disgraceful is what it is!!!!

JAM said:
Interestingly, Barbara Blackburn, the fastest typist in the world, can maintain 150 WPM for 50 minutes on a traditional keyboard, and so can I. That's 37,500 keystrokes, BTW, in a 50-minute period of time. :D
JAM
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Are you serious? I can also type 150wpm (I started typing when I was very young) but I've only done so for 5 minute typing examinations. In other words, 150wpm is my maximum and, like sprinting, it's very tough to keep up for longer periods of time.

If you can type 150WPM for 50 minutes solid, then your 5 minute maximum must be even higher...? If so, you're being humble by "only" claiming 150WPM, heh.
 
I've got your solution right here...

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Sorry, I couldn't resist!
 
JAM said:
I think we chatted briefly online in the past that you have some experience with transcription services. :)

I do type 150-plus WPM on a keyboard. When people converse, the colloquy can range anywhere from 180 WPM to 275 WPM. In order to be certified as a court reporter, one must be able to stenotype 225 WPM for normal colloquy and 275 WPM for jury charge. Typing/transcription is a different animal, though. I am fortunate that I have the capability to do both.

Recently, because of another thread, I actually did a little research on who is the fastest typist in the world (on a keyboard, not a stenotype machine).

According to Guinness Book of World Records, it is a lady named Barbara Blackburn from from Oregon who was clocked 212 WPM. However, the keyboard she used to type this fast is not the same as the traditional keyboard most people use. It is called a "Dvorak," as depicted below. You can see how the letters are moved to different places on the Dvorak to assist with speed, I guess. Here's a link about it: http://web.syr.edu/~rcranger/blackburn.htm

Interestingly, Barbara Blackburn, the fastest typist in the world, can maintain 150 WPM for 50 minutes on a traditional keyboard, and so can I. That's 37,500 keystrokes, BTW, in a 50-minute period of time. :D

Since math is not my best subject, I was trying to figure out how many keystrokes that is per minute, but I came with a blank! :o

Many moons ago when I worked downtown full time, I never did meet a transcriptionist who could type as fast as me. There were a few good ones, 120 WPM, et cetera, but none who could bang as many pages per hour as myself. Of course, in my business, it doesn't matter how fast you are or how well you type. The most important goal is to be on time with the delivery of the transcript! In the end, that's all the client cares about! ;)

JAM
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Math is my long suit. If you claim 37,500 keystrokes in 50 munites, that's 750 keystrokes per minute or 12.5 keystrokes per second! VERY FAST!!!

To arrive at 37,500 keystrokes when typing 150 wpm for 50 minutes, you are calculating there is an average of 5 letters per word. I'm not sure how you come up with that number. That's my only question about these numbers.
 
corvette1340 said:
Or try typing and making a photoshop while working AND playing 2 tables of poker, looking at fantasy football, and surfing various porn sites.
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YOU"RE MY MAN! Corvette for degenerate President!
 
jay helfert said:
YOU"RE MY MAN! Corvette for degenerate President!
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I'll be running on the Fallopian Swim ticket.
My main ideal as we go forward into the new millenium will be for everyone to take a lighter look at things. Our platform calls for more time off at work to play pool, gamble, and party. Woofing at people is an integral part of our new society as we go forth, but tollerance for the woofers will be mandatory as to not get involved in silly wars and skirmishes. All will be called on to further our interests such as pool and to take those interests to a new level of social acceptance. I challenge all Americans to put aside your differences and type on each forum as one. In conclusion, everyone's opinions will be treated equally, but mine are always right.

(paid for by Corvette for Degenerate President, main contributor Jay Helfert)

Cabinet:
Vice President - David "Blackjack" Sapolis
Secretary of State - Russ "Short Bus" Chewning
Treasurer - Tony Watson
 
jay helfert said:
Math is my long suit. If you claim 37,500 keystrokes in 50 munites, that's 750 keystrokes per minute or 12.5 keystrokes per second! VERY FAST!!!

To arrive at 37,500 keystrokes when typing 150 wpm for 50 minutes, you are calculating there is an average of 5 letters per word. I'm not sure how you come up with that number. That's my only question about these numbers.
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The 5 characters per word is definitely correct. I remember that from the days of taking typing tests on a typewriter. :p

The 37,500 keystrokes number is what I read on the Barbara Blackburn (fastest typist in the world) website. The speed of fastest typist in the world using a STANDARD and TRADITIONAL keyboard and no shorthand macros is 150 WPM for 50 minutes.

For every error made, 15 characters (3 words) are subtracted from the total WPM score. So Barbara Blackburn actually could have been typing faster than 150 WPM, but had deductions taken for errors/typos.

I have never met ANYONE who could type 150-plus WPM on a STANDARD and TRADITIONAL keyboard with no SHORTHAND MACROS, other than me.

With spell-check and shorthand macros, good quality audio, and non-technical subject matters, I'm sure that my speed on the keyboard hits 180 WPM. :eek:

Considering the average person speaks 180 WPM to 275 WPM, in my mind it would be inconceivable to think of anybody being able to type faster than 180 WPM on a TRADITIONAL keyboard with no SHORTHAND macros.

The average typing speed for a layperson is 60 to 90 WPM. Anyone who can type faster than that would be considered FAST. :)

FAST is important in my industry because we get paid for production, i.e, a page rate per page. So however many pages you bang out per hour will determine your income.

Anyone on this forum who can type 150 WPM for 50-plus minutes on a STANDARD keyboard with no SHORTHAND macros should definitely consider getting into the court reporting and/or transcription industry. It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it! :p

JAM
 
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I don't know if it is disgraceful or not, but with all Grady has done for pool if he wasn't invited (fee vs. no fee is another issue) that is just plain wrong.

As far as videos go, why couldn't Accu-stats also have had filming rights. Personally I can't stand to watch any thing of even moderate duration on a computer. There is little enough 14.1 going on as it is, to not have it available for purchase and viewing on the TV seems a shame as well. I've never heard DiToro do commentary, but I find it hard to believe he does a better job than the various Accu-stats commentators.
JMHO>
 
JAM said:
The 5 characters per word is definitely correct. I remember that from the days of taking typing tests on a typewriter. :p

The 37,500 keystrokes number is what I read on the Barbara Blackburn (fastest typist in the world) website. The speed of fastest typist in the world using a STANDARD and TRADITIONAL keyboard and no shorthand macros is 150 WPM for 50 minutes.

For every error made, 15 characters (3 words) are subtracted from the total WPM score. So Barbara Blackburn actually could have been typing faster than 150 WPM, but had deductions taken for errors/typos.

I have never met ANYONE who could type 150-plus WPM on a STANDARD and TRADITIONAL keyboard with no SHORTHAND MACROS, other than me.

With spell-check and shorthand macros, good quality audio, and non-technical subject matters, I'm sure that my speed on the keyboard hits 180 WPM. :eek:

Considering the average person speaks 180 WPM to 275 WPM, in my mind it would be inconceivable to think of anybody being able to type faster than 180 WPM on a TRADITIONAL keyboard with no SHORTHAND macros.

The average typing speed for a layperson is 60 to 90 WPM. Anyone who can type faster than that would be considered FAST. :)

FAST is important in my industry because we get paid for production, i.e, a page rate per page. So however many pages you bang out per hour will determine your income.

Anyone on this forum who can type 150 WPM for 50-plus minutes on a STANDARD keyboard with no SHORTHAND macros should definitely consider getting into the court reporting and/or transcription industry. It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it! :p

JAM
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http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php
Check out the above link if you want to know how fast you type. I came in at 88wpm but with moving my mouse to start and stop the clock, I figure I come in ahead of 90wpm. I had 6 errors though lol :p The site also cites 5 keystrokes per average word as JAM says. 150wpm, wow ! :eek: Luckily, as a software programmer, we just need to comply with the industry standard of 10 lines of code a day :D
 
corvette1340 said:
I'll be running on the Fallopian Swim ticket.
My main ideal as we go forward into the new millenium will be for everyone to take a lighter look at things. Our platform calls for more time off at work to play pool, gamble, and party. Woofing at people is an integral part of our new society as we go forth, but tollerance for the woofers will be mandatory as to not get involved in silly wars and skirmishes. All will be called on to further our interests such as pool and to take those interests to a new level of social acceptance. I challenge all Americans to put aside your differences and type on each forum as one. In conclusion, everyone's opinions will be treated equally, but mine are always right.

(paid for by Corvette for Degenerate President, main contributor Jay Helfert)

Cabinet:
Vice President - David "Blackjack" Sapolis
Secretary of State - Russ "Short Bus" Chewning
Treasurer - Tony Watson
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TONY as Treasurer puts you over the top. Next time he counts our mon remind him to skim a hun to get me right before he's done...
 
ribdoner said:
TONY as Treasurer puts you over the top. Next time he counts our mon remind him to skim a hun to get me right before he's done...
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Yeah, with Tony as treasurer we will definitely be in a gamble with the national debt. But hey, if he wins a big set we could be debt free! On the other hand, Tony has been known to go to the pocket felt on one set so if he loses then gas may climb to $24 dollars a gallon!
 
I know a guy that started staking Tony years ago and someone went up to the guy and said "Tony Watson will make you a millionaire.." Now years later I heard the guy say " he sure did...when I met him I had about 3.5 million...now I only have 1 million".

Southpaw
 
TorranceChris said:
http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php
Check out the above link if you want to know how fast you type. I came in at 88wpm but with moving my mouse to start and stop the clock, I figure I come in ahead of 90wpm. I had 6 errors though lol :p The site also cites 5 keystrokes per average word as JAM says. 150wpm, wow ! :eek: Luckily, as a software programmer, we just need to comply with the industry standard of 10 lines of code a day :D
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I went there and found out my typing speed is one words a minute with no coherent thought per hour. :-)
 
Russ Chewning said:
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Grady, please try not to take it so personally. Youth conquers in the end, in all vocations. It's not fair, but that's the way it is. All older people can do is try to find their own place in the big picture, which is what you are doing by opening up your own place and planning future tournaments..

Russ
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Hmmm, I take it you're not in your 60's wondering how the hell you're going to eat when you retire. That you haven't had your job moved 100 miles and had no choice but to go there because interviews elsewhere were ended for all pratical purposes when they saw the grey hair, no matter how good the telephone interview went. It often times just doesn't matter if your as good as or better than the youthful applicant. I am sure Grady could have handed many of those that were invited their walking papers and that the organizers knew it when they made the list of who would be invited and who wouldn't. Maybe some of us who have been fighting the good fight for a long time deserve a break once in a while.
If Grady is bitter, he has earned the right to be bitter.

Sorry to whine, but sometimes these issues really get under my skin. I understand the point you're making, but I differ in attitude towards it. You think it is not fair, but don't take the step to say it's wrong. I say it is wrong. Nothing to be done about it, but wrong, a state I consider more serious than just not fair.
 
I Can't READ That Fast Either

JAM typed this at 150 WPM:
Considering the average person speaks 180 WPM to 275 WPM, in my mind it would be inconceivable to think of anybody being able to type faster than 180 WPM on a TRADITIONAL keyboard with no SHORTHAND macros.


Oh, man. I can't even THINK that fast.
Doug
 
JAM said:
I have never met ANYONE who could type 150-plus WPM on a STANDARD and TRADITIONAL keyboard with no SHORTHAND MACROS, other than me.
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I just told you I can do it, but no way for 50 minutes. 5 minutes was okay. For longer periods of time, I would naturally take a 120-140 pace.

JAM said:
With spell-check and shorthand macros, good quality audio, and non-technical subject matters, I'm sure that my speed on the keyboard hits 180 WPM. :eek:
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Very fast indeed! That would absolutely make you the fastest I know.

JAM said:
The average typing speed for a layperson is 60 to 90 WPM. Anyone who can type faster than that would be considered FAST. :)
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Actually, around the time that I was tested at 150wpm, a lot of people became curious to see me do it, and tested themselves. Most people were 30-60.

JAM said:
Anyone on this forum who can type 150 WPM for 50-plus minutes on a STANDARD keyboard with no SHORTHAND macros should definitely consider getting into the court reporting and/or transcription industry. It's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it! :p
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Hmm, is it typical that people who type quickly on a standard keyboard do well with transcription? Or for that matter, vice-versa? Since the systems are so wildly different, I have no idea if the skills are at all transferable.
 
shinobi said:
Hmm, is it typical that people who type quickly on a standard keyboard do well with transcription? Or for that matter, vice-versa? Since the systems are so wildly different, I have no idea if the skills are at all transferable.
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Most transcription is done on a STANDARD keyboard. It is known as the TRANSCRIPTION industry. Audio comes in the form of: standard-sized tapes, microcassette tapes, videotapes, and digital recordings in formats of MP3, Windows Media, RealPlayer, FTR Gold (4-track used for court), et cetera.

There are four types of COURT REPORTING: stenotype, mask reporting, electronic reporting, and pen writer. Pen writers are almost extinct, but last I heard, there was still one veteran court reporter who utilizes this method and works on Capitol Hill.

Stenotype court reporting is a shorthand method of transcribing the record on a stenotype machine, which requires school to become proficient. To date, there is a 98-percent dropout rate in the schools because it is a slow process getting one's speed up to 225 WPM on the stenotype machine. There are several varieties of software which stenotypists use.

Mask reporting is electronic, and the proceedings are recorded on a on a tape or digital recorder with 2 tracks. One track is the live proceedings, and the other track is the mask reporter repeating every word being said. A 2-track transcriber machine would be needed to transcribe the audio. Standard keyboard is used for transcribing this type of reporting.

Electronic reporting is when a person records the hearing on a 3-head recorder and monitors the audio. They write down change of speakers and take notes as the proceedings are in progress. Then the tapes are transcribed by a transcriptionist. Standard keyboard is used for transcribing this type of reporting.

Though the term "court reporting" is often used when proceedings are recorded, there is voluminous work that is non-legal, i.e., conferences, arbitrations, interviews, focus groups, phone feeds, webcasts, investigations, et cetera, in which standard keyboards are utilized to produce the transcript from audio.

JAM
 
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