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1. #Arcade typing tutor movie#
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4. #Arcade typing tutor software#

Typing Tutor is a great program for anyone - including adults - interested in improving their typing skills. Hunt and peck typists found the program most helpful beginners found the program relatively unsupportive.

#Arcade typing tutor movie#

The program's use of over 100 interesting literature and movie clips makes the requisite "drills and tests far less tedious than the typing class I took in junior high," according to our parent reviewer. Typing Tutor scored well on this measure for children who wanted to improve their existing typing skills. Proxy parent value is SuperKids measure of how well and how long a program captivates a user's attention. " Typing Tutor made that impossible in some lessons and tests, by using nonsense words and phrases." "I've always cheated a bit, stealing a quick look at the keyboard," admitted one of our reviewers. Users start by identifying their typing experience level (beginner, hunt & peck, etc.), then the program selects a learning path whose pace and direction is based on the user's demonstrated speed and accuracy. Typing Tutor is a good example of an intelligent interactive program. In addition, Davidson provides toll-free phone support, and a 30-day money money back guarantee.

#Arcade typing tutor manual#

You must change drives and identify a new location.) They also thought a "back" button would be a nice addition to make it easier to go back one screen, when moving between the program's many features.Īlthough the manual is limited to the jewel box insert, the program does a good job of self-explanation. On a Windows 3.1 machine, the default suggestion is for a directory on the CD-ROM drive, which is not possible.

A computer novice-challenging question presents itself when a new user is asked to designate the file where records are to be kept. Our reviewers reported one difficulty in initial use of the software.

#Arcade typing tutor install#

Neither problem caused any difficulty, but we would recommend that you opt not to accept the install options for these two add-ons, if you know you already have newer versions on your PC. Similarly, the machine wanted to install WIN32S, even though one already existed on the test system. We had a little trouble installing Typing Tutor on one of our reviewer's PC's: the installer loaded an older version of QuickTime for Windows than one already installed on the machine. Speed and accuracy may also be built, using three games, two of which our reviewers found captivating: an arcade-style game reminiscent of the old SDI game, where the user must protect cities from descending "word bombs" - correctly typing the word launches an interceptor and a word search game, where words are hidden in a block of letters. Once past the beginner level, the user can choose to practice on selections from interesting literature, or on stories about old movie clips. The program consists of lessons and tests. note: OK, he still only types 35 words per minute, but it was a major improvement!)" "The good news," said one of our staff members, "is that I increased my typing speed by 40 percent in one day using Typing Tutor. If our reviewers' experience is typical, those claims are true. Typing Tutor claims to help its users improve speed and accuracy.

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Summary Rating Table for comparisons with other Typing software titles, and the SuperKids Buyers Guide for current market prices of SuperKids Software Review of Typing Tutor 7.īy Davidson / Simon & Schuster For Ages 10 and up