[the.cheese]

can anyone tell me some sites or something that can teach me to type properly and not hunt and peck

[aresfiend]

Google is your friend. Search "Free typing tutor" and see what you find.

I honestly can't recommend any program over another being I have forgotten what program I learned with although I can remember that Mavis Beacon was a total shit excuse for a typing tutor program.

[Blade of grass]

What every you do do not use all the right type.

[Vaellis]

Just practice, use a chat, like the tech pb chat, and just talk to people for awhile, get used to where the keys are, and you'll be good.

That's what I did with another chat atleast

[TK-421]

I used to type properly, but I don't have enough manual dexterity for it, so I started hunting and pecking. People are amazed at how quickly I can type with only using my two index fingers. Occasionally I do throw in a few fingers here and there, but I do the majority of all of my typing with my index fingers.

[Username]

I learned to type waaay back in middle school. Most useful class ever. I'm around 80-85 words per minute with about 95% percent accuracy. (I get bored and test myself online from time to time.)


Just keep your index fingers on the F and J keys (because that's what the little bump on those two keys are for. And when they do hit another key just bring them back to the F and J keys.

Don't look at the keyboard.

This post has been edited by Username: 12 February 2012 - 03:47 PM

[Lime]

Typing correctly slows me down 20+ WPM.

I know exactly where all the keys are so I can just type instantly with whatever finger is closest.

[Stix]

Mavis Beacon Teaches typing. Swear to god that program/game works wonders.

[aresfiend]

Stix, on 12 February 2012 - 06:38 PM, said:

Mavis Beacon Teaches typing. Swear to god that program/game works wonders.

I. Loathe. That. Program.

[Stix]

It may have been annoying, but man did it actually work. lol.

[Sallario]

I just used IM's but this is still fun. I found it helpful.

http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype/

[blckninja]

Practice Practice Practice.

[zuchaka]

in short the best typing program is the one that teach you to keep you fingers on the home keys (asdf jkl; ) and to never look at your fingers while typing , when i learned to type the keyboard was below the desk so i could not see the keyboard while typing when you first learned there was a picture of the keyboard directly above the actual keyboard that eventually got covered up as you progressed. As a kid i hated it but i effortlessly type over 50 words a minute now without even really working at it or practicing

[Beast_Killa]

In school i learned to type using "Type To Learn." Not sure if it's free or where to get it, but you should definitely look into it. I could type above 80 words per minute by 6th grade with it.