Free tool
Typing Speed Test
Every typing test tells you how fast your hands are. This one also tells you what they're costing you.
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WPM
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Accuracy
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Time
Click and just start typing — the timer starts with your first keystroke
Benchmarks
How fast is fast?
| Speed | Typing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|
| 40 WPM | Average typist | Slow, careful speech |
| 70 WPM | Fast office worker | Audiobook narration |
| 100 WPM | Top few percent | Relaxed conversation |
| 150 WPM | Competitive typist | Normal conversation |
Notice the pattern: a competitive typist barely keeps pace with normal conversation. For almost everyone, speaking is the faster input — and with modern dictation the output is clean, punctuated, and ready to send.
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Common questions.
How does the typing speed test work?
Start typing the passage — the timer begins on your first keystroke. We measure correct characters over time to calculate your words per minute (WPM), using the standard 5-characters-per-word definition, plus your accuracy.
What's a good typing speed?
Around 40 WPM is average. 70+ is fast, and 100+ puts you in the top few percent of typists. Even at elite speeds, most people speak two to three times faster than they type.
Why test my speaking speed in a typing test?
Because typing is usually the bottleneck. Comparing your typing speed to normal speaking speed (~140 WPM) shows how much time you could save by dictating instead.
Is my typing data stored?
No. The test runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded or saved.
How do I actually write at speaking speed?
With dictation. Vowen turns speech into clean, punctuated text in any app via a hotkey — so you can write at the speed you talk, not the speed you type.
Write at your speaking speed.
A hotkey turns speech into clean text in any app. Free tier that doesn't expire.