The benefits of touch typing. Touch typing improves productivity by using expensive equipment to its full capacity in new and clever ways. Many complain of the poor return on their investment in computers.
Touch typists can do so much more in fewer hours, allowing time to devote to other interests.
Learning to type on a computer breaks down the fear of technology and leaves the graduate with a strong feeling of confidence, having acquired a valuable life skill by using that intimidating computer. It makes users feel completely at home on a PC, enabling them to devise ways of using this advanced tool to make themselves more useful and their organisation more competitive. Students who can touch type do computer-based tasks more quickly, thereby improving the utilisation of scarce PC resources at school or home.