data entry speed

Hi Ghost,

Do You mean how fast a keyboard can send chars?
There is a nice article on AT and PS/2 keyboards at:
http://panda.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu/~achapwes/PICmicro/keyboard/atkeyboard.html
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If You mean standard of input speed then i cant help since the typists all vary in speed and accuracy.
IMHO it is and should always be the humans that set standards on the equipment and not the other way around.
Some information on typing speed can be gained by reading "Theoretical Upper and Lower Bounds on
Typing Speed Using a Stylus and Soft Keyboard " by R. William Soukoreff and I. Scott MacKenzie.
http://www.yorku.ca/mack/bit95.html
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As for the accuracy of manual input... well, lets just say that experience wins.
Some errors are likely to occur at the typists interpretation of data (i.e. reading, hearing) and some is probably induced by environmental shortcomings like stress, noise, insufficient and/or improper illumination, ventilation and other ergonomic issues.
There is maybe a standard for those issues but i have not found them

Cheers!
/Tom

all i really wanted was the wpm and accuracy of a data entry operator...50wpm;99% accuracy or whatever it is

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