To be a typist, you must use all four fingers on the keyboard, be able to type really, really fast and have excellent, and I mean excellent accuracy. Some typists barely miss any words while typing at all. An average professional typist types about 43 to 80 WPM (Words per minute), while advanced typists type at speeds above 90 WPM. Crazy, huh? Barbara Blackburn who typed 112 WPM in 2005 set a world record for the fastest typist in the whole world.