Application for practicing typing on the keyboard. Online keyboard simulators
How to quickly learn to touch type with all 10 fingers? Review of programs and online keyboard simulators for teaching touch and fast ten-finger typing (typing).
There are even specialized courses for this purpose, and in the West it is one of the subjects in secondary schools.
The main advantages of the touch typing method:
1. Typing with all fingers reduces the number of errors.
2. All fingers are occupied, and each of them corresponds to a certain number of letters.
3. The work becomes completely mechanical - required letter unmistakably strikes with the finger with which it has been taught to hit her.
4. By mastering the blind ten-finger method and applying it in practice, people will save their health. They won’t have to look from the keyboard to the monitor and back dozens of times, their eyes won’t get tired, and their vision won’t deteriorate. Those trained will become less tired during the working day, as a result of which they will begin to do more work.
5. Using the blind ten-finger method, anyone can achieve a typing speed of 300-500 characters per minute. If we take into account a work team where all the people in it have mastered the blind ten-finger method, then they work 10% - 15% more efficiently. All letters, texts, balances, reports, notes, documents are prepared faster, better and more accurately.
6. When typing blindly, attention is not focused on the fact of typing, but only on expressing your thoughts (suggestions, conclusions, recommendations, conclusions) in the best possible way.
How to learn?
There are a lot of resources, including the already mentioned touch typing courses, online classes, and special programs. We will not dwell on the courses, but we will look at programs and online simulators.
Programs
In general, most of these programs are based on a similar methodology. First the "student" studies middle row keyboards are FYVAPROLJE, trying to get used to typing certain letters with the corresponding fingers. Here, as practice shows, the most difficult thing is to “stir up” ring finger and especially the little finger. After mastering the middle row, the top and bottom rows are added. Learning may be accompanied by irritation because your fingers press the wrong keys, there are a lot of mistakes, etc. – this cannot be avoided. But you don’t need to be too upset - this is a fairly serious skill, and to acquire it, you need to work hard, don’t expect an easy “victory”.
SOLO on keyboard
The most famous program on the Runet for mastering the ten-finger touch typing method is SOLO on the keyboard. I will dwell on this keyboard simulator in more detail, since this is not just a program, but an extended training course. In addition to simple dialing certain letters SOLO on the keyboard contains detailed instructions, tips and many other materials that help you cope with irritation from mistakes, and help you not stop halfway.
The entire course consists of 100 exercises. Having completed all 100, you are guaranteed to type text with all 10 fingers, regardless of the keyboard - checked. Each exercise contains up to 6-7 tasks. In addition, after many exercises you will need to repeat one of the previous ones. At the beginning of each exercise there are anecdotes from the creators of the program, which are sure to cheer you up and help you relax a little. Also included are numerous letters from people who have already completed SOLO, in which they describe the problems they encountered and what was the most difficult for them. You will find something of your own in them, and this will help you overcome difficulties. After completing the task, you are given a grade on a 5-point scale.
Stamina (Recommended)
This is a free keyboard trainer with a simple but fun interface. The author of this program is not devoid of a sense of humor and did not hesitate to express it in the program interface. Training is based on step-by-step completion of tasks with increasing complexity. For example, in the first task you will need to type the letters A and O in different combinations, then B and L are added, etc. The tasks are completed to pleasant music. Also various events the program is accompanied by cool sounds, for example, when closing the program, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s phrase “I’ll be back” sounds. The program also has an entertaining toy, which, however, is not related to learning, but you can play with it.
Rapid Typing
A free application from Western developers that supports learning in Russian and English layouts. It has an attractive, user-friendly interface. Class statistics are kept, which helps to navigate the learning process. Below, as usual, is a diagram of the keyboard.
VerseQ
Not quite a standard keyboard trainer. The authors of the program talk about the extreme effectiveness of their method of mastering touch typing. Their website claims that after 5-15 hours of training you will be able to touch-type at a speed of 200-350 characters per minute. The technique is really different from the standard one. Here you are immediately asked to type text consisting of letters in all rows of the keyboard. In this case, the proposed strings for typing are generated by a special algorithm that generates phonetic related sequences of characters.
However, I think that this approach will be very difficult for beginners. Explanations about how to hold your hands, which fingers to press, etc. are in the program help, and are described quite clearly, but switching from two-finger “poking” at the keyboard to typing with all 10 fingers is not easy. At the same time, it is very difficult to study which finger is responsible for what, looking only at the keyboard model. I think there is a high probability that the student will simply abandon this matter until better times.
Fast Typing School
This keyboard simulator is designed for those who want to learn ten-finger touch typing on the keyboard. The simulator has various interesting sections:
1. step by step study keyboards "muscle memory";
2. the game “falling letters” helps to take your mind off learning the keyboard and develop your reaction;
3. typing - skill development;
4. touch typing - imitation of working on a typewriter, strengthens and consolidates the skill of touch typing;
5. audio dictation - just like in school, a voice dictates a story and you need to type without errors at speed.
There are other programs of this kind, but I don’t think they are fundamentally different or better than those that we reviewed. This is quite enough.
Online keyboard simulators
Here we will look at 2 good ones online resource, which are devoted to mastering the touch typing method.
Keyboard solo online
Training is provided free of charge. However, if you want, you can transfer money to ErgoSOLO LLC in the amount of 150 rubles (this is the same amount as their “SOLO on the Keyboard” program costs). The learning process and methodology are no different from those presented in the program. Everything is very high quality and with care for the student. Here you can compete in the rankings with other “online soloists”, of which, by the way, there are already quite a few. Users who have paid for the course will have an asterisk next to their name. In general, both the SOLO keyboard program and the online course are what a beginner needs. I think this is the best option.
All 10 (Recommended)
Another new project, which promises to save us from the habit of pointing two fingers at the keyboard. At the beginning, you will have to take a test to check your typing speed. Then the exercises begin. Two courses are available – Russian and English. The training section provides detailed instructions and recommendations for completing tasks.
Klavogonki.ru
The basic rules of the game are simple. The game will select a random piece of text that you and your opponents must type exactly. As quickly as possible. When you successfully type a text, your typewriter (always at the top of the list) moves forward. If a typo is made, you must correct it, otherwise there will be no promotion. Based on the results of the race, the winners will be determined and some parameters of passing the text will be shown - time, typing speed in characters per minute and the percentage of characters in which errors were made. The results of each race are saved in your personal statistics. For each completed text you are awarded a number of points depending on the length of the typed text.
Time Speed Keyboard Trainer
The main goal of the Time Speed Keyboard Trainer project is to provide the widest range of computer users with the opportunity to master typing (touch typing or ten-finger typing). We offer a series of courses for teaching touch typing, as well as developing its speed.
VerseQ online
This network version the famous VerseQ keyboard trainer but, unlike its offline counterpart, allows you to learn from anywhere globe, participate in competitions, share your successes with friends and acquaintances. You need the service if you want to quickly, easily and naturally learn touch typing. And if you are already a typing pro, then show off your skills to others!
More online keyboard trainers
http://urikor.net - the first championship of typewriting in Cyrillic
http://klava.org
http://alfatyping.com
http://typingzone.com
http://etutor.ru
http://keybr.com/
http://online.verseq.ru/
Addition
To all that has been said above, you can add the following. Anyone who works at a computer, and especially if they have to type a lot of text, needs to buy an ergonomic keyboard. It is also called separate because the keys for each hand are separated. In addition, the right and left blocks are at an angle to each other, which allows you to avoid bending your hand at the wrist when placing your hands in the initial position FYVA-OLJ. Working on such a keyboard, you will definitely get less tired, and this will improve your average speed printing and, accordingly, productivity.
I have already said that you should not hope to easily “conquer” the blind typing method. It's quite difficult, especially at the beginning. To complete, for example, SOLO on the keyboard, you will need to put in a lot of effort and patience. In addition, you will need to set aside special time for this. However, you shouldn’t be afraid of this; anyone who wants to will undoubtedly cope with this task. Good luck!
Key Features
- unique alternative option for placing hands on the keyboard;
- support for various layouts and languages;
- sound effects for musical accompaniment work;
- special lessons that help you remember the location of the keys;
- a set of phrases that increase typing speed;
- a set of text fragments from separate files;
- displaying a graph of the user's progress with statistics by session and by day;
- backlighting, which helps determine the position of the current letter on the keyboard;
- the ability for several users to work in the program;
- built-in lesson editor.
Pros and cons
- free distribution;
- easy and fun learning to type quickly;
- support for various layouts for learning;
- the ability to edit assignments in lessons;
- Russian-language menu;
- simple and convenient interface.
- not found.
Analogs
Qwerty. Free classic simulator for learning to quickly type text on computer keyboard. It uses the ten-finger touch typing technique. Its features are a large keyboard with “jumping” buttons, different levels difficulties in exercises, training of a set of special characters, display of convenient graphs of results.
iQwer. Conditionally free application for learning fast typing. It has a bright color palette that divides the keyboard into nine zones for individual fingers, various learning modes - “Words”, “Sentences” and “Syllables”, and statistics are kept for each individual user.
RapidTyping. Free keyboard trainer. Has ample opportunities for study settings, several useful exercises, bright design that promotes greater productivity in the process.
How to use the application
When you launch the simulator for the first time, a window with help will appear in front of you, called “Aibolit”. It explains a little bit about how to use the program in a fun and funny way.
Help window
The interface looks like this:
Interface
It is divided into two fields. One is designed for working with text, the other displays a virtual keyboard. On it, the letters are separated by green lines so that you can understand which finger should press the key.
Hand placement
In the "Mode" menu you will find various options lessons: phrases, letters from phrases, all symbols, etc.
In the “Options” menu you can change the layout, disable the display of the virtual keyboard, and configure background music.
Stamina will give you the opportunity to thoroughly master the touch typing method.
Complete list of Russian-language keyboards online simulator ov with brief descriptions opportunities and links. Online keyboard simulators- these are sites where you can learn touch typing directly from your browser, without downloading any additional software.
klavogonki.ru
Training on the site is free.
Nabiraem.ru
nabiraem.ru — online version the famous keyboard trainer Solo on the keyboard. For the most part this is a commercial project. Tuition is paid, but there are some things for free. The resource is quite visited and if you don’t mind spending about 300 RUR per month- then feel free to register and learn.
VerseQ ONLINE
online.verseq.ru is an online version of the VerseQ keyboard trainer. Unlike the computer version, the online simulator completely free. The project is unfinished, there are bugs.
Typingstudy.com
typingstudy.com— multilingual online keyboard trainer. I counted 106 different languages. Completely free. The site has several lessons, speed tests and a typing test. There are also several games on touch typing, history, school, a blog and many other interesting things.
Timespeed
time-speed ru and 32ts-online ru These are keyboard simulators from one developer. The first one is completely free, and the second one is paid. Unfortunately, the keyboard simulators were closed, the project no longer works.
Fast Keyboard Typing
fastkeyboardtyping.com This is a new online keyboard simulator. You can study in Russian and English languages. There is authorization via social media. There is training material, statistics, top. The keyboard simulator is free.
keybr
keybr.com— a functional and beautiful keyboard trainer. You can study in several languages, including Russian. To do this, you need to go to the settings and set the required layout. Training is free.
sense-lang.org
sense-lang.org is a fairly mature project. You can learn touch typing on many layouts, including: and in Russian. There are theoretical basics, tests, games for developing blind typing, tips and tricks.
10fastfingers.com
10fastfingers.com — An interesting site where you can take a typing speed test (including in Russian), play various typing competitions, and practice your touch typing skills. The site is in many languages and almost completely translated into Russian.
Keyboard trainer- This computer program, or online service designed to teach or improve touch typing skills. Improving touch typing skills means increasing typing speed and reducing the number of typing errors.
Touch typing or the ten-finger touch typing method is quickly typing text on the keyboard with all ten fingers without looking at the keyboard. The blind ten-finger method has been invented for more than 120 years in America. Using touch printing you can achieve printing speeds of up to 1000 characters per minute! This is, of course, a super-record speed, but there is no limit to perfection!
Anyone can learn touch typing. For this purpose, keyboard simulators have been developed, which our website is dedicated to.
Keyboard trainer? Which one to choose? This question is faced by many users who want to learn high-speed, error-free touch typing. In this article we will look at 7 keyboard trainers that I consider the best. If you don’t like my selection, you can find a lot of other keyboard trainers on our website.
The criteria by which we will choose a keyboard trainer:
- Price. Eat paid programs are there free ones?. Of course, all keyboard simulators on our website can be downloaded and used for free, but this is a matter of your conscience;
- Availability of guidelines- if you are learning from scratch, you need a keyboard simulator with guidelines; to develop speed, you can use gaming keyboard simulators or programs without guidelines;
- Language- This article mainly contains Russian-English keyboard simulators, but there are exceptions;
- Number of exercises and training time- some developers of keyboard simulators promise that you will learn to type quickly in a certain time;
- Contents of the exercise.
- Program settings.
1. Keyboard Solo 9 is the most popular keyboard trainer:
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3. Keyboard solo 8 - an early version of "SOLO" but no less popular:
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4.VerseQ:
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5. Rapid Typing Tutor:
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7. Virtuoso - Hard Keyboard Trainer:
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The speed of completing a task on a computer may depend not only on obvious factors: processor performance or, roughly speaking, human intelligence. Sometimes the most limiting factor is purely mechanical work, namely typing on the keyboard. Thoughts go far ahead, but fingers do not have time to fix the text. This situation is obviously faced not only by writers, journalists, programmers, but also by all those who have to type text with two or three fingers without taking their eyes off the keyboard.
It’s surprising that the ten-finger blind printing method, discovered back in the 19th century, is now many times more relevant for everyone active user computer. Its skillful use can significantly reduce the time spent entering text.
The review includes keyboard trainers, each of which has at least one distinctive feature among programs of this kind. Therefore, when choosing a simulator, you can be guided by the review headings.
"Keyboard Solo": a reliable all-rounder
“Keyboard Solo” is the most versatile keyboard trainer, so it’s worth starting the review with it. In addition to Russian, English and German, there is a course “Taming the Numbers”, which will be useful, for example, to accountants. The universal edition includes Russian, English and digital layouts.
The first impression after installation may be skeptical: too informal approach. However, the further the user moves away from the beginning of the course, the more meaning acquire these deviations. They allow you to take a break from fairly monotonous exercises. Perhaps, greatest benefit from the text material - recommendations on correct pressing, posture, correct technique, which is important for blind ten-finger typing. Looking ahead: only Solo provides this information evenly throughout the course.
Before performing the exercises, you need to do a warm-up, which helps you adapt to Solo. In real time, as well as after training, you can view statistics: average score, rate of gain, number of errors. Statistics are available not only for exercises, but also for days; you can use them to track the dynamics of exercises.
Keyboard training does not contain meaningful phrases; these are pre-prepared “synthetic” expressions - unlike, say, the VerseQ discussed below, where the typing string is generated based on user errors. By the way, in Solo, mistakes are extremely unwelcome; you often have to redo the task several times. The requirements for passing are strict, the exercises become more complicated with each new level, of which there are about a hundred. Yes, apparently, it’s not for nothing that the program includes psychological tests.
The program's interface makes an ambivalent impression. Comparing with previous versions"Keyboard solo", you can't say that new interface, designed in gray and green tones, significantly improved the ergonomics of the program. On the one hand, it is quite convenient to use; all settings and elements are well documented in the help. But you can find fault with the fact that the virtual keyboard does not indicate which finger to press this or that key, and no hints are displayed during the exercise. As a result, without sufficient experience, you need to return to the description of the exercise.
VerseQ: learning from our mistakes
The most important thing in the description of the program is not that the user will be able to touch-type “literally in an hour” (according to the author of the simulator). Another thing is attractive: VerseQ uses algorithms in training that are not based on “coaching”, and also does not “punish” for mistakes made during exercises. Moreover, the course is based on user errors and problematic phrases, in which, according to statistics, difficulties most often arise. Moreover, according to the plan, the user will not learn about his mistakes from statistics; VerseQ quietly adjusts them to further exercises. Despite this, general statistics are displayed both during training and as training dynamics by pressing F9.
Three operating modes are available - with German, Russian and English layout. There are no introductory exercises; in addition, all the letters of the alphabet are already involved from the very beginning. However, you should not expect that the text you type will be meaningful: as a rule, these are repeated combinations of letters that are phonetically related (they can be pronounced). The technique is based not only on pressing, but also on transitions between keys.
A distinctive feature of VerseQ is a moderate “tone” of presentation, a soothing color scheme and a neutral design in general. It is unknown how much effort it takes to leave the program in a state of irritation. By the way, if we talk about the price issue, in “Solo on the Keyboard” a warning about the unregistered version appears after each exercise, in VerseQ - only at the beginning of the program launch.
All the most important information collected in a concise help file: how to use the program correctly, teaching methodology, keyboard techniques. Perhaps what is missing in this simulator is more detailed instructions on working with exercises, as done in “Solo”.
Typing Master – a classic of the genre
By by and large, this simulator could not be included in the review, since it does not support the Russian-language layout, but still: a) it is useful for improving touch typing skills in Latin in English, Spanish, German, French or Italian; b) Typing Master is an excellent example of a structured, calibrated course.
Not every user will like the strict approach and conservatism of Typing Master; at the same time, compared to Solo, the program is presented even more concisely. Typing Master offers the following courses:
- Touch Typing Course - directly, a course on touch typing
- Speed Building Course - increasing speed
- Numbers Course - a short course on typing on the top number row
- Special Marks Course - an express course on additional symbols: brackets, mathematical signs, etc.
- Numeric Keypad Course - course on using the numeric keyboard
Each course consists of theoretical and practical blocks. At the beginning of the exercise, the time required to complete the task is indicated, and you are also asked to select the difficulty (from 90% to 98% of correct hits). In the mode of learning new keys (“new keys”), the letters to be typed are in no way related to each other phonetically, but in the “drill” mode you need to enter words: there are separate exercises for words, sentences, and paragraphs. At the end of the task, statistics are displayed, from which you can find out which keys cause the greatest difficulty.
Additionally, it is worth noting TypingMaster Satellite - an assistant that works in the background and tracks mistakes made, and also creates individual exercises for the most complex combinations.
The interface was created by developers who pay attention to detail. First of all, it is very intuitive and literally explained which finger to press this or that key, with the accompanying keyboard diagrams. It is very useful that errors on the keyboard are displayed in the form of crossed out keys (other simulators do not have this, which leads to several repeated errors after one incorrect press).
TypingMaster does not allow you to deviate one step from the given program and is somewhat reminiscent of dry language grammar courses. However, this cannot be called a disadvantage, rather - characteristic feature of this simulator, which will either hold the user or push him away.
Stamina - freedom of action
After getting acquainted with Typing Master, Stamina turns out to be the most “frivolous” simulator in the review. The program will not appeal to users who find the developer's sense of humor inappropriate and at the same time are entirely committed to learning the ten-finger typing method. Lack of seriousness begins with help, all kinds of comments and ending with voice acting. There are special complaints about the sound expressed by visitors on the program's home page. This point can be fixed with a patch or through the “Censorship” option in the Stamina settings.
Despite the above, you should not draw hasty conclusions and ignore the simulator. Just pay attention to the variety of training modes - “Lessons”, “Phrases”, “Letters”, “All symbols” and “External file”. Of greatest interest are the lessons that are divided into basic exercises, combinations of letters, numbers and symbols. Regarding the lessons with the numeric keypad: the developer states that he “did them without really trying” and invites users to participate in the development process themselves (quote: “Can you do something smarter?”).
Unfortunately, the author of Stamina placed the program with its wide capabilities in an inconvenient shell, so when starting the simulator it is not entirely clear how and in what sequence all this functionality should be accessed. On the other hand, the help quite clearly explains the course methodology, basic concepts, typing techniques (position of fingers on the keyboard, etc.). Special attention focuses on an alternative method of placing fingers on the keyboard.
The keyboard simulator can also be recommended for working with the Ukrainian or Belarusian layout (this is something you won’t find in other simulators). The basic distribution contains lessons in Russian, English, Ukrainian, and it is possible to include phrases in other languages.
Thus, main feature Stamina is the freedom of action given to the user. Therefore, you can perform the exercises in any order and create your own course. The downside of the method is that it is unknown how quickly concrete results can be achieved with this approach.
Klavarog - online training
Klavarog is a self-sufficient online simulator, indicating that the project can exist and develop through donations. And the development progress is actually noticeable if you look.
In Klavarog, similarly to Stamina, there is no set sequence such as step-by-step exercises from simple to complex. The simulator fixes errors and adds problematic words to each generated line of text (the principle of operation is similar to both Stamina and VerseQ).
It is convenient to navigate the keyboard layout using the color scheme; it can be enabled in the program settings (the “fill” icon). A very useful hint in the form of a hand is which finger to press the desired key(a similar feature was noticed only in Typing Master). Experienced users can turn off all hints or switch to Zen mode, where there are virtually no distractions.
In addition to standard courses with Russian and English layouts, there are courses on digital layouts, Esperanto, and the programming languages PHP, Python, SQL, XML/XSLT. Dictionary exercises are worth special attention: you need to enter the correct translation of a word from the available options. If the word is chosen incorrectly, you must enter it three times. This way, you can kill two birds with one stone: your keyboard and language skills improve at the same time. However, due to the fact that the set of words is generated by the program, it is quite easy to guess the correct translation.
Unfortunately, this keyboard simulator does not allow you to record results, track statistics and skill development. In general, it would be nice to be able to create an account on the site - technically this can be done.
You can make your suggestions for the development of Klavarog on the page.
Bombina: a simulator for the little ones
“Bombina” occupies a free niche where there are no competitors. This simulator is intended for teaching schoolchildren (or rather even younger children) school age) blind ten-finger typing method.
The program shell is “cartoonish” and should be evaluated by children. However, adults may also have reasonable complaints. The interface is not intuitive in all places, and it will seem inconvenient that the navigation elements or, for example, the “Start” button at the beginning of the exercise are not clearly marked enough: you have to look for them. For example, who would have thought that the image of a rag is the local analogue of the “Exit” button.
Questions arise about the method of operation of the simulator: how training occurs, what parents and children should pay attention to. It turns out that there is quite detailed help that exists separately from the program. It is recommended to start “Bombina” with introductory course, where the placement of fingers on the keyboard is explained in detail and a description of the keys is given. Then you can move on to the exercises. If in other simulators the emphasis is on transitions and keyboard chords, here you need to pay attention to the jumping “chips” and repeat their movements.
Bombin has difficulty levels that affect the number of mistakes allowed in the exercise. You can activate automatic transition from one difficulty level to another: it will work after successfully completing the exercise with a high score at least three times.
As a result, given that the program has many interactive elements and modes (there is even logic game), it can be recommended for teaching children computer basics. At least Bombina would be a smarter choice than the endless string of casual games.
Table 1. Comparison of keyboard trainers by functionality
| Name of the simulator | Terms of distribution | Keyboard support | Training modes |
| Shareware | Russian, English, German, Italian, digital | Warm-ups, tasks, exercises, exam | |
| Trial | Russian, English, German | Exercises | |
| Trial | English, Spanish, German, French, Italian | Exercises, games, tests | |
| Freeware | English, Russian, Ukrainian + | “Lessons”, “Phrases”, “Letters”, “All symbols”, your own text | |
| Donationware | Russian, English, digital, Esperanto, phonetic + | Training, initial, speed, vocabulary, programming | |
| Freeware (1 user), shareware (multi-user version) | Russian, English | Exercises, games, your own text |
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