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.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
- 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.