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Kids Typing

Kids typing designed for kids to learn keyboard with fun.

Click kids typing button or menu (or press short cut key) on main window.


Typically, it provides lessons like letters, numbers, colours and words.

Select lesson from lesson dropdown e.g. lowercase letters, numbers, colors, words, capital letters

It moves to next chapter once the typing of letter or word is completed, additionally you can navigate chapter with prev and next button

 

Click on options button and go to kids typing tab


Options:


Sound

Typing sound Key-press sound helps you to type in a rhythm; we recommend you to key-press sound on, this will encourage you to type faster.
Error sound

Beeps on typing error, alerts you on typo.

Audio

Audio help
  • No Audio help Gives no audio prompt for next key; check this if you prefer no audio help.
  • Say Character to be Typed tells next letter to be typed. this prompt will help you to build muscle memory.
  • Speak Type Instruction tells you typing instruction including what key needs to be pressed with what finger. This prompt will help you to build muscle memory faster.
  • Say Word to be Typed tells the word to be typed.

Visual

Show key highlight

Highlights the key to be pressed on virtual keyboard,  it is important to keep this on in initial learning.

Show hand preview

Shows left and right side hands preview and points finger to be used (this will be helpfull if you turn-off finger preview)
Show fingers preview

Shows finger positions on virtual keyboard. shows which finger to be struck and which key. this will help you not see the keyboard. Not looking at keyboard is important part of touch typing. 

Default Normal finger preview

Cartoon Cartoon style finger preview

Skeleton Shows finger skeleton view

X Ray Shows fingers X Ray view

Robot Shows robot hand style finger preview

Outline Shows finger outline preview

None No finger preview -- select this option if you do not want any finger preview.

Keyboard colors

Shows color coded keys on the virtual keyboard, this helps some people to build muscle memory faster.
Show Finger colors

Shows color coded border on virtual fingers (finger color matches with color coded keys)

Typing

Typeover Mode

Allows you to type on the lesson without having separate typing textbox. this is not natural way of typing but you can use this feature if you prefer to type on top of lesson text
Stay on error

Stays on typo/error; cursor stays on typo moves only when you type correctly.

Show measures while typing

Shows real-time measures (WPM, KPM and accuracy)  while typing

 

see also:
training