Options

Visual

Provided themes 

• Original Lavender (default)
• Classic Dark
• Eco Green
• Rebel Red
• Khadi Natural
• Retro Gray
• Fluid Blue

Theme will be applied once Save button is clicked.

Logo will be applied once you re-start the application.

Training

This is the typing course contains all the lessons, practices and trainings required for your learning.

Select your keyboard that is relevant to the selected course. Make sure you are using the same language physical keyboard.

Selected keyboard language and course language must be same.

Application Language

Selection application language if you are non-English user. This changes language of all labels of your application.

Application language doesn't change your course language, course language depends on selected course and keyboard.

System

Select your relevant voice. This is for typing instructions and speech (Windows OS setting).

Select input language that is relevant to the selected keyboard (Windows OS setting).

Sound

Beeps on typing error, alerts you on typo.

Audio

• 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.

Visual

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

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.

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

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

Presentation

Presents only textual lesson, gives no automatic lesson audio. (audio can be started manually )

Shows lesson with audio, use thsi if you want audio lesson along with text lesson. 

Shows animated agent, agent audio starts automatically, this is similar to text and audio option.

Typing

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

• On Complete: moves to next chapter on completion of typing
• On Space Key: moves to next chapter pressing space-bar after completion
• On Return Key: moves to next chapter pressing return/enter key after completion

Shows back-key on error. using back-key on typo is natural, use this option if you want learn natural typing

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

Sound

Beeps on typing error, alerts you on typo.

Audio

• 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.

Visual

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

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

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

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

Typing

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

Sets number of times you want to practice before moving to next chapter.

• On Complete: moves to next chapter on completion of typing
• On Space Key: moves to next chapter pressing space-bar after completion
• On Return Key: moves to next chapter pressing return/enter key after completion

Shows back-key on error. using back-key on typo is natural, use this option if you want learn natural typing

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

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

Sets  minimum typing speed required to move next chapter (repeats the same chapter if the speed the less than selected speed)

Sets minimum typing accuracy required to move next chapter (repeats the same chapter if the accuracy the less than selected accuracy)

Allows you to add or load custom lesson text.

Sound

Beeps on typing error, alerts you on typo.

Audio

Tells next letter to be typed. this prompt will help you to build muscle memory.

Typing

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

Sets number of times you want to practice before moving to next chapter.

• On Complete: moves to next chapter on completion of typing
• On Space Key: moves to next chapter pressing space-bar after completion
• On Return Key: moves to next chapter pressing return/enter key after completion

Shows back-key on error. using back-key on typo is natural, use this option if you want learn natural typing

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

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

Sets  minimum typing speed required to move next chapter (repeats the same chapter if the speed the less than selected speed)

Sets minimum typing accuracy required to move next chapter (repeats the same chapter if the accuracy the less than selected accuracy)

Allows you to add or load custom lesson text.

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.

Typing

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

Typing Games

Sets font-size for the games, change the font size if the default one is not suitable.

Sound

Beeps on typing error, alerts you on typo.

Audio

• 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

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

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

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

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

Typing

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

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

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

Sound

Beeps on typing error, alerts you on typo.

Audio

• Say Character to be Typed tells next letter to be typed. this prompt will help you to build muscle memory.

Typing

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

Sets number of times you want to practice before moving to next chapter.

• On Complete: moves to next chapter on completion of typing
• On Space Key: moves to next chapter pressing space-bar after completion
• On Return Key: moves to next chapter pressing return/enter key after completion

Sets  minimum typing speed required to move next chapter (repeats the same chapter if the speed the less than selected speed)

Sets minimum typing accuracy required to move next chapter (repeats the same chapter if the accuracy the less than selected accuracy)

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

Allows you to add or load custom lesson text.

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

check for error beep

Audio

• 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.

Typing

check for to show back key on error. (this is not required if you check below "Stay on error"

check for stay on typo/error. cursor stays on typo moves only when you type correctly.

Speed Checker

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

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.

• Space: moves to next word when space key pressed
• Return: moves to next word when return/enter key pressed

Other

Adds elecctric typewriter funclition like return/enter key (allows you to use return key, arrow key, type-over and typeface change, we recommend you not to turn this on to get real retro typewriter experience).

Sets fontsize of Virtual Typing window

Shows welcome window when application is launched. (we strongly recommend you to turn this on, we may add new features this window in future)

Sound

check for buttons focus (mouse entry) sound.

Designer

check for exam designer button visible on main window

check for course designer button visible on main window

check for keyboard designer button visible on main window

User Management

click + add user button to add new user

Only windows local administrator can delete the user and user measure. Log on as administrator to delete the user or user measures.

click delete user measures to delete the selected user measures.

Log

Click on view log button at the top

System automatically deletes and manages old logs, you do not need to delete logs your self.

Send us only when you see some errors in the log and that will help us to fix the issues.

Clears un-used memory (usually you do not need to clear memory, system clears automatically)

Factory Reset

Clears all the settings and resets the application to original state. Mouse down on Factory reset radio button at least for 10 seconds NOTE: Factory reset will erase all your settings and defaults to the original settings

Shortcuts

Sets shortcut keys; change keyboard shortcut key if the default one are not suitable for you.