Build a custom typing test
If your exam is not yet listed on TypeForExam — or if you want to practise outside any official cutoff — configure the session below. Same flow as every standard test: pick your settings, enter name + email for your certificate, type the passage, get your Net WPM and accuracy.
1. Language & font
Pick the script and layout you will type in. The practice passage will be in this language.
2. Test duration
How long should the test run? Most government exams use a 10-minute window.
3. Target speed
Your goal in Net WPM. The result page will tell you if you cleared it. Use the WPM ↔ KDPH converter if your exam quotes KDPH instead.
4. Backspace rule
Most modern exams allow backspace (with errors still counted in Gross WPM). SSC Stenographer and some legacy state exams disable it.
5. Passage style
Type of content in the test passage. Pick the one closest to your exam's published sample.
When to use custom mode
Custom mode exists for two reasons. First, your exam is not yet on TypeForExam — perhaps a niche state-PSC clerical post, a public-sector undertaking (PSU) typing test, a private-sector recruiter's screening test, or a college placement-cell typing requirement. Configure the language, duration, and target speed to match your notification, and the test page will use those settings.
Second, you want to practise outside the standard cutoff. Maybe you cleared SSC CHSL last year and now you want to push to 50 WPM for general fluency. Maybe you are training shorthand transcription and need 20-minute stamina runs. Maybe you are testing whether you can hit 65 WPM accurately. The standard exam pages lock the cutoff to the official notification — custom mode lets you set whatever target makes sense for your training.
The flow is identical to every standard test: you click Start, the popup asks for your name and email so the certificate carries your details, then you take the passage, then you see your Net WPM and a per-key breakdown of where errors happened. Custom-mode results are saved to your browser the same way standard results are, so you can track progress across sessions.
One caveat: custom mode generates passages from a curated pool of public-domain or original prose in the chosen style. If your real exam quotes specific passage characteristics (line length, sentence structure, vocabulary register), the standard exam-specific page will be a better match. Custom mode is for the gap between "the standard exam pages don't fit my need" and "I want a real test, not random word lists."