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Kewala's Typing Adventure [a] is a 1996 Australian educational typing-themed video game, featuring a koala protagonist named Kewala. It was developed by Sydney -based software company Typequick , and localised by Japan Data Pacific for the Japanese market.
A method taught since the 1960s (and perhaps earlier): The left little finger is used for the keys 1 2, the ring finger for 3, the middle — 4, the left index finger is responsible for 5 and 6. On the right side of the keyboard: index — 7 and 8, middle — 9, ring — 0 and the little — all other keys on the right side of the upper row.
The accompanying image shows the keyboard layout of the American stenotype machine. In "home position", the fingers of the left hand rest along the gap between the two main rows of keys to the left of the asterisk (little finger on the "S" to forefinger on the "H" and "R"). These fingers are used to generate initial consonants.
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is an application software program designed to teach touch typing. Released in late 1987 by The Software Toolworks , the program aimed to enhance users' typing skills through a series of interactive lessons and games.
Person typing on a laptop keyboard Video of typing on a notebook computer keyboard. Typing is the process of writing or inputting text by pressing keys on a typewriter, computer keyboard, mobile phone, or calculator. It can be distinguished from other means of text input, such as handwriting and speech recognition. Text can be in the form of ...
The idea of one-hand typing is to touch type using only one hand (e.g. the left one), or mainly one hand. Its history and application are closely related to keyboard research on QWERTY and Dvorak keyboard layouts. Typing with one hand can be done in a number of ways, and novel approaches are still emerging.
The CD-ROM version of the game was produced by Thomas R. Decker, a producer for Interplay whose past titles included Mario's Game Gallery and Kingdom: the Far Reaches. [1] Mario Teaches Typing reuses the title theme from Super Mario World. [7] The game was released in the United States in 1992 and in the United Kingdom in 1993. [9]
As of 2019, the average typing speed on a mobile phone was 36.2 wpm with 2.3% uncorrected errors—there were significant correlations with age, level of English proficiency, and number of fingers used to type. [3] Some typists have sustained speeds over 200 wpm for a 15-second typing test with simple English words. [4]