Hi ILE! Can you recommend a typing program for me?

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I need to speed up quick! for a job, can anyone recommend a program that is fun and downloadable?

― Nellie (nellskies), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 05:48 (twenty-one years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0001GU7JC.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

(i just wanted to post this image sorry)

― Community Cornerstone (deangulberry), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 05:52 (twenty-one years ago)

Mavis Beacon, like Betty Crocker, is not a real person!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 05:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, it sounds better than "Jive Talkin' Computer Program Teaches Typing"

― Community Cornerstone (deangulberry), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 05:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I kid. I'm sure Mavis is a very nice, computer generated teacher.

― Community Cornerstone (deangulberry), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 06:00 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/typing/2/mario2/score.jpg

"Italian Plumber Stereotype Teaches Typing!"

― Community Cornerstone (deangulberry), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 06:02 (twenty-one years ago)

some links

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 07:26 (twenty-one years ago)

ie never used any of these. I learnt at school. So I recommend Miss Booth, she was a bit of a witch though and was a stickler for the old fashioned typewriters instead of Amstrads.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 07:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I used to use one called Typing Tutor 6.0 - I don't know if it still exists though - the best thing about this one was that you could import any text file into it to practise typing - and it would tell you off for mistakes and give you lots of stats etc. This was cool because I would import ebooks and stuff that I really wanted to read and so I'd be reading cool stuff and improving my typing all at once! This is after I'd learnt all the basic positions and stuff.

Actually, I lie about the ebooks. The only stuff I ever imported was Buffy and Angel slash.

― miele kitty (miele), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Oops, I said stuff four times. That's excessive. Sorry.

― miele kitty (miele), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 09:10 (twenty-one years ago)

there's one really old one called fingers for windows that was really good. also, fingers is a funny word.

― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 09:13 (twenty-one years ago)

I rather pointlessly typed in a listing from 'INPUT' magazine on my speccy, have you ever tried touch typing on a spectrum keyboard?

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 09:25 (twenty-one years ago)

bah! I meant to say a listing of a typing tutor program.

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 09:26 (twenty-one years ago)

My favourite has to be Typing of the Dead.
Learn to type while killing zombies!

― Greig (treefell), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 09:31 (twenty-one years ago)

The library where I work uses Mavis Beacon. I've never looked at it.

― RS (Catalino) LaRue (RSLaRue), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 09:56 (twenty-one years ago)

cool, thanks guys loads to go on. I'm def intruiged by zombies even though I found Shaun Of The Dead quite disappointing.

― Nellie (nellskies), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 11:28 (twenty-one years ago)

argh Intrigued(!)I even typed it into Word to see if I had it spelt right and the squiggly little red line didn't come up for ages.
that word always looks wrong

― Nellie (nellskies), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 11:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't remember the name of the program I used, but had I been able to use it for a little longer it would've been able to keep me from peck typing (which I do at about 50-70 words a minute, depending on my train of thought).

― Ian Riese-Moraine betta run and grab your clock! (Eastern Mantra), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 12:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Mavis Beacon isn't real? (sniffles and hugs pillow)

― Hurting (Hurting), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 22:02 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/screenshots_library/dir_9/vortal_pic_4564.jpg

Yeah, Typing of the Dead rulez.

― Jordan (Jordan), Tuesday, 31 May 2005 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

link to d/l?

― Nellie (nellskies), Wednesday, 1 June 2005 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

my bf purchased a spongebob squarepants typing program, although i have yet to see him use it!

― kelsey (kelstarry), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/typing/2/mario2/score.jpg
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― nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, 2 June 2005 19:49 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

ayo

― fantastic mr. forks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 30 November 2009 04:08 (sixteen years ago)

I learned how to type from a program in middle school that had cute little ghosts and stuff.

But yeah, I mean, Typing of the Dead for the Dreamcast obviously.

― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Monday, 30 November 2009 07:04 (sixteen years ago)

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