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Typing Speed Test
Every typing test tells you how fast your hands are. This one also tells you what they are costing you.
Just start typing. The timer starts on your first keystroke.
Tap the text to bring up your keyboard.
Benchmarks
How fast is fast?
A words-per-minute score that takes years of keyboard practice to reach is the baseline for ordinary speech. Your mouth hits competitive-typist numbers without any training at all.
Typing tests measure a skill worth improving, and deliberate practice can add twenty or thirty wpm over a few months. Speaking starts where that long journey ends.
| wpm | Typing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|
| 40 | Average typist | Slow, deliberate speech |
| 70 | Fast office worker | Audiobook narration |
| 100 | Top few percent of typists | Relaxed conversation |
| 150 | Competitive typist | Normal conversation |
The ceiling
Typing has a ceiling. Speaking does not.
Faster typing helps, but the gap to your voice never closes: reading a sentence aloud is always quicker than picking it out key by key. wispa turns that spoken speed into clean, finished text in nearly any app on your computer, so the words land as fast as you can say them.
Good to know
Typing speed, answered.
What is a good typing speed?
Around 40 wpm is average. 70 wpm is fast, and 100 wpm or more puts you in the top few percent. For comparison, relaxed speech runs near 150 wpm without any practice.
How is words per minute calculated?
The standard formula counts every five characters as one word, then divides by the minutes you spent typing. This test measures your correct characters live and updates as you go.
Is talking really faster than typing?
Yes. Most people type around 40 wpm and speak around 150, so speaking is roughly three to four times faster. A dictation tool like wispa turns that spoken speed into finished text.
Stop timing. Start talking.
Your voice already beat the test.
wispa is a push-to-talk voice keyboard for your computer. Hold a key, speak, and clean text lands wherever your cursor is. Free while in beta.
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