USB typing speedometer teaches Mavis Beacon a lesson in speed
By Donald Melanson 
posted Feb 28th 2008 1:45PM
posted Feb 28th 2008 1:45PM
It's not the first USB peripheral we've seen that'll keep watch on how fast you type, but this new USB Speedometer is certainly the most imposing, and apparently a bit more capable than most. Namely, unlike others which simply track keystrokes, this one keep track of both your words-per-minute and the total number of words you type in a day, although you'll need to install some software to take for that. If those are details you just have to have at all times, you'll be able to get your hands on one of these next month for about $40.
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wow...
And hey, maybe it will even keep track of how many passwords you type a day... and send them to a server in China.
For all you know, the software might be recording sound of keystrokes and calculate your typing speed ;)
wow is what i will say when i get this baby together with my optimus maximus
Meh, whilst looking for new drivers for my logitech mouse I found a Logitech type-o-meter gadget/widget, I'd trust that more than this.
Goody, I was about to buy one when I learned I can't hook it up to my lappy.
GaryZ - I know you're kidding, but even that's a security risk. On some old electric typewriters, you could listen for the timing that it took between the keypress and the selectric ball to get to the paper - the difference was small, but unique enough that you could figure out what someone was typing, just by the sound.
The words per minute dial seems a little low.....? 8 wpm max?
I think the center dial is wpm, and the LCD shows how many words you've typed that day. I think the right dial is characters per second.
Characters per minute
The one on the right is characters per minute times 1000 like an RPM guage
feb 30th, dude if you type 8 characters per minute that is sad
I get the 2 dials, but what's the metal orange slice on the left?
That said... I kinda want it. Finally I can type and make vroom noises.
The orange slice is a speaker that makes the vroom vroom sounds for you.
Maybe the WPM tachometer is in tens. Like your tachometer is in RPM x1000.
Just a thought.
Last I checked, I was typing around 70-80 WPM. What's your speed?
I know I am not that fast, but what you are saying makes sence. I know am 40+ wpm.
113 based on a quick run through http://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php
It is like a tachometer, if you zoom in on the picture, there's a x1000 as it happens. Makes sense i guess.. 8000 chars a minute is pretty damn fast though :)
121wpm based on the link John posted.
37 here with 5 errors, but since I'm not a native english speaking person i had my share of problems =) Besides, I always look at the keys when I write, which is kinda hard to type while reading a text.
I just want to know when to dump the clutch
awesome title!
keylogger!
I just want to figure out how fast I type without buying some $40 peripheral and having it secretly log all my keystrokes. Is that so much to ask?
I have no idea why, but I think I need one of these!
Typing wpm versus blender rpms, decisions, decisions....
LMAO, FTW.
I would buy it if it goes VROOOOOOOOOOOM too.
Need to combine this with The Typing of the Dead.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead
I played that game back in 02 in Japan. I was surprised when it was in English letters but had Japanese words
Who types 260 WPM? I would seriously like to shake that person's (extremely toned) hand.
Management will love these, Another fun way to track employee work
Logitech has a Windows gadget for that exact same thing.
Unfortunately, I cant get it to work on my version of Vista. Im sure its another x64 issue.
83 wpm, 1 mistake. I did use backspace (quite a bit)
More like TypingWeb teaches Mavis Beacon a lesson in speed amiright?
Travis is right. TypingWeb is awesome because it's free and does everything I could want from a typing tutor. I wonder if this thing works with it? It's here http://www.typingweb.com/
Typershark FTW!!!!