October 12, 201411 yr Mine does. In an enormous room reminiscent of the typing pools of the 1940's: I don't think I've seen a typewriter being used in any office in the past ten years or more (and I've been in some pretty dilapidated office buildings in Thailand). I don't believe there is even a company that makes them any more. Perhaps you could find one at a pawn shop, but good luck finding supplies & parts for it. I sometimes wonder what kind of 21st century jobs my school is preparing its students for.
October 12, 201411 yr Royal still makes one model of a portable manual typewriter. I learned on an ancient 1932 office Underwood, which was great for building strength in my hands for playing the piano. But when I went to work for a company that had just bought IBM XT computers, single floppy disk, no hard drive, I'd go through a keyboard every two weeks or so. But touch-typing has stood me in good stead lo these many years, and I don't think it's a bad thing for the kids to learn to touch type. Of course, there are apps out there that teach it on the computer, which would make more sense.
October 13, 201411 yr I can type at over 120 words per minute. Touch typing was probably one of the most valuable classes I ever took. Shorthand on the other hand seldom gets used -- but once in a while in a meeting I do use it.
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