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Re: cost estimate for a GUI pilot

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
80 words a minute is not very fast. My wife was a legal secretary and can
hit about 115-120. An old friend was the legal secretary of the year in
Minneapolis back in the 70's, and she did 140-150 per minute.

Actually, 80 wpm is pretty fast. Yes, top typists can get in the 120+
range, but 80 wpm is already at the pointy end of the curve. My
experience coincides with what's reported in Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute

John Y.

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