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Typing Practice

Typing Practice module is the main part of typing tutor, here you can learn, practice, improve your typing skills.

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

 

 

Top textbox displays the practice text and bottom textbox is for typing text. (You can select Typeover option to have only one textbox and type over the practice text)

Based on your settings, it provides you visual and audio instructions.

 

Make sure audio devises are on and volume is appropriate.

 

Based on your setting it displays measures (wpm, kpm and accuracy) while typing or after finishing the chapter.

Based on your settings it moves to next chapter after completing the typing or complete + space bar or complete + enter(return) key.  you can also use prev and next buttons to navigate chapters.

 

  You can also select additional practice lessons from lessons dropdown.

 

Once you finish your typing practice, you can close the typing practice window and go to typing tests to practice real  life texts.


Click on options button and go to typing practice tab




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.

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.
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
Repeat number of times

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

Move 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
Show back-key on error

Shows back-key on error. using back-key on typo is natural, use this option if you want learn natural typing
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
Minimum speed to go next chapter

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

Minimum accuracy to go next chapter

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

Allow edit text

Allows you to add or load custom lesson text.

   

 

see also:
training