touch-typist
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- noun
- /tʌtʃ ˈtaɪpɪst/
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- Only a highly proficient touch-typist won't be getting a headache by having to stare at these hideously ill-advised things.
You don't have to move a lot to seriously impede a strong touch typist's ability to get anything done on a keyboard.
- You don't have to move a lot to seriously impede a strong touch typist's ability to get anything done on a keyboard.
Examples
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The keyboard under glass doesn't do it for me as a touch typist, so my speed and accuracy pay the price.
Blog text (1) -
You don't have to move a lot to seriously impede a strong touch typist's ability to get anything done on a keyboard.
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Touchfire cushions your fingers as you type, something both touch typists and two-finger typists appreciate.
Blog text (25) -
It is interesting to note that touch typists at all skill levels were faster when they used the more familiar conventional keyboard (20 to 43 words per minute) than when they used the membrane keyboard (20 to 32 words per minute). Although these differences decreased as the subjects had further opportunity to use the two keyboards (32).
Academic text (1992) -
As a skilled touch-typist, she can write full documents without looking at the keyboard.
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Many companies prefer hiring touch-typists because of their speed and accuracy in typing.
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During the test, the touch-typist finished the essay in record time without making any errors.
How Skilled
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- Archaic
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Touch-typist comes from touch ('to feel') and typist (a person who types, like a 'pianist' who plays the piano). A touch-typist types by 'touch', they feel the keys and do not look, so the word means someone skilled at typing without looking.