She played Nessy typing last night and feels that she has learned more in the hour than she has in 4 years.” “My daughter, who is 11, has been learning touch typing now for the past 4 years and is finding it difficult due to dyslexia.
The best thing about the program is that it teaches the keys in alphabetical order so it is much easier for children to remember where the keys are.” “My 11 year old son who is dysgraphic has been using the Nessy typing program and it has been great, he is actually learning to type. "No Color Highlighting" mode gives a more difficult and realistic experience.“This is the best typing program I have seen and feel it really encourages the children to want to succeed.” "High Visibility" mode gives more significant color distinctions - great for those with color blindness or other vision impairments.
Nearly all other significant statistics are also reported, allowing for a more custom calculation as well.Īll performance calculations are also clearly explained (simply mouse-hover over the labels) making it easy to understand your results. Typing speed is calculated according to the most widely accepted method where a 'word' is assumed an average of 5 characters (spaces included) with every error (per minute) being a 1 WPM deduction. Correct Words per minute (WPM) Calculation.Tired of having to frantically check back and forth between the text to type and what you're typing?īoth entry modes combine the two into one, so you are always looking at exactly what you are typing on screen as you do normally, making it easy to refine your natural typing skill. Speed Typing Online provides six different test round times: 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minute, 3 minute, 5 minute, and 10 minute typing tests. Why should you always have to take a 1 minute typing test? Two different entry modes keep the experience fresh and help develop different speed typing skills.Īt any point in time both entry modes provide, at a minimum, the next 2-3 words (21 characters to be precise) so you can always be looking ahead at the next words to type - a useful skill in learning to type faster.
The following keyboard layouts are supported:
No more messing with the settings on your computer! Support for many popular keyboard layouts makes switching to your favorite as easy as selecting it from the keyboard layout dropdown menu. Dvorak, Colemak, AZERTY, QWERTZ, and Numpad support.If you're going to type something, you might as well type something interesting and fun to type.Ĭurrent typing text options include random common English words, random easy words, books, book summaries short stories, fables, sight words for kids, random interesting and funny facts, random wise proverbs, and even the ability to type whatever you want with the custom text option.įables and random sight words are good choices for easy typing texts that work great for younger kids and beginners.Ĭustom text can be saved and shared easily using the custom URL generated when new custom text is loaded. Report can be personalized with your name and your results can be saved and shared easily using the link generated at the end of every test. Keep your hands on the keyboard - use keyboard shortcut "Shift-Return" to restart typing test.Ĭheck your typing speed and accuracy as it is updated and displayed every second while you type.
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