41. If you factor in penalties for mistakes and such, my adjusted score would be 38 words per minute . 42. Operators had to maintain a steady rhythm, and the usual speed of operation was 30 words per minute . 43. As the user chats, the computer can transcribe up to 140 words per minute _ pretty darned speedy. 44. At full frenzy, college debaters can talk faster than an auctioneer, with some approaching 400 words per minute . 45. I type 95 words per minute . 46. There's nothing that they asked me not to do, other than keep it to 140 words per minute . 47. Typing 30 words per minute , she said, " will let most students type faster than they can write ." 48. The traditional measure of speed in typing and Morse code transmission has been words per minute ( wpm ). 49. This machine printed received messages directly on to gummed paper tape at a rate of 65 words per minute . 50. Using the word CODEX with 60 dot units, the dot length at 20 words per minute is 50 milliseconds.