Thread: typing

Typequick used to be popular.
I don't know if it still is popular but it's still around:
TYPEQUICK - Learn to Touch Type Software

Have a look at this one:

Free typing tutor online with free typing lessons.


Learning to type to the beat of music sounds like a good idea.

Several years ago, "learn to type" programs apparently were the most commonly "bought but not used" or "used briefly and then discarded" program.

I think the problem was that becoming a touch typist requires the sort of regular practice that most casual users are just not prepared to put in. Reports I read suggested that success depended more on the hours you were prepared to put into regular practice than the choice of program.

Don't expect it to be a "silver bullet" solution.

If you think two finger typing is slow then spare a thought for the way I had to type for a couple of months earlier this year with just one finger on my left hand following surgery on my right shoulder.

yep agree,I find that i now have to spend hours on typing what trained people can do in minutes,just need to get the fingers to hit the right keys etc

Tried to get me boys to use TypingMaster Pro a few years ago. Don't know what it's like now or whether you can still use it for free.

get on the chat rooms.

give it 6 months of your only comunication going through the keyboard and you'll pick it up.

Hi,
I bought a cheap version of typequick through the Uni for a few $$ after deciding that I really needed to get speed and accuracy levels up with that of a competent (not expert) typist.
Working through from a s d f etc in about 30 lessons at about 30 minutes a day I eventually could just touch type as fast as I could two-finger it.
At times during the lessons my wrists would ache like crazy, like the tendons were stressed out from the unusual excercise and I needed a wrist support in the form of a roll of foam rubber to rest on.
I persevered, forcing my self to keep going with the correct fingers and not looking at the key board and after a while started seeing improvements to the point where I now hardly ever need to look at the key board except for unusual punctuation or symbols.
I even managed the numeric pad for numbers when I was doing a lot of spread sheet work, but that skill has atrophied some what now.
I would recommend doing a course, make 30 minutes a day for practice. If it is for work, you can justify the time as self improvement or learning required skills.
cheers

on the middle row place your little finger of your left hand on the "a" and the little finger of your right hand on the "l" dont look at the key board just look at the screen only and just play you will pick it up it will take a while