TypingMaster Pro Typing Tutor

ntTypingMaster Pro Typing Tutor is one of the better typing tutorials on the market. It features a series of comprehensive lessons that collectively take several hours to complete.

TypingMaster Pro Typing Tutor

ntThe software also tracks your progress and provides a number of statistics. It even tells you which keys are the most problematic for you. TypingMaster Pro Typing Tutor sells for $29.95.

Rapid Typing Tutor

ntRapid Typing Tutor is a free utility that appears to be geared more toward beginners than experienced typists who want to increase their proficiency.

Rapid Typing Tutor

ntAlthough it lacks many of the bells and whistles found in other typing tutorials, it does offer a lesson editor you can use to create custom lessons.

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

ntMavis Beacon Teaches Typing has been around for what seems like forever. There isn’t a free trial of the current version, but Download.com offers a free trial of a slightly older version, so you can get  a feel for how the software works.

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ntIt is worth mentioning that the download is about 400 MB in size. Although this might not be large by today’s standards, the download was painfully slow when I attempted it. In all, downloading and installing the trial took more than an hour to complete.

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

ntThe software itself really isn’t bad. Like most of the other typing tutorials on the market, it offers classroom-style lessons, typing tests, and typing games. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is available as a Deluxe Edition ($19.99) and a Platinum Edition ($29.99)

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor

ntTen Thumbs Typing Tutor is a typing tutorial that is intended for beginners and advanced typists alike. Although the Viking theme might not appeal to everyone, it does help keep the otherwise monotonous typing lessons lighthearted and somewhat fun.

Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor

nt In addition to the typing lessons, Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor offers a variety of typing games. It can also create playlists from your iTunes account so that you can rock out while you’re working on your typing skills.
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ntTen Thumbs Typing Tutor is free to use for 10 days, but the full version costs $25.95.

Bruce's Unusual Typing Wizard

ntBruce’s Unusual Typing Wizard is a fun and free typing tutorial, even if the interface does seem rather dated. (It works fine on Windows 7.)

Bruce's Unusual Typing Wizard

ntThe program offers instructional text and then guides you through a series of typing lessons, all the while keeping track of your speed and accuracy. There is also a typing game where you have to repeat the letters that are displayed before they plummet to the bottom of the screen.