Touch typing

Software

Mavis Beacon

• Works under Wine.
• Language: English (Qwerty US).

Epistory

Game where ennemies must be killed by typing them.

Klavaro Touch Typing Tutor

A free game on Sourceforge.

Online Software

These are trainer software that works in the browser.

keybr / keybr.com

keybr.com is a free online tutor that provides continuous training, collecting statistics for all keys and focusing on keys that are the hardest to type.

• Language: English (Qwerty US, Dvorak...)), French (Azerty FR)...
• training patterns are actual word segments (no silly patterns like jkjkj kkjkj ...)
• Continous statistics.
• Sound effects.
• Very nice to improve accuracy.

ratatype.com

Ratatype is a free online typing tutor, with several sets of lesson.

• Language: English (Qwerty US)), French (Azerty FR)...

Issue — Azerty does not work with dead key composition. Pressing ^ i should produce directly î, not ^).

Workaround — use a virgin user account.

touchtyping.guru

touchtyping.guru

• Language: English (Qwerty US))
• Learn, practice, competition.
• bad: reference text continuously moving, so harder to follow.

ZType

ZType is a small online game to train typing in a funny way.

• Nice music, sound effects and graphisms. Very addictive!

Nitrotype

Nitrotype is worlwide real-time typing competition. You participate to a racing challenge, and your car drives as fast as you can type.

• Continuous statistics.
• Competitive.

TypeRacer

TypeRacer is another real-time typing competition, with replay, and analysis of difficult words.

Tools

Gnome GTick

Gnome GTick (gtick) is a simple metronome application. Set it to some rhythm and force your finger to follow that rhythm, even if very slow. Very useful to reduce mistake rate.