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It is web based and highly effective. TypingClub is (and will always be) free for both individuals and schools. There is an optional paid school edition. TypingClub is a product family of edclub.

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Keep practicing each lesson until you get all five stars. It really doesn't take much to learn, a few minutes a day for one to two weeks and you will be a pro!

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You do not need to create an account. However, as you go through the lessons, you can create an optional profile in order to save your progress.

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All the reasons to start learning how to type right now.

It's a game. An engaging and interactive experience while you are learning how to type.

Proper hand posture guide. Will show you the correct hand posture on every key as you type.

Levels, Badges and Stars. All the reasons to keep you going, and build your muscle memory.

Accessibility. TypingClub is the most accessible typing program available.

Interactive experience. A full range of experiences from games, videos and different typing challenges makes learning fun.

Voice over. Once you turn it on, every word is read out loud as you are typing each word.

Typing Playback. You can view your past performances and even play them back.

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Typing lesson plan for a standard Dvorak keyboard from beginner to advanced. Includes games, videos and other interactive lessons. Learn more.

Typing for Kids

Jungle Junior is a specialized lesson plan created with young learners in mind. Learn more.

Left Hand & Right Hand

Typing lesson plan for learning how to type with the right and left hand on a QWERTY keyboard.

Animated Story Typing Series

Lauren is nervous before her big flight test. Join her and her helpful friend on a journey to find the confidence she needs to go solo. Learn more.

Ava & the Rabbit

Travel with Ava on a magical adventure as she explores her mysterious friend's world, and learns more about her own in the process. Learn more.

Perfect Match

Join Alex on an out-of-this world journey as he helps his mysterious new friend get back home. Learn more.

Language Series

Students can learn touch typing with hundreds of lessons in Spanish, including games, videos and the entire student experience in Spanish. Learn more.

Students can learn touch typing with hundreds of lessons in French, including games, videos and the entire student experience in French. Learn more.

Students can learn touch typing with hundreds of lessons in German, including games, videos and the entire student experience in German. Learn more.

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Monkeytype is a minimalistic and customizable typing test. It features many test modes, an account system to save your typing speed history, and user-configurable features such as themes, sounds, a smooth caret, and more. Monkeytype attempts to emulate the experience of natural keyboard typing during a typing test, by unobtrusively presenting the text prompts and displaying typed characters in-place, providing straightforward, real-time feedback on typos, speed, and accuracy. Test yourself in various modes, track your progress and improve your speed.

By default, this website uses the most common 200 words in the English language to generate its tests. You can change to an expanded set (1000 most common words) in the options, or change the language entirely.

You can use tab and enter (or just tab if you have quick tab mode enabled) to restart the typing test. Open the command line by pressing ctrl/cmd + shift + p or esc - there you can access all the functionality you need without touching your mouse

wpm - total number of characters in the correctly typed words (including spaces), divided by 5 and normalised to 60 seconds.

raw wpm - calculated just like wpm, but also includes incorrect words.

acc - percentage of correctly pressed keys.

char - correct characters / incorrect characters. Calculated after the test has ended.

consistency - based on the variance of your raw wpm. Closer to 100% is better. Calculated using the coefficient of variation of raw wpm and mapped onto a scale from 0 to 100.

After completing a test you will be able to see your wpm, raw wpm, accuracy, character stats, test length, leaderboards info and test info. (you can hover over some values to get floating point numbers). You can also see a graph of your wpm and raw over the duration of the test. Remember that the wpm line is a global average, while the raw wpm line is a local, momentary value. (meaning if you stop, the value is 0)

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If you want a quick way to test your typing speed, try out our 1-minute free Typing test (available in over 40 languages). You can quickly see how fast you can type and compare your result with your friends.

One huge benefit: The more you use our typing game, the faster you will be able to type as the typing test uses the top 200 words of each language. If you are able to type the most frequent words faster, you will be able to type everything else faster as well!

Typing Competition

Ready to compete against the big guys? Then check out our typing competitions! Every competition is open for 24 hours, during this time you will have the opportunity to reach the first place. The competitions work in the same way as our Typing Test but instead of having a random list of words everytime you reload the test, the words will stay the same for each competition. If you have a friendly typing competition with just your buddies you should try out the "private competition"-option.

Text Practice Mode

The Typing Test is great if you want to practice the most common words of a language, but what if you want to practice more difficult words, punctuations, special characters or just a paragraph from a book?

In this case check out our Text Practice Mode! You can create your own text to practice or pick from a huge list of user generated practice texts. Just select one text from the top-list and you will be garantied to have a fun and challenging experience. Start now and improve your typing skills even further!

Typing Practice

If you want to steadily improve your typing speed or train some specific typing skills you should check out the typing practice page. Improve your typing speed with practicing the Top 1000 words of each language (while unlocking those sweet, sweet stars), or challenge your typing skills with a user-submitted text. The practice mode is currently under development, more features & modes will be added in the near future.

Mobile Typing App

How fast are your thumbs? Our mobile typing app will let you know! No matter if you use your mobile phone or your tablet (iPad, etc.) the mobile test will surely suit your needs, good luck climbing the highscore list

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TypeLift is a free touch typing courseware running directly in your browser. It assists you to practice your keyboard skills efficiently and therefore increase your typing speed immensely.

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Learn the fundamentals on how to practice efficiently and type faster by using all 10 fingers.

Choose from a variety of free typing lessons and practice your typing skills gradually.

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There are many typing tutors out there. Why should I choose TypeLift?

Accessibility

TypeLift is for free and running in your browser without installation. Just open the URL in your browser and get started. You don’t even have to register. As a local user your results will be stored directly in your browser.

Comparability

Taking the Typing test you can figure out your current typing speed, observe your typing practice improvements in the long run and as a registered user, even compare your skills to others!

We have typing lessons for everybody. The first warm ups and finger exercises, learning new keys, and typing words which really matter in your language. In addition as registered user you can create up to 10 custom typing lessons to focus on your individual needs.

Smart and dynamic

The typing lessons of TypeLift are not just static content. Every time you start a typing practice the lessons are assembled dynamically to increase your learning effect and to avoid memorizing frequently practiced exercises. On top of that our smart error analysis repeats frequent mistakes while you practice to make your individual training even more efficient.

Virtual keyboard

TypeLift provides a visual keyboard to help you learn to type in a quick and simple way. Coloured keys show you the right finger-key-combinations and the basic positions. Visual markers show you how to reach every key on your keyboard. So you don’t have to search on your „real“ keyboard anymore from the start. However, advanced users can disable settings on the visual keyboard to improve their personal learning curve.

Of course you won’t learn to type over night – you have to practice! This is why it’s so important that you can measure even your small improvements to stay motivated and keep practicing. Thanks to our statistics you can analyze your performance in every detail, reveal your weak spots and specifically work on them.

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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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Different themes

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Typing Practice

Practice typing.

Practice is the key to developing excellent typing skills. Make it fun by typing great quotes from great books!

Typing Tests

Typing speed tests.

Evaluate your skills and measure your progress by taking a typing test.

How to Type: 5 Tips for Faster Typing

Learn to touch type..

If you don’t know how to touch type, this is where you need to start. Having the ability to type without looking at the keyboard is the most important factor in achieving a fast typing speed. Even if you have memorized many of the keys, unfamiliar keys will slow you down just like speed bumps on the freeway. Taking your eyes off the screen to peek at the keyboard disrupts your focus and costs you time. You want to be able to keep your eyes on the screen and your fingers moving to the correct keys without thinking. Achieving this kind of flow takes practice. The better you can do it, the faster you will be. Read on to learn how.

Aim for accuracy rather than speed.

It does not matter how fast you type if you have to go back and fix all your mistakes. Fixing mistakes takes more time than it does to just slow down and take the time you need to type accurately. Fast typing depends on developing precision muscle memory. Allowing yourself to type incorrectly will actually reinforce your bad habits and common mistakes! Slow your typing pace until you can attain 100% accuracy. If you come across a difficult word, slow down further to type it properly. Develop good habits and speed will be your reward.

Practice typing exercises regularly.

Mastering typing skills takes training and practice. Practice typing on a regular schedule, 10 minutes to an hour per session, depending on your energy and focus level. Practice won’t make perfect if it is half-hearted and full of mistakes, so is important that you practice your typing exercises at a time and place where you can maintain focus and accuracy. Eliminate any potential distractions. If you find yourself making lots of errors, slow down and find a way to regain your focus or call it a day. The goal of practicing is to build muscle memory. Be consistent and mindful in your practice and you will avoid bad habits and mistakes.

Minimize your physical effort.

The less work your fingers do to press the keys the faster you will be able to move them. Most keyboards require only a light touch to register a key stroke, so there is no need to mash the keys down. Type with the minimum force necessary. You will type faster, longer and with greater ease. Typing involves muscles not only in your fingers, but in your hands, arms, back, shoulders, neck and head.

Learn the entire keyboard.

You may have enough experience typing to know most of the common keys - the letters, the space bar, enter, and I’ll bet you know that backspace! But you might be uncomfortable with some of the keys you don’t use as frequently. Do you have to slow down and look at the keyboard to type a number or symbol? If you program or work with spreadsheets you will use the symbol keys frequently. If you are a gamer there are probably CTRL, ALT and function keys that you fumble for in the heat of the battle. In fact, most all programs can be used more productively with effectively use of key combo shortcuts. Hitting these awkward keys and combos accurately allows you to maintain focus on what you are doing, so make sure you include them in your typing practice.

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If you want to learn how to touch type instead of hunt and peck, or if you simply want to improve your typing speed and accuracy, these websites can help you learn to type with lessons, practices, and games.

Learning how to type without looking at the keyboard might seem daunting, but good online typing programs can make quick work of the process and throw in some fun along the way. The best learn-to-type websites ensure lessons are balanced and well-paced, so you only learn a few new keys at a time and won't get overwhelmed. These sites will also offer plenty of ways to practice, review, and test yourself on keys you've learned through basic typing practices or fun typing games. They'll help you gradually improve your accuracy and speed.

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Typing.com (Free) makes it easy to jump in and start learning how to type, with lessons for beginner, intermediate, and advanced typists. The website doesn't require you to have an account to take lessons, but signing up for a free account is recommended, as it allows you to save your progress and track important metrics like your accuracy, speed, and note keys you're struggling with. The site does a terrific job tracking all possible metrics thoroughly and makes it easy for you to review them whenever you want to monitor your progress.

Beginner lessons teach three new keys per lesson, starting on the home row and branching out to other rows before all of the home row is taught. Intermediate lessons teach whole words by row, then move on to capitalization, punctuation, sentences, and paragraphs. Advanced lessons work on teaching letter accuracy and speed while introducing numbers and symbols. The site also offers page and timed tests, fun typing games for all ages, and lets you earn achievements. The cool thing about Typing.com is that it is also a resource for learning about digital literacy and basic coding curriculum, so you'll be a well-rounded online citizen.

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Typing is a skill that kids need to learn as well, and Typing Club (Free) makes it fun and easy---it's great for kids, but can also work for adults. Typing Club is a Google for Education Partner used by over 23 million students, 50,000 schools and school districts, and over 300,000 teachers. The website has a clean modern interface, and because it's all web-based, your child can log in and access their typing lessons from any computer.

Typing Club has tons of lessons and plenty of opportunities for thorough typing practices and reviews, all of which are designed to present an interactive experience for your child as they watch short instructional videos, test their skills with games, and type their way through challenges. As lessons progress, your kid will learn both common and tricky words, punctuation, capitalization, symbols.

Turning on the Voice Over feature reads each word out loud as it is typed to help cement newly taught words, and the Typing Playback feature makes it easy to review past performances. The only downside of Typing Club is that lessons don't vary for different ages, but they are all fun and colorful and teach the content well nevertheless.

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If you want to learn how to type in a language besides English or in a different keyboard layout, like Dvorak, Typing Study (Free) is a great place to do so, as it offers courses for 108 unique languages and keyboard layouts. It's worth noting that when you choose a different language to learn to type in, the language that all of the instructions and website options changes to that language as well. There is also a page on the site that shows you what the keyboard for each keyboard layout and language looks like, which is nice to have as a reference.

Every language and keyboard layout comes with 15 lessons, each with their own topics and drills. There are also speed and accuracy tests, games, and drills for learning how to type on a 10-key numeric keypad, and the site's clean easy-to-use interface makes learning a cinch.

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With Speed Typing Online (Free), you can follow the 17 classic lesson plans or customize your own lessons, goals, and lesson lengths. Speed Typing Online allows you to create your own lessons by telling it which keys you want to learn or improve on, what you want your typing goals to be, and even shorten or lengthen individual lessons to better fit your schedule. It also offers some advanced lessons for mastering individual key rows, capitalization, punctuation, the 10-key numeric keypad, and different keyboard layouts like AZERTY.

As you learn new keys, you can also put your knowledge to the test with Speed Typing Online's fun gaming challenges, with Easy and Moderate to Difficult game options. You'll need to create a free account to save your progress and any goals or lessons you've taken the time to customize.

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If you're one of many adults who didn't have the opportunity to learn touch typing in high school or college, you can learn today with GCFLearnFree (Free). For each of the 31 typing lessons, you can choose either Learn mode or Practice mode. In Learn mode, you'll be guided step-by-step through the varying lessons and levels where you learn about core letter and punctuation keys by watching animated videos, and Practice mode lets you jump in a start practicing the new keys you've learned. At any point, you can decide to move to another lesson or review previous lessons, and decide how many rounds of practice you want.

GCFLearnFree is a solid program for beginner typists, but it doesn't track speed or accuracy. So, if you care about those metrics, and if you want to engage in tests or get a certification, you might eventually want to switch to a more comprehensive learn-to-type website once you've mastered the basics. The program is dedicated to helping people learn the skills needed to live and work in the twenty-first century, and it is partially funded by Goodwill Industries .

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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 have different features that make them 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 toward middle school kids 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.

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 class. 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.

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 keys, numbers, and symbols. Some lessons 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.

Learn in Order: Ratatype

Several typing tips.

15 lessons.

Clean, modern design.

Courses for a variety of languages.

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.

Speed Typing Online has several 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 in 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.

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 and lets you 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.

Gradual Progress With Unique Settings: TypingAcademy

Useful settings you can customize.

Pauses automatically if you click away.

Only two languages 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 exercises, and others in categories called Learn, Word, Finger, Hand, Practical, and Bonus.

I 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.

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 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 of 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 keyboarding lessons available in many languages and 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 review 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.

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10 Best Tools and Websites to Learn Touch Typing

Software and Websites to Learn Touch Typing

Best websites to learn touch typing, 1. typing.com.

One of the most popular online tools to learn touch typing is Typing.com. The website is used by many schools, teachers, and students to practice typing and learn faster and more accurate touch typing. With Typing.com you will get access to a well organized curriculum that will help you learn touch typing quickly.

2. Ratatype

Ratatype’s interface is not the best out there, but it’s good where it matters the most. Moreover, Ratatype’s lessons focus a lot on building good typing habits, and finger placement on the keyboard, which is something that will definitely help you learn touch typing faster. The website also shows your progress in terms of typing speed as well as accuracy, and gives awards for the same in order to motivate you to perform better and improve everyday. When you’re done with your course, you can even take a typing test and earn a certificate to show off to your friends and colleagues.

3. Typing Club

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5. The Typing Cat

The Typing Cat is another website that is dedicated to teaching users how to touch type. The website brings a number of courses, similar to the other tools on this list, that aim to help users learn and practice touch typing. While the basic module is available for free to anyone visiting the website, if you want to get deeper into touch typing and practice advanced skills such as punctuation, capitalization, and more, you will have to subscribe to Typing Cat’s paid plans.

Best Software to Learn Touch Typing

As far as software for learning touch typing are considered, Typesy is one of the best options out there. The software brings a lot of advanced features to help you improve your typing speed. You get specially crafted exercises to improve your typing speed, along with experts that are available to help you. Moreover, the software brings advanced analytics to help you measure your progress. You can also set up goals in the software to make sure you stay on track throughout your learning journey.

7. RapidTyping

To keep a track of your progress, RapidTyping brings a detailed progress tracking screen with various metrics that you can use to measure how much you’ve improved in your typing skills. You can even export this data in various formats including PDF, CSV, HTML, and more.

8. GNU Typist

Best Games to Practice Typing and Improve Typing Speed

Websites and software with lessons are all great, but when it comes to practicing typing, why not do it with games, right? After all, that way you will be more excited to practice typing, and it’s also a fun way to pass the time while doing something that helps you improve your skills. Here are the best games you can use to practice typing.

10. MonkeyType

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Use These Tools and Websites to Learn Touch Typing Like a Pro

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Typing Club is awesome. As a beginner, it really helped me learn touch typing withing a week. Now I am focusing on my speed.

Nice platforms for typing. But I expected ‘Typing Mentor’ would be there on the list. Such an amazing typing platform is missing.

Typing master???????

Yeah I thought it would be included here but they didn’t -__-

Typing Club is a major player in the space, so is Type to Learn. Type to Learn is backed by scientific research on how kids should learn touch typing. Unfortunately, it’s not free, but for schools that have a budget, it’s a great option.

Can you please Kiran’s Typing Tutor on Microsoft Store ? It is the most advanced typing learning software in the market and it is free.

are u advertising your app bro…??

I’m asking to review it. If it is not most advanced then reviewer can state his honest opinion

I am puzzled on how you could have missed TypingClub?

Isn’t Mavis Beacon a good software for typing, too?

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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!

Classic Lessons

Advanced lessons, custom lesson.

Enter characters:

• Typing test
• Numeric keypad
• Keyboard layouts
• Questions, comments
• List of free resources

Welcome to Touch Typing Study!

Keyboard layout.

Are you still typing with two fingers? Do you still need to look at your keyboard before every keystroke?

Touch Typing Study is a free, user-friendly learning website that is designed to help you learn, practice and improve your typing speed and accuracy.

Once you can touch type you will not need to look at the keyboard to find the letters you want to type and you will also be able to type at a much faster speed!

Touch typing is a method based on muscle memory instead of sight. This method allows you to achieve much higher speed of data entry, especially if you need to transcribe text from other visual material.

Typing with the touch typing method significantly improves your computer productivity; it increases data entry speed and, where possible, reduces fatigue and injury to the eyes.

Touch Typing Study contains 15 lessons, a speed test and games from which you can learn to type step-by-step, monitor your own progress and have fun!

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Double your typing speed. Learn keyboarding in the fun way. Test your wpm speed and accuracy. Play top-notch typing games. Find it all from TypingMaster! TypingMaster 11 for Windows is a complete touch typing tutor application with a real-time analysis widget. Take a free 1-week touch typing course!

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TypingMaster 11 for Windows is a complete touch typing course with a real-time analysis widget. TypingMeter analyses your typing skills and creates tailored exercises. Take a free 1-week touch-typing course to find your weak spots and eliminate them. Try before you buy!

Typing Test for Employers

TypingTest Pro is an easy-to-use, quick and customizable online typing test maker that you can use for all your business recruitment and training purposes. Our online assessment app has been on the market since 2002! Take the easy way to assess job applicants’ text entry skills and view summary reports with Typing Test Pro. Test drive our easy-to-use, quick and customizable online wpm testing tool for all your business recruitment and training purposes. You can subscribe to TypingTest Pro and pick the subscription (starting $49/mo) that best suits your requirements. Premium subscription allows you manage five different tests at a time. These can be taken by up to 500 test takers per month. Lite subscription allows you to manage only one test. Fill in your details and get started instantly. We believe that when you're ready to start using TypingTest Pro, there's no need to wait! Typing Test For Employment

Why you should learn to touch-type?

Most people today use computers not only at work but also at home. It is desirable that the typist does not think about his finger placement or the location of the letters as he types. As everyone has to learn to type at some point, so why not learn this basic computing skill properly today? Knowing the right touch-type technique is useful for everyone. It will make you a more efficient worker as you will be able to type faster and more correctly. Knowing the right touch-type technique and posture will also help to avoid discomfort. Ergonomics is a very important part of keyboarding. Good ergonomic practice helps to avoid physical discomfort that may accompany prolonged static postures and repetitive motions. Work-related injuries such as tension in the neck and shoulder area, which are common problems for people working in front of a computer, can be avoided by following some simple ergonomic guidelines.

How to practice keyboarding with all fingers?

Keyboarding is learned finger by finger. Each finger has its own set of keys. Most keyboarding programs are designed so that they first introduce a new key. This key is first practiced on its own and in small words containing the letters that have been taught so far. Then the exercises move on to longer words, sentences, and text drills. Repetition and continuous practice make you a master. Little by little you become faster and more accurate typist.

What course is best for learning to type faster?

Typing Master 11 is a powerful typing tutor that will help you improve your typing substantially whether you are a novice or a professional typist. TypingMaster has nine different courses that will satisfy your changing needs as your skills and speed improve. The complete touch typing course will teach you the touch typing technique starting with the basics and advancing step-by-step using examples, word drills, and games to get you familiar with your keyboard. The Speed Building course helps you hone your typewriting skills once you have the basics covered. This is also good for experienced typists looking to keep their skill level up. Also, additional courses to practice the numbers, special character keys, and the numeric keypad are included. Download Course

How long does it take to learn to touch type?

You can choose how many lessons, exercises, and writing tests you will do. It takes between 6 to 10 hours to complete the entire basics course. If you prefer a shorter course, complete only the first two units of Lessons 1 – 10. The first two units of Lessons 1 – 10 will teach you the location of the alphabet keys on the keyboard. You can choose to complete each lesson unit or you can complete just a portion of any lesson unit and move on to another lesson.

How long should I practice typing daily?

As touch-typing is a cumulative motor skill, it would be ideal to practice daily or at least every second day. Developing good keyboarding skills throughout the course is also essential. Therefore, proper touch-typing should be reinforced whenever possible, preferably for at least 15 minutes every day. Of course, this is not always possible. Variation in motor skill acquisition is great between individuals so it is difficult to set a definite minimum or maximum limits to a keyboarding session, but, in general, short periods of practice will yield better results than very long sessions. For best results, daily practicing periods should vary from 15 minutes to about one hour in length.

How do you have good ergonomics?

To reduce stress in shoulder area, keyboard and mouse should be placed next to one another so that reaching is not necessary. Chair height and/or work surfaces must be adjusted so that the wrists and forearms remain in a straight line. Usually the best working posture for your arms is achieved when the input devices are at about elbow height. When working for long periods of time staring at a computer display it is important that the neck constantly remains in a relaxed position. Therefore the monitor must be placed and tilted so that it is directly in front of the user at or below eye level. This ensures that the head is not turned to left or right or awkwardly tilted upwards, which causes a lot of strain to neck and shoulder area. Placing the documents adjacent to the monitor or directly below it also helps to avoid neck pain when the students do not have to constantly twist and turn their necks. The monitor must be kept clean.

How to have a good body posture?

There are a few useful guidelines that should always be kept in mind when working on a computer. It may be a good idea to print out these guidelines and keep them near workstation so that they can be easily referred to whenever necessary. - Do not lift your shoulders, this causes tension. - Rest your elbows close to your body. Use armrests whenever possible. - Do not bend or twist your neck. - Keep your forearms and wrists in a straight line. - Keep your fingers slightly curved. - Keep your feet flat on the floor or on a footstool. - Use a light touch when you write on computer. Remember that no position or posture is correct for long periods of time. Remember to change positions frequently, take small breaks and stretch or even walk around a bit. Regular movement will prevent discomfort and fatigue effectively.

Is typing faster than writing?

Whether typing is faster than writing depends on various factors such as individual proficiency, the task at hand, and personal preferences. Touch Typing tends to be faster for most people. It allows for quick edits, easy sharing, and efficient data input. However, some individuals may still find comfort and focus in the traditional act of writing by hand. Ultimately, the choice between typing and writing depends on the context and the individual's comfort and proficiency with each method.

What is the best keyboarding course to learn how to type?

TypingMaster provides a complete instructional keyboarding course leading the trainee from the basics all the way to professional, fast touch-type technique. Multi-form lessons provide optimal support for every phase of learning how to type, the results of which can be assessed anytime with a standard wpm speed test.

What is the most popular Typing Tutor in India that allows printing the certificate?

Download a free 1-week TypingMaster software and improve your English writing skills. Increase your WPM speed and print the free speed certificate to get an India typing job from home.

How can I increase my wpm speed and accuracy in a week?

Download a free 1-week TypingMaster course and complete units beyond the first two in each lesson. Use the Review tests to practice and focus to your difficulties. Play the Games provided. Daily test your skill level by doing the provided typewriting tests.

How to learn to type faster the numbers and special marks?

A complete data entry course with multiform exercises will lead you all the way to the professional 10 key data entry technique. With the 10 key and special mark lessons, trainees can learn to enter numeric data much more efficiently.

Which languages and keyboard layouts are supported?

TypingMaster 11 is currently available in English, Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Finnish and Swedish. There are also courses in Italian and Portuguese. The software has been designed for the international use also in India and Asia and TypingMaster supports a variety of keyboard layouts such as QWERTY, AZERTY, QWERTZ etc. Mecanografía, dactylographie, dactilografia, 10 Finger Tippe, Typecursus, digitazione, tangentbordsträning ...