find ideas that keep the UI as minimal as it is right now while improving the user experience.
Re: Show HN: Keyboard Drill – Minimalist Typing Drill to fix common mistakes
#9Enjoyed this, though as a typist in British English some American spellings really tripped me up
Re: Show HN: Keyboard Drill – Minimalist Typing Drill to fix common mistakes
#10I've created this small project to fix my own typing and thought you might benefit from it as well. To calculate the WPM words with 5 letters are taken. To reach e.g. 80 WPM you'd have 150ms per character. The application uses ~1000 most common english words and only gives you the next word once you've cleared the word in the calculated time. The time is measured only as soon as you press the first key. Give it a try…
This is very cool and it arrives at a good time: I have a whole delete-back-word thumb key on my split-key, and I've been trying to train myself to use it with little success. This is actually perfect. I recognize this might push against the minimalism you're going for, but I might suggest having the next word, or even two words, off to the right and greyed out. What you're measuring is recognizing and typing the wor…
Agreed with the look ahead. I’m constantly doing that whether doing a typing test or typing my thoughts. (Currently capable of sustaining 170+ wpm over a minute).
This site looks like great fun as a member of the toolbox for making my Colemak more fluent!