POLL: Can you type or write quicker?

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xirtam

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I'd like to see someone who can write 100+ WPM and still have it legible.

No kidding. I sure wish I could write over 100 wpm with 100 percent accuracy. I should learn shorthand.
 

dighn

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i doubt anyone wko knows how to type do it slower than the write. it would be veyr wierd
 

RossMAN

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I could write faster but it would be MASSIVE CHICKEN SCRATCH.

So I'd say type faster than write.
 

DanJ

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I can't write 60 plus words a minute, that is for damn sure (without my hand going into cardiac arrest). But I can type it.
 

jlee

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Originally posted by: Lonyo
Type quicker than write, write quicker than type, or both the same.
This is full writing, not taking shorthand notes.

Typing by far...no contest.
 

Siddhartha

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I once had to write a memo and my computer was down. I could not do it. It felt too strange holding a pen and staring at a blank page.
 

nativesunshine

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Definitely type faster than I write. Although sometimes I speed write just to check how fast I can do it...so with a little more practice, I'll be writing as fast as i type...hahah..yea right.
 

McMadman

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I had to learn how to type if I ever wanted to read anything that I wrote down. I found an old notebook from a few years back and just stared at some pages unable to understand anything. :eek:
 

Evadman

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no way I can write @ 80 WPM. no way in hell. maybe like 15 or 20.
 

brtspears2

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I think I can match the speed in both cases, but neatness will surely be an issue when writing at high speeds.
 

THELAIR

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When i really get going nad the juices in my head are flowing at full bore, i can type at over 150 wpm sustained with 90-95%ish accuracy.
sustained means for more than 5 mins. But if i type that fast for more than 5 mins my hands and fingers ache really bad lol.

Right now just typing in this chat window i am probably doing at our around 80wpm.

I HATE WRITING ON PAPER.. i can never read it after, and i get way to frustrated when i start loosing thoughts in my head cuz i cant get it down on paper fast enough. I usualyl throw note pads away and haul out my laptop to take notes.