Presented are online free typing tests to test your typing speed. The text topic is a classic story Sindbad the Sailor. His seven voyages will be posted in a sequel with a new voyage replacing the older one on Saturdays. Typing speed is defined in wpm, which stands for words typed per minute. A word is taken to be five characters long including blank spaces. Typing speed is also defined as cpm - characters typed per minute. Again, it includes typing blank spaces. Click a link below to load different text, click the \"start test\" button and begin typing.

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Below are additional typing tests composed of several chapters each. Make sure the toggle button reflects your preference, the number of spaces after periods, before any test selection.

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Below are links to typing tests with improved handling of USMSM, the ultra-small-medium-supper-max browser's zoom or displays; and these tests have single space after punctuation.

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Below the test area are links to different texts. Select text, click 'start' button, and begin typing.
Click the \"toggle spaces\" button to choose 1 or 2 spaces after a period.
The cursor must remain in the input box during the test. Click or touch the box if it looses focus.
Do not hit Enter/Return key at the end of a line.
Timing of a test begins when a key is pressed, and ends when last character is correctly typed.
Errors are highlighted with the exception of blank space. Errors typing a blank space are counted but not highlighted.
Reported words per minute (wpm): number of characters including blank spaces typed per time and divided by 5.
1 word=5 characters. Blank space counts as a character.
Results can be posted only if entire text is typed.

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