I have a few ideas for things you can use other than AI, like passages from books, famous speeches such as the Gettysburg Address, hell, even Wikipedia articles could work
It sounds like it would have been better overall AND less work for you if you used the types of examples WhiteRaven gave instead of spending 650 AI prompts on this.
Like, genuinely, I'm questioning how much AI you use on this website in general. Has it been selecting trivia questions for you, too? I hope not, given every model is confidently incorrect at least some of the time, and given every model *emphasizes* our shared biases, rather than actually pursuing truth.
The AI creep has been turning me away from Jetpunk more and more. I want to say this is the final nail in the coffin — but knowing me, I'll come crawling back soon enough.
Even if don't come crawling back, you WON'T have lost a valuable customer in me (since I've used an adblocker most of the time). But, I doubt I'm alone in my sentiments on the AI creep. I expect you'll slowly bleed users the longer and more comprehensively you involve AI with Jetpunk. Of course, you have the data to know whether that's actually happening, and/or maybe this slow-bleed is outpaced by Jetpunk's growth anyways.
Whatever the case, this long-time freeloader (me) is not loving it.
Stuff is best when by humans for humans. 650 AI prompts vs the vast, vast amount of work in the public domain is a baffling choice. There's not really reason to generate new content for a typing test. Typing tests have existed for a long time, all have used real quotations, and that hasn't been a problem. Feels lifeless and duplicitous to an extent.
What "AI creep"? We don't use AI to write questions. We've used it on a small number of thumbnails. Less than 1% overall, and we're reducing that.
However, this feature is a perfect use of AI, without which it would not have been possible to create.
It would have taken hundreds of hours to compile and edit suitable typing passages from public domain texts.
And the AI-written ones are much better for the purpose of a TYPING test. For one, they are all standardized at an 8th grade reading level. Random selections of pre-1931 text would not be.
It's not meant to be high art, it's a typing test.
Regarding copyright... with AI, the waters are murky. However, finding "copyright-free" stuff online that isn't super old is almost impossible (thank you Berne convention). It would be cool to have some old speeches/book passages, but everything modern, including Wikipedia articles, is under copyright unless it has been expressly dedicated to the public domain. Sure, in Wikipedia's case CC-BY-SA-4.0 and GFDL aren't very strict licenses, but it would still require a bit more work than just copy/paste to comply with the licenses. And being part of what is maybe sorta copyright infringement is a whole lot better than actual definite copyright infringement.
So, for all I'm generally opposed to AI, this does seem like a good use for it... it would be great if users could submit new texts too, although that might be hard to keep standardized.
Yeah, it definitely needs this. I tried to tab over the to the button in my browser to start it when my keyboard but then the typing text was already scrolled down.
It's a good start, with a few tweaks and a font change this will be decent.
No no, that wasn't the point of my message, I just wrote the first few words so that it could somehow help you locate this paragraph and correct the typo
Also, I found another one, the text is about bones of dinosaurs, and it contains a "Remarkable" with a capitalized R that doesn't seem natural
Plateauing right around 75 WPM. One trick I've found is to look ahead a word or two at a time - somehow the brain is able to process typing the current word while getting ready to type the next one
This is tough for someone my age who learned to type two spaces at the end of every sentence. It's so ingrained in me by now that I mess up every time.
Ok, having to type Mycorrhizal five times in one run through is just a hopeless endeavour. Especially since it appeared twice as "Mycorrhizal". Good lord, ha ha.
Maybe add a countdown timer, or have the timer start on first keystroke? I think having the test text visible for at least a few seconds before the timer starts would make for a more accurate test of typing speed as opposed to reading/reaction time.
PS hello from the 91th percentile! I'm coming for you, top 9%!
119 wpm on first attempt, with having to fix many typos and being stuck in certain commas. I had no idea only 0.1% of test takers scored that.. (I thought it would be around 5%). I usually score between 150-180 WPM when typing with no punctuation and capitalization.
Keyboard layout: QWERTY, on a laptop keyboard (no external keyboard)
I'm a non-native English speaker.
This is a great addition. It'd be great if there were customizable durations (other than 60 seconds), or even typing in other languages.
After I saw I typed in the 98th percentile, I wondered what it would look like if I actually learned how to type properly instead of whatever flawed self-taught method I learned as a kid. So, I started learning, and I'm now in a limbo where I can't type properly at all but all of my muscle memory is gone so I can hardly use my computer.
This is a very cool feature, I've never tested my typing speed before. Had a few runs through and my scores seem to be largely in the 65-75 range, which I thought was pretty good but looking at some of the other scores that have been posted I feel like a mere mortal haha
Following on from this, in the span of today I've managed to bring my average closer to around 79, with a max of 87 (a particularly lucky run where I didn't have to make any corrections).
This is a fantastic training tool and I'm going to be using it every single day I have access to a keyboard!
It would be nice if the paragraph stays visible after the timer is up so you can keep reading the paragraph if you're interested or look back at where you made mistakes.
Approved ! I learnt a lot of things by reading the texts and it would be great if we could finish them, because I think that there is no way to type the entirety of any text here
I've done this test a LOT over the past few weeks and I still come across new passages more often than not. Also the bottleneck isn't really knowing what is in the passage as much as it is being able to type it, so I'm not sure memorizing all the passages would even have much benefit.
This game is great, I love the idea. One suggestion however, I've just tried to play the game with a friend but he's colourblind and struggles to tell the difference between red and green colours. Hence, on a speed focused game like this it significantly hinders his ability to play it properly!! I was wondering if it would be possible to introduce some kind of colour blind friendly mode to avoid this?
There are 650 different ones, give or take, which would take too long to make by hand.
Also there was one in Russian for some reason.
Fixed now.
It sounds like it would have been better overall AND less work for you if you used the types of examples WhiteRaven gave instead of spending 650 AI prompts on this.
The AI creep has been turning me away from Jetpunk more and more. I want to say this is the final nail in the coffin — but knowing me, I'll come crawling back soon enough.
Even if don't come crawling back, you WON'T have lost a valuable customer in me (since I've used an adblocker most of the time). But, I doubt I'm alone in my sentiments on the AI creep. I expect you'll slowly bleed users the longer and more comprehensively you involve AI with Jetpunk. Of course, you have the data to know whether that's actually happening, and/or maybe this slow-bleed is outpaced by Jetpunk's growth anyways.
Whatever the case, this long-time freeloader (me) is not loving it.
However, this feature is a perfect use of AI, without which it would not have been possible to create.
It would have taken hundreds of hours to compile and edit suitable typing passages from public domain texts.
And the AI-written ones are much better for the purpose of a TYPING test. For one, they are all standardized at an 8th grade reading level. Random selections of pre-1931 text would not be.
It's not meant to be high art, it's a typing test.
So, for all I'm generally opposed to AI, this does seem like a good use for it... it would be great if users could submit new texts too, although that might be hard to keep standardized.
Awesome new feature! JetPunk is industrializing :D
However, it seems to use a proportional font with each character left-aligned inside the cell, making the spacing look very jarring.
Could you consider specifying a monospaced font or center-align?
I love this minigame, btw (time to advertise to my friends!)
Also, could there be a British English option, or could words that are often spelt differently be taken out of the texts?
Edit: I just got 100 (which beats 97% of typers).
I'm definitely going to be using this new feature quite a lot lol :)
It's a good start, with a few tweaks and a font change this will be decent.
124 WPM is amazing. Nice work!
Also, I found another one, the text is about bones of dinosaurs, and it contains a "Remarkable" with a capitalized R that doesn't seem natural
Maybe it could be a new passage each day?
Also, be American for the duration of the test - no 'u' in 'colour', an extra comma after lists, 'z' instead of 's' and more D:
I removed the passages containing that word. Funny enough, there were two.
PS hello from the 91th percentile! I'm coming for you, top 9%!
Keyboard layout: QWERTY, on a laptop keyboard (no external keyboard)
I'm a non-native English speaker.
This is a great addition. It'd be great if there were customizable durations (other than 60 seconds), or even typing in other languages.
This is a fantastic training tool and I'm going to be using it every single day I have access to a keyboard!
However, this website is blocked on that laptop.
I think I can hit 130 possibly...
Anyways cool quiz
Someone can probably hit 200 on this ngl