Touch Typing Software recommendations [closed]

Answer 1

Try http://keybr.com/? It is a little different from the usual format of free typing tutors. If you create an account, it keeps track of your progress as well. No add-ware and no pop-ups, or other useless junk.

Answer 2

If you want to learn by getting thrown in the deep end... DasKeyboard ultimate will have you touch typing in no time :)

Answer 3

I used the TTCoach plugin for Vim and have been very happy with it. It doesnt come with any exercises for numbers and symbols however, but it is easy to just make some text files yourself and write :TTCustom file.txt to use it for exercising.

Just learn a couple of characters at a time and when you got them nailed, learn a couple more and so on...

Answer 4

I've been touchtyping since I was 10 years old (on a real typewriter at that!) but one thing that helped my sister learn touchtyping is hanging out in IRC channels. You want to be able to "talk" as fast as you can speak and that trained her in typing a lot faster.

I know it's a lame answer and not really a software solution or what, but it worked for a lot of people I know. :)

Answer 5

I've been using TypeFaster. It's not pretty, but one nice feature is that it can load lessons in different keyboard layouts, like Colemak (layout files here) or Dvorak.

Answer 6

I trained my typing on GNU Typist. It comes with exercises for various languages and keyboard layouts, if you're so inclined.

One of the most fun typing programs I used is dvorak7min. It has a nastiness mode where for each typo you make, the cursor goes back by 1. So if you don't watch your typing, you'll be back to square 1….