Touch Typing Software recommendations [closed]

Answer 1

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

Answer 2

Find a long document on the web, using Firefox

Press CTRL+F

Type along with the document. Try it, it works.

Answer 3

I use Rapid Typing to learn touch typing. It has excellent visuals and it's even somewhat relaxing to type.

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

About the recommendation to use the DasKeyboard, I just started using one today! But be aware that it makes a lot of noise. I was mortified how much noise it was making in my super quiet office filled with other people, who are engineers but mostly not developers. I asked the person across from me if it was too noisy. She hesitated for a fraction of a second before insisting it was fine, and when I said I would put it away she barely protested. So I packed it up. Maybe if you are just surrounded by other devs it would be OK. I'd love to hear of contrary experiences. I'm banging away from home right now though, as loud as possible, and loving it!

Oh, and you will definitely learn to touch type! Right now I have a picture of a labeled keyboard as my desktop image, but am referring to it less and less.

Mike

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….