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Using half your fingers is different from using two.

I can type with two fingers faster than I can type with full hands. I’m still trying to get my touch typing up to the speed of my two fingers.

I spent two years typing with just my forefingers, and can dk 80wpm with 99+ accuracy and I don’t look at the keyboard.

With two hands I’m still at 60-65 roughly and with worse accuracy but I’m sure it will come with time.

Doesn't sound real. I've typed correctly my whole life and have a lower WPM than that. You'd need to move your fingers at superhuman speeds to achieve that with just two wingers.

I spent literally thirty years typing with two forefingers, and note, I didn’t need to look at the keyboard. Also worked as a software engineer that whole time. So I had a lot of practice.

It’s why it’s taken me so long to try and adapt to touch typing. Too much muscle memory to rewire.

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