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Typing is the process of inputting text into a device, such as a typewriter, computer, or a calculator, by pressing keys on a keyboard. It can be distinguished from other means of input, such as the use of pointing devices like the computer mouse, and text input via speech recognition.

User interface features such as spell checker, autocomplete and autoreplace serve to facilitate and speed up typing and to prevent or correct errors the typist may make.

Touch typing

The basic technique stands in contrast to hunt and peck typing as the typist keeps their eyes on the source copy at all times. Touch typing also involves the use of the home row method, where typists keep their wrists up, rather than resting them on a desk or keyboard as this can cause carpal tunnel syndrome. To avoid this, typists using this method should place their feet flat on the floor in front of them, keeping their elbows close to their sides with their forearms slanted slightly upward to the keyboard.

A highly trained touch-typist on a Dvorak keyboard is the second-fastest method of text entry available as of 2007[citation needed]. (The fastest text entry method involves a highly trained typist on a stenotype keyboard).