I usually use the correct fingers for the buttons, until you get to the numbers at the top. I prefer the calculator buttons because I’m good at those but they aren’t on my laptop. That’s when I go into hunt and peck mode.

So, basically, while I did use the computer to type letters and stuff… I learned to type through a major chat addiction over several years.

I may not do it by the book but I still manage to crank out 70 wpm :-D

Just keep typing. You’ll learn how to type fast just as everyone else. It may seem scarier than it actually is.

I’ve learned to touch typing fast years ago. I keep asking myself every day, how fast can i type? Indeed, the more I type the faster it goes.

English’s not my native language, but I can type in English some 80 + words per minute. In my first language – a whole lot faster.

You just have to learn it once and practice a lot. It becomes a second nature.

If you start today, in just a few weeks, asking yourself again, how fast can i type? you may be surprised to find out that you’re typing much faster than you did just a short time ago.

I had a Commodore 64 at home, but had to watch my fingers.

I did very well in typing class and went on to hone my skills in a year of BASIC and a year of Pascal, still in high school… and on a proper computer, not an electric typewriter.

I touch type using the standard method with the standard “home keys.”

I had a roommate who could touch type on her laptop with one hand–always impressed me.

In fifth grade, my Teacher has a lab in his classroom that was full of Apple IIc and IIgs computers (this was about ten years ago). Just about every week we would do a session of typing practise on these. There was also an older volunteer man who would have us type “The Quick Brown Fox” and “ABC” repeatedly on IBM Selectric IIs. That probably got me to remember where all the keys were on the keyboard and to place my fingers on the home row.

It was not until my junior year of High School, however, that I learned to type properly. This is mostly because I would write at night, in the dark, on an old 486 laptop. Said laptop was rather finicky, and the keys would only work when pressed straight down from above. When done right, the thing worked amazingly well. When not pressed down right, woe unto thee, for the keys would stick.

Now I use a keyboard with mechanical keys that makes a lot of noise when I type and feels really good. There was a stint a few months ago where I reordered all my keys so they would be in Dyvorak, and learned that in the span of about a month, but I have since forgotten it.

Quick Ask Zoe
What Stops X-rays?
Even Dogs Can’t
Red Fish Vanish, Then Grow Bigger
Yaks Hear Noises, Under Jack’s Matress
I Keep
Over Long
Peanuts! Peanuts!

While I did not find this to be of much help, I certainly enjoyed chanting along to the repetitive video.