Barbara Blackburn

Typing

Records

Record for Barbara Blackburn are displayed below:

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Typing Typing: Words/Min: Fastest: 212. Barbara Blackburn of Salem, Oregon (USA), is the fastest typist in the world. Using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard, she is able to maintain a speed of 150 wpm for 50 minutes - an amazing 37,500 key strokes. Her fastest speed was recorded at 212 wpm. The key to her success is the keyboard design. Blackburn will type on nothing but the Dvorak keyboard, in preference over the standard "Qwerty" keyboard, which has vowels on one side and consonants on the other, with the most frequently used letters on the center row. BOAR