How do I take a Hindi typing test online?
Choose Unicode if you type Hindi with a Hindi keyboard such as Inscript or a phonetic keyboard, or Krutidev if you use the Remington Gail layout on an English keyboard. Pick a test length and start typing the Hindi passage. FixDoks's Hindi Typing Test shows net and gross words per minute (5 keystrokes per word), accuracy and errors live, and a result card at the end.
Hindi Typing Test at a glance
| Keyboards | Unicode (Inscript, phonetic) and Krutidev 010 (Remington Gail) |
|---|---|
| Test lengths | 1, 2, 5 and 10 minutes |
| Shows | Gross WPM, net WPM, accuracy, errors, result card |
| Processing | In your browser; your files are not uploaded |
| Price | Free |
| Works on | Chrome, Edge, Safari and Firefox on Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone |
How to use Hindi Typing Test
- Choose your keyboard: Unicode for Inscript or phonetic Hindi keyboards, or Krutidev for the Remington Gail layout on an English keyboard.
- Pick a test length of 1, 2, 5 or 10 minutes.
- Click in the typing box and type the Hindi passage. The timer starts with your first key, and mistakes are marked in red.
- When the time is up, check your net speed, gross speed and accuracy on the result card.
Two ways to type Hindi
Hindi is typed on computers in two quite different ways, and this test supports both.
Unicode mode
Unicode is the modern standard used by websites, phones, WhatsApp, Gmail and current versions of Microsoft Word. You type with a Hindi keyboard installed on your device:
- Inscript, the standard Hindi layout built into Windows, macOS, Android and iPhone.
- Phonetic keyboards, where you type Hindi sounds with English letters, such as Google Indic Keyboard on Android or the Hindi Transliteration keyboard on iPhone.
Text typed this way is real Hindi text that any device can read. Unicode fonts such as Mangal, Nirmala UI and Noto Sans Devanagari all display it. If your keyboard types a straight bar | for the danda, the test accepts it as ।.
Krutidev mode (Remington Gail)
Krutidev 010 is an older font encoding that is still common in offices and in many typing tests. You type on a normal English keyboard and the font draws Hindi letters: d gives क, j gives र, k adds the ा matra, and so on. This arrangement of keys is called the Remington Gail layout, after the Hindi typewriter it copies. A few habits feel unusual at first: the short i matra (ि) is typed before its letter, and the reph (र् written above a letter) is typed after it.
In this mode the test shows the passage and your typing in a Krutidev compatible font, so you see Hindi letters while pressing English keys, just as you would in a Kruti Dev document. A key chart under the test lists the common keys. Characters that need an Alt code on Windows, such as chandrabindu (ँ, Alt+0161), are listed under the passage when they appear.
How the speed is calculated
Hindi typing tests usually count speed in keystrokes (key depressions) rather than whole words, because Hindi words vary so much in length. This test uses the common convention of 5 characters per word:
- In Krutidev mode, every key you press is one character, so the count matches your keystrokes.
- In Unicode mode, each Unicode character you type counts as one. With Inscript this is very close to your keystroke count.
Gross WPM is characters typed ÷ 5 ÷ minutes. Net WPM subtracts one word per minute for each mistake still in the text at the end. Accuracy is the share of typed characters that match the passage. Official typing tests set their own rules for counting mistakes and the speed you need, so always check the current notification for your exam.
About the passages
All Hindi passages were written for FixDoks in simple, everyday Hindi: village life, festivals, health, saving money, road safety and more. They are shuffled every time, and longer tests join several passages together. In Krutidev mode the same passages are converted to Krutidev, so you practise exactly the key sequences a Kruti Dev typist uses.
Tips for Hindi typing practice
- Learn the matras first. ा, ि, ी, े and ् make up a large share of all keystrokes in Hindi.
- In Krutidev, practise half letters (usually the Shift version of the key, such as D for क्) and the common conjuncts क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ and श्र.
- Do one 10 minute test a day and note your net speed. Steady accuracy matters more than a fast first minute.
- To convert between the two systems, use the Krutidev to Unicode and Unicode to Krutidev converters.