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Show HN: Keyboard Drill - Minimalist Typing Drill to fix common
mistakes
Author : kuehle
Score : 32 points
Date : 2022-01-09 20:33 UTC (2 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (keyboard-drill.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (keyboard-drill.com)
| psimm wrote:
| It's a cool challenge! I tried it at 90wpm and cleared most
| words. Some I had to do 2 or 3 times to do fast enough. Then I
| hit my nemesis: I can't type "necessary" fast enough for 90wpm.
| Tried it 20 times.
| kuehle wrote:
| Great point, while building it I also encountered words I
| couldn't type.
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| 1. That was very enlightening
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| 2. I added skipping a word by using the [Esc] key
|
| It would be interesting to see if one could safe those words
| for later and practise just those.
| kuehle wrote:
| I've created this small project to fix my own typing and thought
| you might benefit from it as well.
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| To calculate the WPM words with 5 letters are taken. To reach
| e.g. 80 WPM you'd have 150ms per character.
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| The application uses ~1000 most common english words and only
| gives you the next word once you've cleared the word in the
| calculated time.
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| The time is measured only as soon as you press the first key.
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| Give it a try.
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| Controls: [Space] or [Enter] to complete a word. [Esc] to move on
| to a next word
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| Click [wpm] to set your target speed. The default is quite low
| but you might still find words that you can't type within the
| time limit. Click [log] to see a log of your individual attempts.
|
| How it was build:
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| No dependencies, single html file
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| Respects system preferences for dark them
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| Keyboard friendly (autofocus, tab & enter for settings, etc.)
|
| Next up:
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| Using Service Workers to allow offline usage
| samatman wrote:
| This is very cool and it arrives at a good time: I have a whole
| delete-back-word thumb key on my split-key, and I've been
| trying to train myself to use it with little success. This is
| actually perfect.
|
| I recognize this might push against the minimalism you're going
| for, but I might suggest having the next word, or even two
| words, off to the right and greyed out. What you're measuring
| is recognizing _and_ typing the word, and most competent
| typists who want to lower error rates and gain speed are going
| to be fast enough already that they (we) can be recognizing the
| next couple of words while typing the one which is already
| centered.
|
| A two-word lead would let me get up to speed, maybe that should
| be configurable but for the words I've seen while playing with
| it, probably two is just right.
|
| Great site, I'll come back and use it as-is.
| kuehle wrote:
| I've added a lookahead to the next word now, feel free to
| check it out. For more I wouldn't know how to add it design
| wise and I don't think it is the goal of the application.
|
| I usually go to https://10ff.net/ when I am looking to
| practice the whole typing flow.
| zzt123 wrote:
| Agreed with the look ahead. I'm constantly doing that whether
| doing a typing test or typing my thoughts. (Currently capable
| of sustaining 170+ wpm over a minute).
|
| This site looks like great fun as a member of the toolbox for
| making my Colemak more fluent!
| userbinator wrote:
| I find that I usually buffer 5-6 words ahead, because
| that's roughly how long it takes me to notice a mistake.
|
| 170+@1m is impressive. I'm around 140-160@1m, ~230 burst,
| regular QWERTY.
| robbrown451 wrote:
| This is cool I will bookmark it. I'm a terrible typist. I'm
| also teaching my 7 year old to type so this can be handy. I
| have something I built myself years ago and have never really
| circulated, that is more for beginners (it tries to help you
| with finding the keys and knowing which finger to use):
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| https://pianop.ly/misc/typingtutor/
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| One thing I experimented with is giving you both a "total
| speed" and a "best 15 seconds" speed.
| fredley wrote:
| Enjoyed this, though as a typist in British English some American
| spellings really tripped me up
| Acen wrote:
| Feels like it needs some sort of feedback when you type too
| slowly to get the next word. Plus maybe making it a bit more
| obvious that you can select a target speed for the WPM.
| kuehle wrote:
| Do you have any ideas for the feedback when your speed is to
| low? I am not a designer and struggle to find ideas that keep
| the UI as minimal as it is right now while improving the user
| experience.
| psimm wrote:
| Agree, I didn't understand that one can change the WPM before
| reading this thread.
| kuehle wrote:
| Good point, I've added a help button in the top left corner
| that briefly explains the concept. Maybe that already helps a
| bit.
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