![]() ![]() Typing Dvorak keyboard layout īlackburn began typing with the Dvorak keyboard layout in 1938, taking about three weeks to switch to the new layout. īlackburn was popularly recognized as the "world's fastest typist" and made media appearances to exhibit her typing speed and the Dvorak layout, notably appearing in a 1985 episode of Late Night with David Letterman and in a television commercial for the Apple IIc. ![]() Blackburn's self-claimed peak speed, in 1985, was 212 words per minute. The Guinness Book of World Records included her speeds amongst others in the "Typing, Fastest" category of the 1976 –1985 editions, where she was listed as able to "attain a speed of 170 wpm" and "maintain 150 wpm for 50 minutes". Barbara Clay Henley Blackburn (Septem– April 18, 2008) was an American clerical worker recognized for her fast typing speed using the Dvorak keyboard layout. ![]()
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