Typing Speedometer

Measures your typing speed with three modes, Standard WPM which uses the official measurement of 1 word for every 5 keystrokes, WPM Actual Words which measures the actual number of words typed, and CPM (characters per minute) which measures individual keystrokes instead of words. Now also features "type anywhere" mode (Windows only) which will measure your typing speed as you write documents, emails or anything else. The calculation period adjustable to display typing speed after less … More

Current Version: 1.52

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August 15, 2005 · version 1.0.0 kangaroo
kool what are the other 5 widgets that you made?? from the looks of this and the clockyou oughta submit them or somethhign
August 15, 2005 · version 1.0.0 Bruno L.
The author made the comment: "it would be less accurate and would fluctuate more after long words". I'll admit that it has been about 20 years since my high school typing class, but I'm pretty sure that the definition of a word used for measuring WPM is "5 characters" and not the actual number of words between spaces that are typed.
August 15, 2005 · version 1.0.0 choasforages
not counting my spelling and grammer mistakes that my disability(dyscraphia, my neurons upstairs fire too quickly for the ones downstairs), i can hit 85 words a minute. damn i love being a touch typist. as does my girlfriend for that matter.
August 14, 2005 · version 1.0.0 William
scurvy,

Could you be a little more specific? It works on my iMac and I can't fix the problem if you don't elaborate.
August 13, 2005 · version 1.0.0 scurvy
Seems really neat but it doesn't work on a mac.