Learn to Type Faster Than Your Boss’s Secretary

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My dad once told me that learning how to type was a solid investment for the future and I wish I had listened to him more…

I have a horribly bad habit of only using 6 fingers to type.  Fortunately, for slow-poke typists like me (I average 27 words a minute), there’s an open-source application in town called TypeFaster which helps out by teaching you to how to improve your typing speed and learn touch-typing.

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It even comes with built in games, adjustable levels, and the ability to save progress to make things more interesting.

It also comes with a numeric keyboard trainer for all you budding accountants and bankers out there. What more could you ever want? :)

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    1. LiewCF said,

      on March 31st, 2007 at 3:23 am

      ah… that remind me the old time “TypingTutor” with keyboard shooting games :)

    2. James Yeang said,

      on March 31st, 2007 at 6:02 am

      Liew: The game has nice 3d graphics… but it definitely isn’t as fun as Typing of the dead http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Typing_of_the_Dead

      …but it’s arguably more functional in terms of helping to learn.

    3. Ella said,

      on April 9th, 2007 at 12:00 pm

      Thats like a simpler version of a program we used in elementary school. Not as fun, but I guess it does the job.

    4. Michael said,

      on April 10th, 2007 at 2:11 pm

      Holy shit 27 words a minute? How do you force yourself to type this blog? I’m just teasing though… Maybe you should invest some time learning Dvorak since it doesn’t seem like you have invested that much time yourself in learning to type faster. Just a thought.

    5. CypherHackz said,

      on April 11th, 2007 at 7:17 pm

      when i was a child, i use a program to learn typing faster. i forgot what was the software name. but now, i no need any typing softwares because i can speed up my typing by experiences. the more i type, the faster it will be.

    6. Hylo said,

      on April 21st, 2007 at 9:19 pm

      OK, I stumbled across this site on April 9th., and I’ve decided to give it a go.
      There are 15 different lessons in the TypeFaster application , and my target is to set aside 40 minutes every day.
      I plan to spend 40 minutes doing lesson 1 for one day, then 40 minutes doing lesson 2 for two days, then spend three days doing lesson 3, and so on.
      I reckon that this will take me up until 6th August, providing I don’t miss any days(which I plan not to).
      I currently type at a very slow 15 words a minute (and I have to look at the keys!)
      Wish me Luck…

    7. James Yeang said,

      on April 22nd, 2007 at 9:52 am

      Hylo - Good luck man :)

    8. Hylo said,

      on April 23rd, 2007 at 3:54 am

      Tahnks ;)

    9. Gertrude said,

      on April 24th, 2007 at 11:28 am

      I really would like to type faster I type 5 words per minute. I think I should give this website a try!

    10. huffaluma jacalonsabson said,

      on June 21st, 2007 at 2:59 pm

      i’d love to type faster then i do now im really slow i can bearly write more then 50 words every 2 mins

    11. Anonymous said,

      on June 21st, 2007 at 3:00 pm

      ido ido loveto typefaster
      doyou

    12. jamilah said,

      on July 14th, 2007 at 10:51 pm

      what up i love this

    13. jamilah said,

      on July 14th, 2007 at 10:53 pm

      i love this now i can type faster than normal i wish i could of found this website before

    14. Mabel Boateng said,

      on July 17th, 2007 at 4:12 am

      When I was a kid, I pratice every day.And now I can type faster

    15. learn to type said,

      on May 14th, 2008 at 7:34 am

      the fastest way is using the typing tutor at http://www.typingweb.com. its completely free.

    16. Bob said,

      on August 16th, 2008 at 7:54 am

      go to google.com and search “Mrs. Sandy Hayes” and then click on “keyboarding games” any of the links that come with that site are great for learning to type. I have 80+ words per minute. =]

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