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Some of these exercises are not fully supported by your keyboard layout and may behave differently from what is expected by the exercise description.

First steps lessons ?

First and very easy typing lessons for learning all key positions. Suitable for beginners.

  • Base position dynamic generic 7 signs
  • Home row dynamic generic 9 signs
  • Home row and top row dynamic generic 19 signs
  • Home row and bottom row dynamic generic 16 signs
  • All letters dynamic generic 26 signs
  • All rows dynamic generic 36 signs

Warm-up exercises ?

Easy typing lessons for learning all key positions. Suitable for beginners.

  • Top row dynamic generic 10 signs
  • Bottom row dynamic generic 7 signs
  • Number row dynamic generic 10 signs
  • Home row and number row dynamic generic 19 signs

Learn exercises ?

First easy exercises to learn touch typing step by step.

  • Base position [h4:h7] dynamic generic 2 signs
  • Base position [h4:h7:h3:h8] dynamic generic 4 signs
  • Base position [h4:h7:h3:h8:h2:h9] dynamic generic 6 signs
  • Base position complete dynamic generic 8 signs
  • Base position + [h5:h6] dynamic generic 10 signs
  • Home row dynamic generic 11 signs
  • Home row + [t3:b7] dynamic generic 13 signs
  • Home row + [t3:b7:t8:t4] dynamic generic 15 signs
  • Home row + [t3:b7:t8:t4:t5:t7] dynamic generic 17 signs
  • Home row + [t3:b7:t8:t4:t5:t7:b4:b8] dynamic generic 19 signs
  • Home row + [t3:b7:t8:t4:t5:t7:b4:b8:t9:b6] dynamic generic 21 signs
  • Home row + [t3:b7:t8:t4:t5:t7:b4:b8:t9:b6:t1:t2:t10:b5] dynamic generic 25 signs
  • Home row + [t3:b7:t8:t4:t5:t7:b4:b8:t9:b6:t1:t2:t10:b5:b3:b2:t6] dynamic generic 28 signs

Word exercises ?

Typing lessons with words that reveal more and more letters. Perfect to practice typing step by step.

  • Home row dynamic 12 signs
  • Home row + EN dynamic 12 signs
  • Home row + ENIR dynamic 14 signs
  • Home row + ENIRTU dynamic 18 signs
  • Home row + ENIRTUCM dynamic 18 signs
  • Home row + ENIRTUCMOB dynamic 20 signs
  • Home row + ENIRTUCMOBWYP dynamic 29 signs
  • Home row + ENIRTUCMOBWYPQVXZ dynamic 27 signs

Finger practice ?

Exercises with randomly placed letters. For users who wants to improve their finger skills.

  • Home row and right top row dynamic generic 16 signs
  • Home row and left top row dynamic generic 16 signs
  • Home and top row dynamic generic 21 signs
  • Home row and right bottom row dynamic generic 16 signs
  • Home row and left bottom row dynamic generic 17 signs
  • Home and bottom row dynamic generic 22 signs
  • Home and right number row dynamic generic 17 signs
  • Home and left number row dynamic generic 17 signs
  • Home and number row dynamic generic 23 signs
  • All letters dynamic generic 32 signs
  • All rows dynamic generic 44 signs

Hand practice ?

Easy typing lessons for each hand separately. Suitable for users who wants to train one hand.

  • Left hand - home row dynamic generic 5 signs
  • Left hand - home and top row dynamic generic 10 signs
  • Left hand - home and bottom row dynamic generic 11 signs
  • Left hand - home and number row dynamic generic 11 signs
  • Left hand - all letters dynamic generic 16 signs
  • Left hand - all rows dynamic generic 22 signs
  • Right hand - home row dynamic generic 6 signs
  • Right hand - home and top row dynamic generic 11 signs
  • Right hand - home and bottom row dynamic generic 11 signs
  • Right hand - home and number row dynamic generic 11 signs
  • Right hand - all letters dynamic generic 16 signs
  • Right hand - all rows dynamic generic 21 signs

Practical exercises ?

Practice-oriented typing of the most common english words. Perfect to prepare for real life.

  • Top 25 english words dynamic 18 signs
  • Top 50 english words dynamic 23 signs
  • Top 100 english words dynamic 24 signs
  • Top 200 english words dynamic 26 signs
  • Top 300 english words dynamic 29 signs
  • Top 500 english words dynamic 34 signs
  • Top 1000 english words dynamic 41 signs

Bonus lessons ?

More demanding exercises from all keyboard rows with special characters plus uppercase letters.

  • Phonetic alphabet dynamic 49 signs
  • Lorem ipsum dynamic 28 signs
  • Capitals of Europe dynamic 36 signs
  • Tongue twisters dynamic 29 signs
  • Sayings dynamic 29 signs
  • Written numbers dynamic 20 signs
  • The complete alphabet dynamic 53 signs

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More than just simple typing practice

The typing lessons in our typing tutor are not just static texts. They are recombined in each exercise and adapt to your typing habits:

Dynamic typing lessons

All typing lessons marked as dynamic are reassembled each time you start a exercise in our typing tutor . This not only makes the exercises extremely varied, but also ensures that you don't memorize them by repetition.

Intelligent error analysis

Thanks to the intelligent error analysis in our typing tutor words and strings in which you often make mistakes will be repeated more frequently during your practice. This means that your personal weaknesses are trained directly and without any action on your part.

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At TypingAcademy you can easily learn how to type with ten fingers. Our free online typing tutor helps you to practice touch typing in such a way that you can improve your finger technique noticeably in the long term and type faster and more comfortable. Thanks to the various typing lessons, you can learn how to type like in a course at school or in a coaching. And since our typing tutor runs as a web service directly online in the browser, you can use it on every platform.

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Improve your typing speed and accuracy by 10 minutes daily exercises.

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Variety of courses

Learn basic touch typing skills. These typing lessons are dedicated to people who want to start learning how to type correctly without looking at the keyboard.

Learn advanced touch typing skills. Set of typing lessons that introduce capitalization, punctuation, and number row. It will make you sophisticated typists.

Practice typing English ngrams. The most effective way to improve typing speed by repeating the most used continuous letter sequences.

Famouse law quotes

Practice famouse law quotes. This course is dedicated to a legal typist who wants to take action and type faster.

Glossary of Legal Terms

Another set of legal terms to improve keyboard skills. This one is the list of 200+ legal terms.

List of Latin legal terms

The list of 300+ Latin legal terms for daily typing practice.

Set of 60 the most common latin legal brocards.

Anatomy glossary drill for health workers. The massive list of terms with descriptions.

Infectious Disease

Infectious disease drill.

Medications

List of 200 most used medications to practice typing prescriptions.

Typing lessons for students to practice typing geographical locations. Containing random sets of states, cities, and world capitals.

Improve typing mathematical formulas, symbols, and numbers. Practice for intense math typists.

Business Jargon

Comprehensive typing course for practicing business typing skills. Dedicated mostly to improve the typing speed of office workers.

Reinforce your excel skills with good keyboard skills.

Words and ngrams

Practice 3000 the most common English words together with ngrams. It is an even more effective typing course for learning how to type faster.

Practice touch typing by writing funny exercises. Improve your typing speed by rewriting funny sentences and quotes. E.g., Murphy's laws, why did the chicken cross the road.

EcmaScript 6 examples. Javascript programming typing practice dedicated to frontend developers to improve their coding speed.

Practice typing HTML structures. Focus on markup specific characters and char connections.

CSS 3 examples. Cascading style sheets exercises for improving CSS specific syntax.

Multiple keyboard layouts

With The Typing Cat you can learn following keyboard layouts:

Qwerty is the most common widespread modern-day keyboard layout. It was designed based on a layout created for the Sholes and Glidden typewriter in 1873.

Dvorak was created in 1930 and patented in 1936 by Dr. August Dvorak. It proponents claim this layout uses less finger motion, increases typing rate and reduces errors compared to Qwerty.

Colemak is a keyboard layout created for touch typing in English. It is designed to be a practical alternative to the Qwerty and Dvorak keyboard layouts. It was released on 01-Jan-2006 and boasted impressive metrics in terms of finger travel, hand alternation, and same finger frequency. Colemak is the 3rd most popular keyboard layout for touch typing in English, after QWERTY and Dvorak.

Workman is a keyboard layout optimized for horizontal and vertical finger stretching. It accounts for wrist movement to the middle columns and the reaching and folding preferences of each finger. Workman was created and released by OJ Bucao on Labor Day in honor of all who type on keyboards for a living. See more on www.workmanlayout.com .

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13 Best Free Typing Lessons for Kids and Adults

The top free keyboarding lessons online

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These free typing lessons will teach you how to type and improve your speed and accuracy. They're geared toward every age group and situation, and all have different features that make them great and unique.

After you've built up some skills with these lessons, try out some free typing games for practice. Then you'll be ready for free WPM tests to evaluate your speed.

Track Your Progress: Typing.com

Track progress with points and achievements.

Registration isn't required.

Good for beginners.

Advanced users won't improve their skills much.

Typing.com has free typing lessons for beginner, intermediate, and advanced typists. It's geared towards middle school kids all the way up to adults. You can jump to any practice level that you want, at any time.

During each lesson, there's nothing else to distract you from your typing except for a virtual keyboard showing where the letters are and which fingers to use. When done, you get to see your speed, accuracy, and the time it took you to finish, and you don't even need to lift your hands off the keyboard to move on to the next lesson; just press Enter .

Free registration isn't required, but with it, you can track your progress and earn awards.

There's a Teacher's portal available for educators to manage and track the progress of their students as they complete lessons.

Hundreds of Lessons: TypingClub

Over 600 lessons.

Take placement tests or learn in order.

Customize the theme and other settings.

Tools for teachers to design lessons.

Free version has ads.

Can't skip intro videos.

There are hundreds of typing lessons at TypingClub, where you'll learn the alphabet keys, shift key, numbers, and symbols. There are also lessons that focus especially on speed. You can jump to any of them whenever you like, or you can take placement tests to prove your skills.

While you go through these, you'll be able to view your speed and accuracy. If you sign up for a free account, you can keep track of your progress, record your highest WPM of all time, and review some other stats.

Teachers can monitor their students' progress, customize the lessons, and even manage multiple classes.

There's a paid edition that has additional features and no ads.

Improve on Difficult Keys: TypingTest.com

Highlights keys you struggle with.

Includes a course, tests, and games.

Lots of ads.

TypingTest.com has typing tests and courses, so it's perfect for experienced and new typists. However, the main feature I want to call out is called Tricky Keys.

I struggle with certain letters, like X, that I don't have to type often. With this website, I can choose that letter, or any letter, to practice relevant words.

If you're not sure what your tricky keys are, there's a short typing test you can take. When you're finished, you're told which keys you need more help with, and it's then easy to start practicing them right here on this website.

Generate Your Own Lessons: Keybr

Lots of customizable settings.

Supports several keyboard layouts.

Lets you skip learning really short words.

Add your own words to the lessons.

The website has ads.

It's too much if you're not interested in customizations.

This is the website for typing lessons if you want total control over what you're typing and how you learn.

For example, you can set a target WPM, set up more letters to unlock as you progress through lessons, include uppercase letters and punctuation, and set the total time you want to spend learning to type every day.

I also love that I can toggle off certain typing options that I can't normally control in a typing lesson. The settings include a toggle to stop the cursor on errors and another to forgive errors; you can change these at any time. Even the whitespace, cursor shape, cursor movement, and sounds can be adjusted.

This is truly the perfect website for customizing how you learn to type. It's also ideal if you like a little competition; all the fastest typists compete for high scores. There's also a racing game that tests your typing skills.

Learn in Order: Ratatype

Several typing tips.

15 typing lessons.

Clean and modern design.

Has a game mode.

Requires a free user account.

Can't skip ahead to advanced lessons.

There are over a dozen free typing lessons at Ratatype, and before starting them, you're given several tips for how to sit at your computer, which is something most of these sites pass over.

Something unique about this keyboarding lesson website is that if you make too many mistakes during a lesson, you're forced to start over. Once you make a reasonable amount of typos, or none at all, you can move forward with more lessons.

You get to see your typo count and WPM while you're typing, and even compete with others in a high score list.

Set Your Own Goals: Speed Typing Online

Set custom goals.

Games are simple and clear.

Create custom lessons using any letters.

Two display options.

More for beginners than advanced users.

Must register to save or access lessons.

Speed Typing Online has 17 classic lessons that include learning all the letters on the keyboard and then testing your skills through reviews. Then you can move on to the advanced lessons, where you start stringing those letters together to make words. 

There are sets of lessons for just the top row, home row, and bottom row, or you can type using the whole keyboard. Every result you see on these typing lessons can be shared via a special URL so that you can show off your score.

Something else I like is that the length of each lesson can be changed. I like to do the short lessons when I have little time but still want to practice, but there are other lengths, including extra long .

If you register (it's free) you'll be able to keep track of your progress and set custom goals. You'll also get access to free typing tests and games. 

Lessons for Kids: Dance Mat Typing

Introduction is good for beginners.

Fun learning tool for young children.

No need to register.

Voiceover accents may be difficult for some to understand.

Not as useful for adults or intermediate to advanced users.

Dance Mat Typing uses wacky animal characters and colorful games to make their free typing lessons fun for elementary-aged children.

You're taken through four levels, each with three different stages. This helps break the lessons into small, manageable chunks so that learning to type isn't so overwhelming.

No registration or login is required, so you can start right away.

Enter Your Own Text: Sense-Lang.org

Training on a variety of keyboard styles.

Tools to create online lessons.

Choose from two display modes.

You can set the lesson's length (in letters).

Lessons are short; moderately skilled typists will exhaust them quickly.

Displays distracting ads.

Sense-Lang.org has 16 free typing lessons, along with a feature that allows you to use your own text to practice.

Each lesson features an animated keyboard, making it easy to get a visual on how you should be typing and what you need to do to make fewer mistakes. You also get real-time typing stats for your WPM, time, and accuracy during the lessons.

Teachers can create online classes, assign lessons, and get updates on the progress of their students. They're available in several languages and for international keyboards as well.

Perfect for Adults Learning to Type: GCFGlobal

Animated videos are simple and helpful.

Site is clean and easy to use.

Can't fast forward or rewind videos.

Not designed for young children.

GCFGlobal has free typing lessons that are geared towards adults with no or little typing skills. For each lesson, you have the option of learning the keys or jumping right into practicing them.

It's a great program to start out on, but since they don't give you an update on how fast or accurate you're typing, we suggest moving on to another site after you get the basic skills down.

Start From Scratch: Turtle Diary

Registration isn't necessary.

Lots of lessons.

Ideal for any skill level.

Several website ads.

Typing is naturally interrupted because you can't fix your mistakes.

This is another website that lets you learn how to type in order, from the very beginning. To give you an idea of what that means: the very first task in the first lesson has you type the letters j and f over and over.

The good thing is that this isn't just geared toward kids or adults new to typing. There are 51 total typing lessons here, categorized as beginner, intermediate, and advanced lessons. If you go in order, you'll type a couple letters only and then move on to uppercase letters and symbols, short paragraphs, and finally a combination of everything.

Like most of these sites, during each typing lesson, you can monitor your typing speed, accuracy, and time. The hands you see over the keyboard can be toggled on and off easily at any time.

There are also multiplayer typing games that help you put into use what you've learned.

Lessons for Non-English Keyboards: Touch Typing Study

Extremely large number of keyboard languages offered.

Real-time WPM speed rating.

Dated and busy user interface.

No video or audio instruction; text instructions have minimal visual aids.

Touch Typing Study has 15 free typing lessons available in many languages and keyboard layouts, plus some games and speed tests.

Each lesson is broken down into topics so that you can easily see what's coming next or skip to another section if you feel confident in your skills.

While you're typing, you'll be able to view your errors, speed, and time spent on the lesson.

Easy on the Eyes: Big Brown Bear

Displays a single scrolling sentence instead of paragraphs.

Move to the next level when you meet goals.

No registration necessary.

Includes guides and stats that you can toggle off.

Progress halts until you press the correct key.

Big Brown Bear has over a dozen free typing lessons that take you through the process of learning all the keys on the keyboard. Just pick which letter to be reviewed on to get started

Something we like about this website is how the words come across the screen. Instead of seeing them as a paragraph like you normally would when reading, the words are on a single line, and they pass through the center of the screen so that you don't have to move your eyes.

However, with these lessons, you must correct your mistakes before you can continue typing, which may or may not be something you want.

During each lesson, you're able to view your speed, accuracy, and time.

Gradual Progress With Unique Settings: TypingAcademy

Useful settings you can customize.

Pauses automatically if you click away.

Only two lanuages to choose from.

Some lessons require a user account.

Lots of popups to test your typing speed.

TypingAcademy is a slick website that's useful for typing lessons because it can highlight the key you should focus on. There are several lessons: first-step lessons, warm-up lessons, and others in categories called Learn, Word, Finger, Hand, Practical, and Bonus.

We also like the keyboard settings you can edit, such as whether to use capital letters, how to handle mistakes, and toggles for animations, sound, live stats, and auto-pausing.

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  • Animated coaches are available to guide your every step.
  • Rhythmic auditory feedback during lessons helps to speed up the learning process.
  • A unique hand function approach teaches typing based on the way our hands work. Specialized activities train each finger individually.
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Free Online Typing Tutor

How to learn to type:, no looking at your keyboard.

This is important - don't do it!

Touch typing is a skill that uses muscle memory to know where the keys are without the sense of sight. You can't learn to swim without getting wet; likewise, you can't learn to touch type by looking down at the keyboard. It might be hard at first but hang in there, and in no time it will become so natural you'll forget the keyboard is even there!

Technique and Accuracy First

Concentrate on correct form (using the right fingering, etc.) and accuracy above all else.

Typing Tutor Features

Multiple lesson formats.

Two different typing lesson formats give you more options to choose how you like to learn:

- Classic Lessons

There is a reason why these repetitive lessons are so common: they work really well for those just starting to learn touch-typing.

For those just starting to learn touch-typing try these - they work!

- Advanced Lessons

These lessons are for those who might already have a basic understanding of the keyboard and need a quicker refresher or maybe learn some of the rarer keys better.

Advanced lessons are designed to move quicker through learning the keys while also introducing words instead of random letters.

Try both types of lessons to find the one you like best. Or, for best results, complete both sets!

Multiple Lesson Lengths

The lesson length dropdown (under the method tabs in the left sidebar) allows you to customize the length of each lesson.

Set target speed and accuracy

Now you have the ability to set typing goals for your typing lessons! Simply set the typing speed and accuracy you would like to achieve and the typing tutor will track your progress, letting you know which lessons you have completed and which ones you should repeat to achieve your goals.

As you improve and increase your target speed and accuracy, the tutor will automatically suggest lessons you should work on next!

Custom Lessons

Sometimes there are just a few keys you can't seem to remember. Simply enter the characters you wish to practice more in the left toolbar and click "Go!" to create a custom lesson for these keys, generated into random "words."

Restart Typing Lesson Hotkey

Keep your hands on the keyboard - use keyboard shortcut "Shift-Return" to restart the typing lesson to help you concentrate and keep your hands in the home position where they belong.

Practice Frequently!

This free online typing tutor was designed to help you learn to type as fast and easy as possible. Try a few lessons a day and you'll start to notice your fingers naturally move to the right keys. Even if it seems at times that you are making no improvement, keep on working at it and you will learn to type without looking! Remember to take breaks often though - its good for the body and for the learning!

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Improve your skills with more than 300 training activities, including predefined and custom exercises, practice texts and assessments.

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Benefit from a personalized program as the intelligent algorithm recommends activities that focus on the keys most challenging for you.

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Collect up to 90 badges by completing all the challenges featured in the app. What’s more, the virtual coaches will give you the encouragement you need to keep training until you earn your certificate of achievement.

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Touch Typing Lessons

As you begin these typing lessons, remember to focus on accuracy. Aim for 100% accuracy and speed will come with practice. Touch typing is all about developing muscle memory through the consistent repetition of your finger movements. With practice, the movements will become natural and you will find yourself typing faster and with less effort.

Typing Lesson 1: The Home Row

The first principle of touch typing is to always return your fingers to the home row when you are not typing. The home row will be the reference point from which you will learn the positions of all the other keys. Most keyboards have small bumps on the f and j keys to help you find the home row without looking at the keys.

The Home Row Keys

The Right Hand

The home row keys for the right hand are: j k l ;

Right Hand Home Position

Position your right hand so that your index finger is placed on j , your middle finger is on k , your ring finger is on l and your pinky is on ; (the semicolon key). Let your right thumb rest comfortably on the spacebar at the bottom of the keyboard.

Your hand should be raised above the keyboard with your fingers curving down to point directly on the keys. This will make it easier for you to move your fingers without moving your hands. Take a moment to properly position your right hand before continuing. It is very important to develop good habits early in your typing practice.

Our first touch typing lesson introduces 2 home row keys for the right hand: j k

Now let's learn the other two keys: l ;

Great, let's put all four keys together: j k l ;

The Left Hand

The home row keys for the left hand are: f d s a

Left Hand Home Position

Position your left hand so that your index finger is on f , your middle finger is on d , your ring finger is on s and your pinky is on a . Your thumb can rest on the spacebar.

Check that your left hand is raised and your fingers are curved and pointed down at the keys.

We will begin with the first 2 left hand keys: f d

Now for the final 2 left hand keys: s a

And all four left hand keys together: f d s a

The following typing exercise combines all the keys we have learned so far: j k l ; f d s a

The keys we have covered so far can all be typed without moving your fingers from the home row position. Now it is time to learn how to move your fingers off the home row to reach the h and g keys. To reach these new keys, you will need to move your index fingers to the sides. Practice extending your right index finger to the left to hit the h key. Then try reaching to the right with your left index finger for the g key. Afterwards, always remember to return your fingers to the home keys.

Now all four index finger keys: j f h g

All Together

Congratulations! You have learned to type the home row and covered more than a third of the alphabet! Let's put everything together to solidify your new typing skills.

Feel free to repeat any of the exercises in this typing lesson. When you can complete them with nearly 100% accuracy you are ready to move on to the next lesson!

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Best typing tutor software of 2024

Learn to touch type at speed with the best typing tutor software

Best for adaptive learning

Best for offline use, best for competitive groups, best for students.

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The best typing tutor software makes it simple and easy to learn how to type more effectively and efficiently using a computer keyboard.

1. Best free 2. Best for adaptive learning 3. Best for offline use 4. Best for competitive groups 5. Best for students 6. FAQs 7. How we test

Being able to type quickly and accurately is an essential skill that takes practice to learn. You can use typing training software to hasten your progress while also learning techniques that can increase speed and accuracy.

The best typing tutors have accuracy training, ergonomics lessons, and timed exercises to help you improve. Smart goals that adapt to your strengths and weaknesses can help you build muscle memory and iron out flaws in your typing. 

Learning to type can feel like a long and monotonous process, so typing tutor software with fun drills and games help you to stay motivated. Software that tracks your progress, speed, and accuracy can show you just how far you’ve come in your training.

In this article, we go over the best typing tutor software currently available, so you can supercharge your typing speed. We've looked at everything including cost, tracking and progress tools, and accompanying apps to make a considered pick of the best typing tutor software on the market right now.

We've also featured the best free office software .

The best typing tutor software of 2024 in full:

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1. Typing.com

Reasons to buy, reasons to avoid.

Typing.com is a free typing tutor with typing lessons for beginner, intermediate, and expert typists. When you’re in a lesson, there’s nothing to distract you. You can focus on the virtual keyboard that shows you the letters that you need to press and the fingers you should use. Besides the usual typing drills, you’ll find lessons on tech readiness and career preparation. Another lesson plan trains you to touch-type programming code.

Typing.com keeps track of your problem keys and suggests lessons to help you improve. It offers six different typing tests that let you gauge your speed and accuracy. The results of your last 30 tests are stored, so you can see how you’ve improved. More motivation comes from the 249 achievements and badges that you can earn on your typing journey.

You can reinforce what you’ve learned with Typing.com through a wide range of typing practice exercises, including a choose-your-own-adventure typing game where the story changes based on your decisions. Other games such as Keyboard Jump and Tommy Q: Zombie Defender also make the training more fun.

Typing.com may be free, but it rivals the best paid typing tutor software in features and usability. If you find the ads distracting, a one-off payment removes them.

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Typesy is one of the most recognized typing tutors available today with software versions for individuals, homeschooling, businesses, and schools. There’s no trial version, but all versions have a 12-month money-back guarantee.

Typesy is cloud-based, so you can access it from any computer, and it will synchronize your results across all devices.

Unusually, the software doesn’t come with any preset goals, so you must set up your own. Once you’ve been typing for a while in Typesy, its Smart Goals point out where you need to improve. Progress tracking is excellent, with a wealth of statistics available at all times in an easy-to-understand visual format.

It uses over 500 scientifically-proven exercises, lessons, drills, and games to improve your typing. Video instructors offer accompanying information before each lesson. You can import your own content from files, eBooks, Wikipedia, or other web content. Lessons can be downloaded from other sources.

Typsey’s games, like Typing Monster, are particularly good for keeping younger students engaged. Overall, Typesy is the most fully-featured and intuitive typing tutor available today.

3. KeyBlaze

KeyBlaze is a budget-friendly typing tutor for Windows or Mac. There is a limited-feature free version, personal version, and commercial version. The commercial version is also available on a subscription plan.

There are over 150 activities to hone your skills, including special lessons for practicing transcribing and 10-key numeric keyboard typing. Games like Word Blizzard challenge you to type words quickly and accurately. Assessments let you know where you stand, and the software keeps track of your speed, accuracy, and weak areas. You can even create your own custom lessons and set your own word-per-minute goals.

KeyBlaze works well as a teaching tool and being able to see your progress in graphs and scores is motivating, but the interface and graphics lag behind more modern options like Typesy. Since most features aren’t available in the free version, it’s more of a demo, but the paid version is inexpensive.

4. RataType

RataType is a free online typing tutor with 15 typing lessons, each with multiple exercises. Lessons begin by teaching correct posture, finger position, and finger motion. Interestingly, if you make too many typos, then you’re forced to repeat an exercise.

Besides lessons in the QWERTY keyboard setup, RataType supports Dvorak, AZERTY, Spanish, French, Russian, and Ukrainian layouts. It has a typing test that you can take at any time that shows your speed and accuracy. A printable bronze, silver, or gold certificate is generated, and employers can verify your score at a unique URL.

This typing tutor software is aimed at groups of friends or classrooms, as you can view reports on high scores and compete against each other. It’s an excellent free typing tutor, but it lacks the custom exercises and problem-area highlighting of commercial software.

5. TypingClub

TypingClub is a gamified typing tutor with a friendly user interface. You’ll find yourself constantly pushing to earn badges and higher game scores while progressively learning new skills.

The ad-free Premium edition has a three-day free trial and adds more game modes, themes, and reports.

The primary lesson plan has over 670 lessons that build upon each other. You can take a placement test that lets you skip some of the earlier levels if you’re already an intermediate typist. There are lesson plans in nine languages, lesson plans for left-hand and right-hand typing, and specific plans for K1, first-grade, and third-grade students.

A statistics page shows how your speed and accuracy have improved over time in a range of charts, graphs, and calendars. Usefully, color-coded diagrams show how you perform with each keyboard key and finger.

TypingClub is a fun, user-friendly typing tutor that does an excellent job of keeping you motivated and interested while you improve your typing speed and accuracy. 

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Best typing tutor software FAQs

How to choose the best typing tutor software for you.

If you’re on the hunt for the best typing tutor software, then it would seem you need to improve your typing skills. Whether it’s for a new job or just to improve some key life skills, the first thing to consider when deciding on the best software for you is exactly what area you need to improve in. 

Is it accuracy that you could do with boosting? Do you need to be able to type quicker and have a set speed in mind? Or are you simply wanting an all-around improvement? Knowing exactly how you want to benefit from your software will help you narrow down your choice. 

Secondly, having an idea as to how you prefer to learn will also help. Are you easily bored and would prefer a ‘gamified’ learning experience? Or are you happy to slog it out with straight-laced exercises that make you feel as though you’re taking things on board? 

Lastly, have an idea of what you’re prepared to spend. The software listed here ranges from entirely free services to those that charge monthly or annual fees, so there should be something here that fits your budget.

How we test the best typing tutor software

To ensure we pick out only the best typing tutor software on the market today, we've road-tested a variety of features and functions, and delved into the detail when it comes to user experience, the breadth of learning, and cost.

We've noted the depth of coverage for each software, stating whether they are better suited solely to beginners or whether there is also enough to improve intermediate or even expert typists. 

Not only have we noted the breadth of exercises and tasks, but also any features that allow you to track your progress and improvement over time. We've also taken account of any software that provides additional features like video tutorials and games. Offline and cloud capabilities have also been analysed. Finally, where software costs a fee, we've also noted if free trial periods or money-back guarantees are offered.

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Typing Training - Practice Free Typing Lessons with Online Tutor

The free typing lessons supply the complete "How to type" package. Animated keyboard layout and the typing tutor graphic hands are used to correct mis-typing by showing the right way to type for your learning and practice experience. Lessons' difficulty gradually raises as it starts from only 2 characters and ends with the entire keyboard. When the lesson ends, you can learn a lot from the practice trends: WPM, accuracy and errors distribution.

Tips for success:

  • When you practice typing - don't look at the keyboard - not even a quick peek! Look only at the screen.
  • The basic position can be easily found without looking at the keyboard - feel the bumps on 'F' and 'J'.
  • At first typing tutorials , practiced letters won't spell out words. As you get to know the keys, "real" words and sentences will be used. That is the only way to learn typing correctly.
  • Remember to type test your speed periodically. With our typing test you can check for both speed and accuracy progress. The number of words per minute indicates your typing level. If you are still unsatisfied with the results - go back to the typing tutors and keep practicing!

Myanmar Keyboard & Translator 4+

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The "Myanmar Keyboard and Translator" is a versatile and user-friendly mobile application designed to enhance the typing and translation experience for users who communicate in the Myanmar language. Myanmar Keyboard and Translator app offers a comprehensive set of features tailored to meet the specific needs of Myanmar-speaking individuals, making it an indispensable tool for both native speakers and learners of the language. Key Features: Typing in Myanmar: Myanmar Keyboard and Translator app provides a dedicated Myanmar keyboard that allows users to effortlessly type in the Myanmar script. It includes all the characters and symbols needed for accurate and efficient Myanmar text input. The app predictive text features help users type with greater accuracy and speed, reducing typing errors. Multiple Input Methods: Users can choose from various input methods, including QWERTY and traditional Myanmar keyboards, ensuring that they can type comfortably according to their preferences. Translator: Break language barriers with our built-in translator. Translate Myanmar text into multiple languages instantly. Perfect for travellers, students, and anyone who wants to bridge the language gap effortlessly. It’s Free: Enjoy all these incredible features without spending a penny. No hidden costs or subscriptions - it's all free! Predefined Colorful Themes for Keyboard: Express your style with our colorful keyboard themes. Choose from a variety of vibrant designs to personalise your typing experience. Previous Translated History: Discover your translation journey with Previous Translated History! Easily access and review your past translations in one place. Stay organised and never lose track of your language adventures again Set Image in Background of Keyboard : Elevate your typing experience with Image Backgrounds for your keyboard! Customise your Myanmar keyboard with your favourite photos and designs. Stand out in style while typing effortlessly KeyPress Vibrate and KeyPress Sound: Enhance your typing experience with tactile feedback and satisfying keypress sounds. Adjust the settings to match your preference. Keyboard Extension: Myanmar Keyboard and Translator app take Myanmar typing to the next level with our keyboard extension. Access it from within any app, making it convenient to chat, browse, or send emails in Myanmar. Why Choose Our Myanmar Keyboard and Translator: • Efficiency: Save time and effort with our intuitive Myanmar keyboard. • Accuracy: Trust in precise translations for both text and voice. • Versatility: Communicate effectively in Myanmar, whether for work or leisure. Learning Support: Enhance your Myanmar language skills while using the app. Whether you're chatting with friends, translating important documents, or simply personalising your device, our Myanmar Keyboard and Translator app has got you covered. Download it now and experience the convenience and joy of typing in Myanmar like never before! Download now for FREE and unlock the power of Myanmar on your iOS device!

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