Getting a perfect score on "recall"?
I know that it's been done, but it amazes me that anyone can type fast enough to get a perfect score on the "recall" part of the Spanish lessons on SD. "Recall" allows three seconds for an answer before subtracting a point.
I can touch-type at about 40 words/minute and I can type "el pasaporte" in three seconds, but many of the responses consist of three or four words. Then, of course, there are the many words that require inserting accents. And, you have to be perfect on 20 consecutive questions.
Don't be modest--have you ever gotten a perfect score on recall?
Edit: I am impressed--Sheila -Foste really did get 39 badges for perfect scores. I wish she would spend more time on SD.
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Yes, I fully sympathise Frank. I usually achieved perfect or near perfect scores in all the other areas but if you experience co-ordination difficulties which affect your typing skills like I have then you would just have to be as realistic as possible and admit that this is unlikely to happen lol Having said that, you can only do your best! My best was 177/200
I think you will know if you really understand and can apply the knowledge you have just learnt - even if demonstrating this completely would be next to impossible for you. You can gauge/measure this perhaps more accurately by your responses to multiple choice questions in the other sections: recognise and listen.
If I were you I would not worry about it at all! 
If you can apply your newly acquired accurate knowledge and understanding to help others in the forum then you will have proven to yourself and shown others that you can write it correctly; but just not within certain time constraints which do not generally exist in the forum.
There are many ways to measure understanding and success in education/learning and simply being able to write quickly is only one way and being able to speak Spanish proficiently is the ultimate aim for many and fluency is not so much about speed but speaking without having to think and translate in your head what to say before you say it.
As you become more familiar with Spanish you will be able to remember and use it in situations without having to think hard/too much about what to say: it will just begin to flow more naturally once you get over any initial nerves about talking with natives. This usually take years of practice.I do not mean to suggest you/anyone can become fluent in Spanish or any second language in matter of weeks, or even in a few months;although in exceptional cases gifted individuals have succeeded in doing so! Even natives fluent in their mother tongue keep on learning.
I hope this helps 
Edit: FELIZ, I've been trying to leave a comment to thank you, but this answer won't take my comments.
Hi Frank101! I've read posts about this before. Apparently you can type your next answer after entering the previous one and by the time the next question pops up you're done, or mostly done - your answer will appear in the box, complete and ready to be counted as soon as you hit Enter. Of course, to accomplish this you need to go through Recall and memorize or write down the questions, then retake it in the same order. I think you have to be a little on the OCD (well, OK, a lot!) side to be that concerned with scores rather than content . And since you can't see what you are typing a mistake will cost you dearly.
Edit: Forget what I said about Copy/Paste. I haven't done these in a while so I'm a little rusty as to how they work.
Yes, I did a search and it did help. However, it took me all night and a lot of coordination and many retries to get a perfect score. You may find your time is better invested in doing lessons or other practice.
I'm not fast enough, nor do I care enough to go through the same words over and over just to get a badge or a couple of points!
Just a guess here but I suspect that those who have been credited with this have voice activated automatic typing.
I guess that's one badge I won't be getting. That's ok though.
I had about this same post a year ago and finally just decided that it was not possible for me to type that fast... seems like there should be more time given.
My typing speed is between 80-90 wpm and I can get 9 points on each recall, but I can only get 10 points if it is a short recall or there are no special characters. I especially struggled with phrases like ¿cómo está?, since at first I didn't know where to get ¿ and ¡ on the keyboard.
But I don't let my score bother me because I know I am racing as fast as I can to put the answer in - which means that I knew it straight away. & for me, I am pleased with that. If I can get my score higher I am happy, but really, knowing the material makes the real points for me
Nope, Frank... I have tried and tried, but not even come close! If there aren't any special characters, I can get around a 185. I doubt I'd ever be able to get a perfect Recall score... I stopped trying quite a while ago. They just don't give us enough time to type the answers.
Well, I have three now after a lot of work. 
It sure wasn't easy though! And I'm not sure if it was even worth it. =) I've always been a fast typer and well coordinated, so I guess I got that advantage.
I have a few minor problems with it:
a. I can't relate pictures to words particularily well.
b. I can't understand what the speechbubble means when it's a verb. Obviously it indicates who is speaking, or not.. Orr the number of speakers?? Therefore I have to do it again, trying to remember what was wrong last time, which owing to the fact the verb pictures usually look much the same is rather difficult.
c. I'm prone to making typos, the more observant of you may have noticed this.
c. The ñ I normally use on my keyboard doesn''t work on recall, you have to use the one provided and it take me even longer to remeber where that is..
d. I have to find my computer glasses first, so I can see the little speecbubbles...
e. the program then occassionally switches language! This makes 100 % of your answers wrong...
I haven't got one of those badges for some reason...
Alright.
I have to post here.
For people who said something about an "voice activated automatic typing."?
That is not true.
I have been accredited with MANY of these badges, yes.
But I can type 157 wpm (words per minute).
Yeah, I timed myself.
Those of us who are slow typists or have the wrong keyboard on which to type quickly are at a disadvantage on the "recall" section. Oh well. I just redo that section over again and get a few more points.
Esos de nosotros que son mecanógrafos lentos (teclistas lentas?) o tienen el teclado equivocado en lo que teclar rápidamente tienen una desaventaja en la sección "recall". Pues. Simplemente rehazo otra vez esa sección para obtener unos puntos más.
I did the "10fastfingers" test and got only a 59. No wonder if rarely score perfect on the recall.
There are certain lessons where it is easier than others. The one badge I got for numbers and time is one. There are only 2 hard phrases in there, and what I (used to do) was type them on notepad, and swiftly copy and paste for the first one as soon as I see it (a bit of fast fingers and luck there). Then for the second one (it had to be the only one left) I copied it and waited for the question to pop then paste straightaway.
Its easier because there are almost no accent marks needed in that lesson. For those that need, I use the international keyboard so I don't need to move the mouse all over the place.
