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TYPING TEST

Typing test without punctuation or capitals

Plain lowercase words, no commas, no full stops, no capitals. It is the format most speed-typing sites default to, and the one people mean when they say their real speed is higher than a test suggests. Nothing here is hidden behind a setting you have to find: this page starts the test with punctuation and capitals already off, and you can switch either back on at any point.

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Why punctuation changes the number so much

Punctuation is not just extra characters. A comma is a reach off the home row, a full stop breaks the rhythm of a word, and an apostrophe inside a word interrupts a sequence your fingers already know. Capitals are worse, because a shift is two keys pressed in a coordinated order rather than one. The practical effect is that the same typist scores meaningfully higher on plain lowercase than on ordinary prose, and neither number is wrong. They measure different things: one is how fast your fingers move between letters, the other is how fast you produce usable text. If you have ever wondered why your score here is below the one you remember from another site, this is usually the reason - not the corpus, not the timer.

What this test does, and why it is words rather than sentences

It runs the word test with all three flavour toggles off, which gives plain lowercase words drawn from the common-word list for your language, separated by spaces and nothing else. Words rather than sentences, and the reason is worth stating because it is a real constraint rather than a preference. The sentence filters select for a feature: ticking punctuation narrows the corpus to sentences that contain some. Unticking it does not narrow anything, because a sentence without punctuation is not a thing the corpus is indexed for - so a sentence test with punctuation off still serves ordinary prose, commas and all. The word test builds its passage instead of filtering one, so switching the flavours off genuinely leaves them out. This also happens to be the format the sites people are usually comparing against use, which is why the score lines up better with the one they remember.

When to use it, and when not to

Use it to measure raw finger speed, to compare against a site that defaults to this format, or to warm up before a harder run. It is also the kinder starting point if you are still learning the layout, because there is one less thing to think about. Do not use it to judge whether you are ready for an exam. Every transcription exercise on this site scores punctuation and capitals as characters like any other, and several deduct for getting them wrong. A number from this page will flatter you relative to the one that counts. For that, the ordinary test with everything on is the honest measure, and the exam guides list what each one actually requires.

Turning the filters back on

The options row above the passage carries all three - punctuation, numbers, capitals - and changing one repicks the passage immediately. Nothing is locked by arriving from this page. A useful exercise is to run the same duration twice, once from here and once with everything on, and read the difference rather than either figure alone. The gap is a reasonable estimate of how much of your speed depends on the easy case, and it is usually larger than people expect. The per-key breakdown afterwards will tell you which of the three costs you most, which is more useful than the headline number.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

  • Is there a typing test without punctuation?

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    This is one. It starts with punctuation, capitals and numbers switched off, so the passage is plain lowercase words, and every filter can be turned back on from the options row above the text.

  • Why is my score higher without punctuation?

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    Because punctuation and capitals cost real keystrokes and real coordination. A comma is a reach off the home row and a capital is two keys pressed in order, so removing both measures finger speed rather than the rate at which you produce finished text.

  • Does this use a different corpus?

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    No, the same one. The filters select sentences that were already written without punctuation, capitals or digits, rather than stripping them out of ordinary sentences, which would leave odd fragments and spacing.

  • Which score should I quote?

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    The one with everything on, if you are comparing against an exam or a job requirement, because those score punctuation as characters like any other. The plain figure is useful for tracking finger speed and for comparing against sites that default to this format.

  • Can I turn numbers back on but leave punctuation off?

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    Yes, the three filters are independent. Anything you change from the options row repicks the passage straight away, so you can mix them however you like.

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