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touch typing
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touch typing

Typing on a keyboard without looking at the keys. Touch typing has become an essential skill these days no matter what line of work anyone does. In the early days, schools ordered special typewriters with blank keys. Today, blank keys can be simulated with a soft plastic skin that is placed over any computer keyboard.

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These keys are covered with a SpeedSkin, which fits over any standard PC or Mac keyboard. A laptop version is also available. (Image courtesy of SpeedSkin, LLC.)



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