It’s really quite difficult to learn how to quickly type text on a keyboard, there are no options, you’ll have to master the ten-finger touch typing method, this is when you don’t look at the keyboard, but only at the screen, and press the keys with the right letters correctly. My situation with this matter is completely deplorable, I type sentences with my nose at the keyboard, and then check for errors, in general, I spend a lot of extra time. The best keyboard trainer for teaching the ten-finger touch typing method today is Stamina.

The installation of the program is standard, a standard list of questions, a license agreement and in which folder to install everything. It’s nice that this short procedure takes place in Russian.

Before you start your training, I recommend that you go into the help file and get acquainted with how to correctly position your fingers on the keyboard, believe me, after this the training will be much more fun and easier. After which we can press start and begin training, which consists of individual lessons with increasing complexity, gradually getting used to standard combinations of letters to complex phrases. Those who find the lessons boring can go to the “Phrases” mode or upload their text file. Extreme people can choose “ALL letters”, where they will run a mishmash of letters, numbers, punctuation marks and other printed symbols, after such mockery they will definitely learn to type texts of any complexity without looking at the keyboard.

To make it easier to understand where the desired key is located that needs to be pressed, and not be distracted from the screen, it is highlighted on the virtual keyboard. Plus, we highlighted the contours with which fingers are more convenient to press a certain block of keys, with the correct positioning of the hands.

After each lesson, statistics are given, how many mistakes were made, and what is the speed of typing characters per minute. The same information can be seen by clicking “Progress” in the main menu at any time, but only if you are working in the “Phrases” mode.

Separately, it is worth mentioning the unique sense of humor of the program’s author, which permeates everything from the inscriptions, the help file and ending with the sound. It will definitely lift your mood, although some may not like all these farts and grunts coming from the speakers. The most extreme sound can be turned off in the program settings, but you can get rid of all sounds by performing surgery and deleting the contents of the Sound folder.

Stamina even got its own player (very simple and very unique), which will brighten up your life while you are doing serious business. To add a separate song, a folder with your favorite music, or edit a playlist, press “F12” or go from the main menu “Options->List of songs...”, then I think you’ll figure out what to do and what buttons to press.

In Settings, you can change the sound volume for different events and adjust the appearance of the program in accordance with your concepts of beauty.

Now I'll give you some advice. Run the program in Windows 7 only as an administrator, then errors will not pop up indicating that some files are missing. The program comes with ready-made dictionaries in Russian, English, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish for teaching touch typing . If you can’t enable Stamina to work on one of them, check that this input language is installed in the operating system, after which everything should work.

First of all, Stamina captivates with its seemingly frivolous approach to business, but this does not mean that it cannot teach you how to quickly touch-type, that’s all right. The main thing is not to stop halfway, but to follow the path of a student and become a master.

Works great in 32 and 64 bit operating systems. The program interface has been translated into several languages, including Russian, and who doubted it, it was made by our compatriot. The language is selected automatically depending on the settings of your operating system.

Page for free download of Stamina http://stamina.ru/keyboard-trainer/download

The latest version at the time of writing is Stamina 2.5

Program size: installation file 4.62 MB

Compatibility: Windows Vista and 7, Windows Xp

Last year I set myself a goal - to master touch typing. I reached it quickly enough. I don’t remember exactly now, but, in my opinion, it took me no more than a few weeks. It was possible faster, even much faster, but it was not always possible to devote time to training. Now I have decided to master the Latin layout, and, I want to say, mastering the second layout is much faster. In fact, this can be done even in one weekend. Of course, I'm not saying now that you'll be typing at 300 characters per minute, but at least you won't be looking at the keyboard. Today I decided to write about keyboard trainers for touch typing, and in general about what touch typing is and who needs it.

Why do you need touch typing?

Just answer one question for yourself: how often do you type on the keyboard? I can predict the answer. Of course, often! This could be a banal correspondence on social networks, or it could be more serious things - a thesis (if you write it yourself), work reports, copywriting (if). Can you imagine how much time you could save if typing took you, say, 5 times less time. And this is not the limit.

Yes, first of all touch typing allows you to increase your typing speed. Ideally, you will be able to type at the speed of thought, even much faster than writing with a regular ballpoint pen. You will not think about which key you need to press; your fingers will do it subconsciously. It will be hard at first, but then you will start to enjoy it. You just need to overcome yourself.

In addition, touch typing is good for the brain. To master touch typing at a high level, your brain will have to create a huge number of neural connections. And in general, fine motor skills of the hands themselves also have an extremely positive effect on brain function. So print more.

What types of touch typing keyboard trainers are there?

Well, first of all, there are online keyboard simulators touch typing and offline simulators. There's not much to explain here. You will use the first (online simulators) through an Internet browser, and if registration is provided there, then you will be able to train not only at home. And the second type of simulators (offline) involves installing a program on your computer with all the ensuing consequences. I prefer online simulators, but, of course, they require constant access to the Internet.

You can also meet free and paid keyboard trainers. Personally, it seems to me that the difference is small, although I can’t really compare, because I myself have only used free simulators. Here, as in everyday life, everything depends on the person. More precisely, it depends on whether he knows how to achieve his goals or not. By the way, this is a great chance to test this quality in yourself.

Keyboard simulators can also be divided according to their interest. This is of course not for everyone, but personally I like it when training is built in the form of a game and is divided into levels, when there are some achievements, points, competitions and other gaming stuff. This draws you into the training process, and you don’t even notice how you are developing your touch typing skill step by step. In a word, have fun and profitably.

Well, I think it’s time to move on to a review of popular touch typing keyboard trainers. I will not divide them according to any gender characteristics or sort them in any way, but will simply describe them and, perhaps, collect basic information in a small table for convenient comparison. I won’t describe everything, but only those that my heart is drawn to.

All 10 – free online touch typing trainer

All 10(website) is one of the best free touch typing simulators. It was on it that I mastered the ten-finger set, so I will describe it first. The site itself looks quite nice and is not annoying to spend a long time on it.

Interface "All 10"

Training is based on levels. If you complete the task and advance to the next level, if you fail, beat Claudia until you pass! The tasks from level to level are basically the same, but the only difference is the number of keys on which you need to flutter like a bird. To pass the level, you need to type the provided text at a speed of at least 50 characters per minute and you are allowed to make no more than 2 mistakes. Well, these are the minimum requirements, but purely for yourself, you can set a goal to sit at the same level until the speed is, say, 120 characters per minute.

Training can be completed in Russian and English. What I’m actually doing now is going through levels in English.

After training you can get certified. For some reason I didn’t pass, I have to pass.

The service also has statistics for each lesson, where you can compare your results with the average and with the best results.

In principle, this keyboard simulator alone will be enough for you to learn touch typing. But for the sake of decency, let's look at other interesting simulators.

Clavogonki is an exciting online game. Touch typing won't get you far

Clavogons(site) is a truly unique creation that combines all the best that can be needed for learning high-speed touch typing. Just look at the table of the best players. The fastest player this week set a record in 892 characters per minute. Can you imagine? 15 characters per second!

Clavogonki: choosing a race

There is a development system, ranks, points that can be spent on all sorts of bonuses and other things inherent in any game world.

The only drawback is that if you are a beginner, then you have nothing to do here! This keyboard trainer can teach you speed typing, but it is unlikely to teach you touch typing from scratch.

Klavarog – professional free online keyboard trainer

Speaking of Clavarog(website), it’s easier to start with its shortcomings, because there are very few of them, and then move on to its advantages, which will help you quickly forget about the shortcomings.

The only disadvantages of this keyboard trainer are that it does not have registration and does not remember your progress. That's all! Oh yes, the interface also looks a little old-fashioned and too simple, but there is nothing superfluous and nothing distracts from the process of learning touch typing.

Clavarog: a complete professional set

Now let's move on to the advantages of Clavarog:

Languages. There are as many as 5 languages ​​in this keyboard simulator - Russian, English, German, Ukrainian and Esperanto.

For each language it is provided 4 difficulty levels. At the first difficulty level “Start” you will be able to master the very basics - short, repeating words. At the second level “Beginner” there will be longer and more complex words. At the third level you will practice your typing speed. On the fourth - typing random paragraphs of text from books.

In addition to the usual national languages ​​(not counting Esperanto), you will be able to master touch typing course specifically for programming languages, taking into account the syntax features of each of them. The most popular programming languages ​​are collected, among which you will find JavaScript, PHP, Python, C, C++, Go, Pascal, SQL, XML/XSLT. If you are a programmer, then this keyboard simulator will be effective for you.

There are also different keyboard layout options for each language. You are most likely only familiar with QWERTY, because all keyboards on computers and laptops have this layout. This is when the top row of letters begins with the Latin letters qwerty. However, there are other layouts. They are less popular and certainly less familiar to the average person, but people who use them claim that they are more convenient and they can achieve better results (meaning typing speed). Among these layouts are: dvorak, ant, workman, klausler, jcuken and others…

Programmers most often work with alternative types of layouts. So if you are a programmer, then this touch typing keyboard simulator is doubly suitable for you.

Touch Typing Study – another good touch typing keyboard trainer (online)

Big advantage Touch Typing Study(site) is a huge number of languages. But will this be a benefit for you? I think not, unless you are a polyglot linguist. Otherwise, this resource is not much different from its analogues.

Touch Typing Study - simple, but no less effective

It is possible to register, but it is not necessary, since all lessons and exercises are available without registration.

There are also several unique games that are not like Tetris or Snake... although they are more like moving crosswords, I don’t know how to describe it, you just need to see and feel it. For the games they get a separate plus from me, after all, the games are very captivating in the process and I am always FOR this approach to learning.

By the way, like all the keyboard trainers that I describe, Touch Typing Study is completely free. Use it for your own pleasure, as much as you like.

Touch typing: top keyboard trainers

I did not describe all of these simulators in the article, because I described only online and free keyboard simulators, but, nevertheless, these are worthy candidates for you to learn about them. Perhaps someone is not against paid training. But for some people it’s more convenient to download the program onto their computer, you never know, maybe the Internet at home isn’t always available... well, that’s it!

Rating of keyboard trainers

Let's try to choose best keyboard trainer from those presented in the voting form. If you have come across them, you can choose the one you like best. If not, select the last option to view the voting results. I'll add my voice too. If you like several keyboard trainers and cannot choose the best one, then vote for 2 at once. You cannot vote for 3.

Conclusion:

Is touch typing difficult to learn? I think not! Especially considering the abundance of tools provided for this. Do you need touch typing? It's up to you to decide, but I think that this skill will definitely not be superfluous.

My typing speed on the Russian layout is now about 150 characters per minute, in English - about 90-100 characters per minute. I achieved this using a free online keyboard trainer " All 10" But the speed is low, I agree. Therefore, after completing the English layout course, I plan to hone my speed typing on the resource " Clavogons" What do you train on?

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Key Features

• a unique alternative for placing your hands on the keyboard;
• support for various layouts and languages;
• sound effects for musical accompaniment of the 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.

Advantages and disadvantages

• 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.

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Analogues

Qwerty. A free classic simulator for learning how to quickly type on a computer keyboard. It uses the ten-finger touch typing technique. Its features are a large keyboard with “jumping” buttons, different levels of difficulty in exercises, training in typing special characters, and display of convenient results graphs.

iQwer. A free app 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. It has ample opportunities for settings for studying, several useful exercises, and a bright design that promotes greater productivity in the process of work.

How to use the application

When you launch the simulator for the first time, a window with help called “Aibolit” will appear in front of you. 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 lesson options: phrases, letters from phrases, all symbols, etc.

In the “Options” menu you can change the layout, turn off the display of the virtual keyboard, and configure background music.

Stamina will give you the opportunity to thoroughly master the touch typing method.

Greetings, friends and colleagues! In today’s article I want to start a new series of materials devoted to the most important skills and abilities that every modern person needs to learn. Especially for those who work remotely via the Internet or build their own business on it.

I'll start with such a simple skill as touch typing with two hands. I’ll tell you what it is, how to learn to quickly type on the keyboard and what auxiliary tools exist for this.

I once understood the meaning and importance of the skill from a conversation with a successful Internet entrepreneur, sitting in a small Indonesian warung on the island of Bali.

Let me share with you my thoughts about its benefits, which you may not even know about.

Why learn to touch type with 10 fingers?

Surprisingly, I learned to touch-type with both hands back in college, trying to occupy myself with at least something useful during lessons. The fact is that I studied at an ordinary Russian college, where it was possible to enter for free, since my parents were not able to pay for my education, and I myself was not eager to strive for anything at that time, limiting myself to herd mentality.

Well, most of our teachers, I don’t know how in other educational institutions, put a big emphasis on our knowledge and training, because for them the main thing is to work out the teaching hours in order to earn money.

So, in pairs on one specialized subject, while the teacher played a browser game, we learned to type on keyboard simulators. There were no modern smartphones and unlimited Internet at that time, and college computers only had educational software and standard Windows games.

In general, I believe that this is one of the few important skills acquired during 4 years of study, which now helps me earn a lot of money, by Russian standards.

Save time

The first advantage of the two-handed touch typing method for me, of course, was the typing speed, which is increasing to this day. Typing haphazardly, it is hardly possible to develop this skill so systematically, since you have to constantly look at the monitor and keyboard.

Nowadays, we began to communicate more in writing and being able to type quickly is already a necessity. It happens that I communicate on a social network with 10 - 20 people at the same time, which is impossible to do with live communication, since these are completely different people, including my employers, clients, friends and readers. Such a conversation in writing saves a lot of time.

Increased Productivity

The second advantage for me is that I began to keep up with my own thoughts when writing an article and communicating. When you have to write and communicate a lot, with a low typing speed you don’t always have time to type out what you just formulated in your head, and the thought gets lost. This happens even during a conversation, and we speak much faster than we type on a computer.

For this reason, in our course, where we teach people to write texts, formulate their thoughts correctly and earn 20 - 30 thousand rubles a month without leaving home, we pay special attention to training in correct typing on the keyboard.

Maintaining health and energy

The third and fourth advantages are the preservation of energy and health when working at the computer. There is no need to constantly switch attention from the monitor to the keyboard. Your eyes and neck become less tired, your productivity has increased, and the chance of damaging your eyesight and ruining your health has decreased.

Brain Development

I’ll finish with the fifth plus, the essence of which is that by training all the fingers of both hands, new neural connections are formed in the brain, which also affect our ability to think, learn and remember information.

Since childhood, our parents teach us new skills that affect our mental and physical development. But then, when we grow up, for some reason we stop developing these skills consciously, deciding that we already know how to do everything. I will talk about such “invisible” skills that need to be constantly developed, for example: the ability to ask questions, the ability to build relationships, etc., in this regular column.

If you want to always be in the know, . Let's learn them together.

How to learn to type quickly on the keyboard

The main secret here is that you need to learn a simple technique developed by an American stenographer more than a hundred years ago, and then continuously train it. The technique involves using all 10 fingers correctly.

Correct placement of hands on the keyboard

The letters and symbols on the keyboard are arranged according to a special layout and divide it into 2 parts - for both hands. It is enough to understand and learn the correct placement of the fingers. Here's how they should be positioned.

In the following image, zones are highlighted in different colors, indicating which finger should press which button. In our college, next to the computers, there was always such a color reminder picture.

Learning to type correctly is a rather difficult process, it’s like learning to write again or learning to write with a different hand. I remember how my hands didn’t obey, my fingers couldn’t straighten and couldn’t reach the keys.

Tags for the blind

Ever wondered why there are small protrusions on the letters “A” and “O” on the keyboard? They are specially made so that you can place your fingers correctly without looking. Start typing when you feel them.

Pressing the spacebar and duplicate keys

I want to pay special attention to pressing the spacebar and duplicate keys (shift, ctrl, alt) when typing a capital letter or some symbol. According to the rules, you cannot press 2 keys at once with one hand. That is, when, for example, you type the exclamation mark “!” - these are the shift + 1 keys, you need to press “1” with your left little finger, and “shift” with your right little finger.

With a space you do the same thing: when you type a character with your left hand, put the subsequent space with your right and vice versa.

I understand that at first it will seem wildly inconvenient, but then the result will surprise you.

There's no need to rush

Don't try to type quickly right away, work on your technique. Try not to peek, you can even cover the keyboard with something. At first the speed will be very slow, but as the fingers “stretch” and muscle memory appears, it will begin to grow.

Workplace organization

I also recommend that you choose a comfortable workplace. This is important not only for mastering touch typing, but also for staying healthy and efficient. Here, read the article about how to organize a place to work and what can happen if you sit incorrectly (link will be later).

Constant practice

Well, the last piece of advice is to never type incorrectly again! By spending a month or two (maybe more) starting from now on learning, you will save tens and hundreds of hours over the course of your life.

Training simulators

There are already dozens of different simulators on the Internet, some of them are free, some are paid.

Keyboard solo

SOLO on keyboard(best) - This is a very old machine that I used in college. The author is a famous psychologist and journalist Vladimir Shakhidzhanyan.

You can install a program for your computer or study online. It is constantly updated and recently the developers made a new version of the training.

It’s very cool that there are sequential lessons here that train all fingers separately. In total you need to complete 100 lessons.

In addition to the course for the Russian keyboard, there are also other languages. I'm currently taking English, since I also have to type a lot in Latin.

It has a good function - typing speed test.

Stamina

Stamina is also a very good training program that allows you to learn the ten-finger typing method. The course is also based on step-by-step lessons.

VerseQ

VerseQ is a very simple simulator that adapts to the mistakes you make. There are no consistent lessons and no sense of achievement of some kind of goal, but in itself it is not bad.

VerseQ online- online version of VerseQ.

Analogues are worse

• Bombina
• RapidTyping
• iQwer
• Funny fingers
• BabyType
• Clavogons- the most popular in the game format.
• All 10

Conclusion

It takes time to master this skill; it can take months to train until your fingers begin to obey and press the right keys automatically, without even thinking about where the right symbol is.

The basis of training, of course, is the correct key press, and not speed. Try not to make mistakes, type slowly but correctly.

All I can do is wish you success and hope that you won’t miss the next skill that I will discuss on the blog.

Leave your feedback on how you learned to type quickly and what programs you used. Bye!

How to quickly learn to type on a keyboard?

Hello, friends! In our modern world, there is probably not a single person who does not know what a computer and keyboard are. Moreover, everyone knows what a keyboard is for and how to type on it. Many people type information for work, students, schoolchildren for study, some simply correspond on social networks while sitting at the computer in their free time, and even more so, a blogger needs to be good at typing on a keyboard.

True, few people type quickly on a keyboard, but many would like to master these skills. After reading this article, the answer to the question of how to quickly learn to type on a keyboard will no longer be relevant for you, since here you will learn how to quickly learn to type on a keyboard for free and on your own.

First, let's talk about several advantages of fast typing on the keyboard.

Firstly, by learning to quickly print huge texts and articles, a person saves time, which we need in the present time. After mastering the skills of fast typing on the keyboard, you will learn to enter texts more calmly and rhythmically, which will significantly reduce psychological and physical stress. That is, you will get more pleasure from the typing process, and if this is your job as a copywriter or rewriter, then from the work in general.

Secondly, workers who have good computer skills and, especially, fast typing on a keyboard are now very valuable.

Thirdly, when you work at a computer, we often move our eyes from the screen to the keyboard, so our eyes get tired. Once you learn how to quickly type on a keyboard, your eyes will be healthier.

How to quickly learn to type on the keyboard?

First you need to sit down at the computer correctly. Look at the picture, your posture should be straight, your legs should be parallel to the floor, your eyes should look down at the monitor.

This rule is golden and should not be broken. Also, in the process of learning to touch type, it is strictly forbidden to look at the keyboard, but to make work easier, you can use a virtual keyboard.

Also, you need to remember how the keys are located on a regular keyboard. There is an exercise for this: look at the top row of keys for 10-15 seconds, remember and transfer them to paper. Thus, you need to remember the entire key row, also by transferring them to paper and repeating this several times each row.

Secondly, each finger of each hand has its own keys and you only need to press them. Next, I will tell you which finger should press which key. You need to learn correctly from the very beginning, as it will be difficult to relearn.

As promised, I’m writing how the fingers should be positioned on the keyboard. Let's start with the little finger, it is responsible for the letter "F", the ring finger for the letter "Y", the middle finger is assigned to the letter "O" and the index finger is placed on "a". Happened FYVA. Place the four fingers of the right hand over the letters OLJ(deciphered Very Easy to Achieve What You Want), the index finger is on the “O” key and the rest of the fingers in order. The space bar is pressed with the edge of the thumb of both hands, that is, when the last letter is on the left hand, the space bar is pressed with the thumb of the right hand, well, if the last letter is pressed with the right hand, then the space bar is pressed with the thumb of the left hand.

Of course, it is impossible to learn how to quickly type on a keyboard in this way, so you need to use special simulators.

I myself became interested in touch typing on the keyboard about 4 years ago. And I came across a simulator that could be used to train in demo mode. I really liked it because it is not intrusive, the design is calm and friendly. There are jokes there that will cheer you up if suddenly something doesn’t work out. After reading them, you do the exercises again with new strength and mood. The program is called SOLO. It was developed by a psychologist and journalist, teacher at Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov Vladimir Vladimirovich Shakhidzhanyan and has been tested on thousands of students around the world. The course “SOLO on the keyboard 9.0” is designed for daily training over several weeks of lessons. If all requirements are met during the learning process, the author guarantees the acquisition of the skill of the ten-finger touch typing method on a computer keyboard, as well as the opportunity to increase typing speed and gain the right psychological attitude during classes

Here are two more simulators for touch typing. Try them all and choose the one that suits you best.

Stamina - the first version of this simulator was released in 2000. But as time has shown, the simulator is still relevant. Stamina is also available online, so you can try it right now. Download on this site http://stamina.ru/

VerseQ is a fairly well-known exercise machine that is suitable for everyone: from a beginner to a professional master. He will be a good teacher for beginners, he will help those who continue to improve the speed and quality of typing, and for professionals to maintain their shape.

On the Internet you will also find online services that help you increase the printing speed that you have. On the website klavogonki.ru you can compete in typing speed with novice users like you. The service is very interesting, I liked it.

Based on the above, a couple of tips on how to learn to type quickly on the keyboard:

1. As mentioned above, fingers must be held exactly above the letters assigned to them.

2. Never look at the keyboard.

3. Sit correctly, straight.

4. Take your time, rush is typical for beginners. But I want to say that in the beginning, rushing will not help you; first of all, you need to type correctly and competently, and then pick up speed.

5. To work on training simulators, choose a time when you are not distracted by anyone or anything and your state of mind is relaxed and balanced.

6. And if the workout begins to irritate you, then it’s time to rest or even complete it until you’re completely rested.

8. And finally, when you have mastered touch typing skills on the keyboard one hundred percent, do not forget to improve your knowledge. Train on the machines from time to time.

9. There are ergonomic keyboards, where the panel is divided into two parts, for more comfortable typing and working on the keyboard. It is very convenient for those who have already mastered touch typing on the keyboard.

In this article I tried to cover the topic quite fully, which I think happened. And it turned out to be useful for everyone. If you liked the article, like it so that your friends, after reading it, will also learn how to quickly type on the keyboard and subscribe to new articles. There will be more interesting topics, I promise!

Mira Iskakova was with you.