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| Thread ID: 34357 | 2003-06-10 13:20:00 | How to learn to touch type? | nomad (3693) | Press F1 |
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| 151629 | 2003-06-11 15:30:00 | This game is ok www.gile.de A better one was Mario Teaches Typing - I wish i could find the one I had. |
Waltzzz (3972) | ||
| 151630 | 2003-06-11 15:42:00 | it takes a couple of months to reach your full potential... only takes a week or so to get used to the co-ordination of looking at your monitor while typing, which is what the covered-hands method achieves. in my experience of course... |
whetu (237) | ||
| 151631 | 2003-06-12 01:53:00 | Does anyone else find that they can type better when they're not using a typing tutor or some other typing test. I always seem to make a lot more mistakes when using on of the programs compared to actual typing in a real world situation. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 151632 | 2003-06-12 03:31:00 | > > A better one was Mario Teaches Typing - I wish i > could find the one I had. I remember that.. Good proggy too! Yeah, JM, I find the same.. A lot of the time you're having to read things off the screen, and also worry about what is appearing elsewhere on the monitor. Real-Life situations might be dictating, reading from paper, or whatever comes to mind (Such as writing a post for here) so I find I do type better without a tutor. I typed for ages, but always looked at the keys.. but I got a pretty consistent 40wpm... Then one day I realised I didnt actually need to look at the keys.. slowed down to 30wpm for a few weeks, but now its improving.. Give it around 10 weeks if you're doing 20 mins a day :-) Practise and you'll only get better... Try a variety of apps IMHO too... some are stronger in places than others! |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 151633 | 2003-06-12 03:46:00 | >>Does anyone else find that they can type better when they're not using a >>typing tutor or some other typing test. I always seem to make a lot more >>mistakes when using on of the programs compared to actual typing in a >>real world situation. It's the dont-fall-off situation. If you're standing on the edge of a cliff and someone says "dont fall off!" suddenly thats all you think about, and you've got a higher liklihood of actually falling off. |
whetu (237) | ||
| 151634 | 2003-06-12 04:08:00 | funny i have less issues with typing tutors.... yes games are good they take accuracy and speed. as said i am using a laptop, i have got myself a logitech access model keyb hope its easier to reach some keys... found bit crampy on the laptop. one complaint my software they do not target your weakness, sometimes u are cruising and sometimes struggling depending upon which keys u are asked to type. also if u fast enof my software does not care how many times u press backspace!! cheers. |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 151635 | 2003-06-12 04:16:00 | would anyone have ideas about how I should step thru the stages? now i am at all keys less 8, i did two test and received 97/98% accuracy at 47 and 50 wpm. |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 151636 | 2003-06-12 05:37:00 | i am back on the laptop man, talk about wrist strain.... laptop is better as it has a parallel rest. i need a rest for the logitech. the builtin is bugger all...... i connected my logitech to the laptop and the keyb would not work?? i went into bios and failed to find a solution. it has one ps2 port. i connected keyb and no mouse. i got to win2k logon screen. could not even press enter!! there were lights on the keyb. the keyb worked in the desktop thou........ i tend to type better when the keyb legs are down. so its more flatter. makes my wrist strain even more if its elevated up. cheers, |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 151637 | 2003-06-12 05:44:00 | u say 20mins per day. i have been doing 2hr per day :D :^O ;) i wanna spend up. looking for work. fresh grad. learning a new skill :) |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 151638 | 2003-06-12 05:58:00 | > u say 20mins per day. i have been doing 2hr per day > :D :^O ;) > > i wanna spend up. looking for work. fresh grad. > learning a new skill :) i wanna speed up in meant :D |
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