Typing Speedometer

Measures your typing speed with three modes, Standard WPM which uses the official measurement of 1 word for every 5 keystrokes, WPM Actual Words which measures the actual number of words typed, and CPM (characters per minute) which measures individual keystrokes instead of words. Now also features "type anywhere" mode (Windows only) which will measure your typing speed as you write documents, emails or anything else. The calculation period adjustable to display typing speed after less … More

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September 10, 2005 · version 1.5.0 William
modah,
The DLL is packaged inside the widget. When you download and run the widget, the first time you enable Type Anywhere mode it will automatically install the DLL for you.

Michael,
I think you may have stumbled upon a bug which I saw once and was never able to reproduce. The numbers should lock into position as soon as they've finished turning, if they don't, it's a bug. If you would be willing to give a little more detail on this one and maybe test a beta release, could you pos… More
September 08, 2005 · version 1.5.0 Raj
Great widget - if only, I could read the max speeds w/ the default size i would give it a 4* but a great widget nonetheless
August 31, 2005 · version 1.5.0 Michael C. Brown
William,
This widget is great. I have been waiting for the "measure anywhere" version to get into it. Anyway, what I have noticed is that because of the way that the numbers on the "odometer" roll, I cannot always read them. A minute ago, I couldn't tell what my max speed was because the numbers were partially rolled up. Can you have the numbers sort of snap into a lined-up position, or at least make it so if you click or double-click on the numbers they line up? Or … More
August 31, 2005 · version 1.5.0 Michael C. Brown
William,
This widget is great. I have been waiting for the "measure anywhere" version to get into it. Anyway, what I have noticed is that because of the way that the numbers on the "odometer" roll, I cannot always read them. A minute ago, I couldn't tell what my max speed was because the numbers were partially rolled up. Can you have the numbers sort of snap into a lined-up position, or at least make it so if you click or double-click on the numbers they line up? Or … More
August 31, 2005 · version 1.5.0 modah
hmm, where do i find the dll? the windows-download button just gives me the file Typing_Speedometer.widget.
no dll, no source. i'm puzzled.

other than that, great work!

speed approx. 320-330 cpm with a very high accuracy.