TypingWeb Offers Free Typing Lessons

Pretty good, something to work at a little bit each day considering I still have to look at the keyboard occasionally even though I've been using computers and typing for over eleven years.

The only problem I have with it is that it doesn't record your stats for each attempt, so if you keep retrying until you get 100%, your accuracy will be at 100%. Same goes for your WPM.

jeremy_mccurdy

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@Harrison is playing FFIX: Same with me.

@BlueScreen: There must be something wrong. I never get more than exactly 103 wpm, however fast I try to type.

ssj4Gogeta

@phlyingpenguin: Dvorak typos are fairly embarassing when you're talking about something likte this. LOL basic lever vs. basic level: the r and l keys are right next to each other. :-P

It's very much worth noting that this is NOT a very good beginning Dvorak tutor, even though it looks very nice. To actually learn Dvorak, it's important to soak in a row at a time the same way that the QWERTY tutors do, but this tutor does not have Dvorak content for the tutor, only a changed keyboard indicator. For the later examples it would be okay.

For the basic lever, I used what I assume to be a "classic" set of instructions, ABCD: A Basic Course in Dvorak, and a text editor. It's no frills, and it gets the job done. Day to day typing is probably tutor enough after the basics. I think it took only a few days before I was proficient enogh in Dvorak to get work done at about the same speed as before I had learned.

ABCD: [www.mit.edu]

@BlueScreen:

Sorry, that was directed at darkstar.... I really need to look before I click.

@Harrison is playing FFIX:

Ouch, I got 103 words with 100% accuracy...

Anyway, I can see this being valuable to some including myself as i don't type properly.

Holy crap, numbers murder me. Text only I get ~100WPM. Add numbers in there, and I'm in the 20s.

@darkstar: Maybe I do need to learn how to type, First lesson in the "advanced" I got 55WPM :(

Awesome, sometimes I completely forget how to type.

But more seriously, I checked this site out and it's about infinity times better than mavis beacon. Definitely would recommend to someone who needs typing lessons.

Typing of the Dead. Best. Typing. Tutor. Ever.

Oh I remember that method from fourth grade! With a cassette tape going "jjj SPACE jjj SPACE etc" and handclaps at the end when you had to go to the next line. On a mechanical typewriter. Hard to believe that was as recent as 1995. I can't imagine they use anything else than a computer now, but it sure was effective, you really had to get into it because it took so much force to hit the keys. And you couldn't correct any mistakes. So I can type really well now, thanks to mr Mechanical and his tapes!

h4nn4h

@Vilkku: Uh, I did just now ><

Vilkku

@darkstar: First was a breeze, I still haven't passed the numbers. =/

Chad Blouin

I can't find a way to change the keyboard layout =/

Vilkku

I learned to type on "Mario Teaches Typing." It came on a floppy. I might still have it around somewhere... I liked the sound effects, that's what kept me going and becoming a better typist: sound effects!

Jurandr

After typing out the first chapter of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, I got 83 WPM with 99% accuracy. I'd go further, but it really isn't entertaining to me.

If they added Ender's Game in there, I'd rewrite that whole book.

Very cool site.

Martin Clifford

@MisterSlimm: I love that game!!!

MPS

The best typing tutor I had was some game my elementary school used... MARIO teaches typing!

endon

This site works for me. Easy as pie

Andre Le Roux

@phlyingpenguin: I took up dvorak because in the beginning, I get to concentrate on what I am typing. Yead.. the typos are funny and people don't know that you actually made one...

bilem

Well, I still only type with my pointer finger, and I can average around 90 words per minute. Maybe more, I never really stopped to check. Just practice, I guess.

kph59

I never understood why they never taught typing lessons at school as compulsory modules. It's by far one of the most valuable skills to have in the modern workplace.

Rax Lakhani

Looks decent. I thought about using this in our agency for a moment. The problem is that even though it claims you don't have to register, it tends to 'trick' (for lack of better word) a user to register. The benefit of this is that you can keep track of your progress, but the downside is that it appears to go against what the first page says... No registration. There's a tiny link to let you bypass this.

Because this 'skip registration' link is so tiny, I can't expect my co-workers to easily find it if they can barely figure out a keyboard to begin with.

We're converting to an Electronic Health Record system this month. Staff who have been working with paper records for 20+ years are afraid of the computer, or the 'unknown'.

BraytonAK

This seems to work pretty well, but the only issue I have with it is that after every period, there is only one space, rather than two.

nizmocho

Wow, that's pretty good. Been looking for something to help me up my speed.

@Jurandr: I learned on the exact same program. Was awesome!

There was an open thread on this topic (learning to type) a few weeks ago. I have a client with a product that takes an hour and is aimed at kids, though the method works well for adults too. The big difference is that my client's product uses associative learning to help you remember where the keys are.

Keyboard Town PALS

@Rax Lakhani, schools are trying to teach this more and more; kind of essential now that everyone have keyboard skills. But my client hears a lot that most of the products out there just aren't engaging for kids.

twigg

@kph59: You should do a YouTube video of that feat. It would get a decent amount of hits, I'd wager. 90 WPM with two fingers is impressive.

Jinky Williams