World's Fastest Typist - Page 2 of 2

World's Fastest Typist - Page 2

Name: Ryan

Comments: I am currently a closed captioning student who is learning to write on a stenograph. I have some theories down pretty well, such as StenEd and some of Mark Kislingbury's theory, who is the fastest writer in the world, writing at a consistent rate of 361 wpm with 98.5% accuracy for five minutes. I'm writing only about a third of that now on the stenograph, writing at speeds between 125-140 wpm. (note that when I say "writing" I do mean stroking the keys on a stenograph, but we just call it writing instead of typing.)

My reason for posting is to conclude with these two things.

1) You are never too old to learn a new form of writing. Depending on your age, it may take more practice, but my stenography class has some 40-year-old+ students in it who are doing well.

2) It is interesting to imagine Barbara Blackburn as a stenographer. Research the basic theory of stenography a little and you will understand what I mean. The idea of the stenograph is to write shorthand- in as few strokes as possible and as accurately as possible. With as many accurate keystrokes that Ms. Blackburn has already achieved, it would be incredible to see her mind and fingers at work on a stenograph. To watch her fingers move that quickly is comparable to watching one type over 300 wpm on a stenograph.

Incredible.
-RB