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by biot 3799 days ago
The Guiness World Record holder for typing can sustain 150 wpm on a Dvorak keyboard for 50 minutes [0]. Compare this to the average audiobook: "Audiobooks are recommended to be 150–160 words per minute, which is the range that people comfortably hear and vocalize words." [1]

So either you speak really slowly or perhaps you should challenge the world record. I've been touch typing for more than 25 years (though not in Silicon Valley, so maybe I'm lacking some magical force as a result) and can comfortably sustain 60 wpm, bursting up to about 100 wpm. There's no way I can even come close to the rate at which I'm able to speak in a sustained manner.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute#Alphanumeric_...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per_minute#Speech_and_li...