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fwiw this is pretty much untrue for 99% of the population. Talking is almost certainly faster than typing for everything but rigid and concise programmatic syntax. You can do a test yourself. Absent a speech impediment and impeccable typing speed, you'll find ... bsky.app/profile/stev...

Steve Klabnik@steveklabnik.com

I’ve been thinking about something related: typing is often faster than talking because in the past inputs have to be ridgidly correct. But you don’t need to have perfect grammar or punctuation or anything to talk to an LLM. It’s fine.

EmNudge

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you talk (on average) at your preferred rate of information exchange, which is an upper bound. That is, people talk at least as fast (often much faster) than they type. Average talking speed is 120-160 WPM and typing is ~50 WPM. I type at 110 WPM when I really try and 70 WPM when I don't.

EmNudge

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I wrote about the research behind this a little within this article. This is very well studied. emnudge.dev/blog/your-ty...

emnudge.devYour Typing Speed DOES MatterI would like to improve my typing speed

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