Review by NorthStar

I got this program because while I don’t have a job that requires much in the way of typing skills but I’d like to type a little faster than 29 wpm. I remember an old Mavis Beacon program from way back in the day (1999? 2001?) that had games on it that were fun to play even when not necessarily working on typing skills but there’s no way a program that old would load on my current computer. Having resisted change, I’m (still) using Windows Vista on my 2008 laptop. Initially I thought the bugginess was due to my older system, but the information does state it works with Vista and apparently, others have also had that issue. I made sure to shut down other programs as was suggested and still had issues, but then I shut off the voice entirely and haven’t had problems since.

While I am disappointed to say there are no games anymore I am learning to type, and I don’t just mean faster. I never learned finger placement or keys and that has always been what slowed me down, having to look at the keys instead of focus on seeing or hearing what I needed to be typing. I have gone from 29 wpm to 35 wpm and I’m still working with it, but it looks like this program will help me get there. Since I don’t need typing skills very badly my goal is simply to just about double my current speed to about 55-60 wpm. For my purposes, it works pretty well.

This is a very basic program that can help a novice or beginner learn and/or improve their typing skills, but I’m not sure how much appeal it would have for someone who can already type 60 wpm or more and really wants to get to a secretarial speed. You may have to be single-minded and determined because it doesn’t offer any kind of entertainment, and I can’t see any appeal for children. I rated it 4 stars because it works for me and serves my purposes.