typists
Those who keyboard
Typists is the plural of typist, a person who types—especially one employed to produce typed documents.
The term peaked when offices relied on typewriters and typing pools.
Modern usage often specifies the context: data entry typists, court typists, touch typists who type without looking at the keyboard.
Rate of motion
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- words per minuteText entry velocity metric
- home rowKeyboard's central letter strip
- error-freeLacking any mistakes
hunt and peck · muscle memory · dexterity · finger placement · QWERTY · Dvorak · practice drills · fluency
Office administrative assistants
- clerksAdministrative office employees
- stenographersPeople who record speech
- transcriptionistsPeople who convert audio to text
- data entryRecording information digitally
administrative assistants · receptionists · office workers · legal secretaries · court reporters · copyists · clerical staff · amanuensis
Button grids for input
- typewritersKey-operated printing devices
- computerElectronic calculating device
- mechanical keyboardSwitch-based typing device
- ergonomic keyboardReshaped typing device for comfort
wrist rest · carpal tunnel · repetitive strain · monitors · desk setup · office chair · keyboard tray · keycaps
Identical reproductions of documents
- correction fluidLiquid error concealer
- Wite-OutOpaque liquid covering errors
- electric typewritersMotorized machines for typing
- shorthandAbbreviated writing system
dictaphones · IBM · Remington · Underwood · carriage return
speed
Rate of motion
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- words per minuteText entry velocity metric
- home rowKeyboard's central letter strip
error-free · hunt and peck · muscle memory · dexterity · finger placement · QWERTY · Dvorak · practice drills · fluency · precision
secretaries
Office administrative assistants
- clerksAdministrative office employees
- stenographersPeople who record speech
- transcriptionistsPeople who convert audio to text
data entry · administrative assistants · receptionists · office workers · legal secretaries · court reporters · copyists · clerical staff · amanuensis · dictation
keyboards
Button grids for input
- typewritersKey-operated printing devices
- computerElectronic calculating device
- mechanical keyboardSwitch-based typing device
ergonomic keyboard · wrist rest · carpal tunnel · repetitive strain · monitors · desk setup · office chair · keyboard tray · keycaps · tactile feedback
carbon copies
Identical reproductions of documents
- correction fluidLiquid error concealer
- Wite-OutOpaque liquid covering errors
- electric typewritersMotorized machines for typing
shorthand · dictaphones · IBM · Remington · Underwood · carriage return
- wartime womenwar nurses, army nurses, military nurses, flight nurses, nurse corps
- office lifecubicle, desk job, desk jobs, office job, full-time job
- error sourcestypos, bugs, glitches, bungler, fumbler
typistsauthors
Creators of written works
writers · composers · dictators · executives · originators