Those of us who work with computers on a daily basis need to be as fast as possible with the keyboard, and programs like Klavaro Touch Typing Tutor can be really helpful.

Klavaro Touch Typing Tutor is a simple tool that teaches you the basics of typing and also lets you practice to improve your speed and accuracy. Lessons in Klavaro Touch Typing Tutor grow in difficulty as you make progress through the program, from single letters on the keyboard to complete texts.

The good thing about Klavaro Touch Typing Tutor is that it offers support for many different keyboard layouts and languages, which makes it suitable for a wider number of users, no matter what their mother tongue is.

On the downside, I missed some extra features found in other similar tools, such as the possibility to keep track of your results with statistics, or to customize the text with which you can practice.

Use Klavaro Touch Typing Tutor everyday and you'll be able to improve your typing speed and accuracy.

Download Klavaro Touch Typing Tutor 1.1.4 in Softonic

Master Key is the typing tutor that uses the standard OS interface wherever possible. Learn to type or improve your typing skills using our drills or any plain text files. Jump into the challenging ParaTyper game to keep it interesting and fun.

Download Master Key 5.3 in Softonic

Rapid Typing is a fast and useful application that allows you to improve your typing skills, both in accuracy and speed. The interface is fairly clear, although maybe you will have to disable the aquarium animation set as default in the background as it can disturb you when concentrating on your exercises. You can do that, in the option menu, ticking the animation option and if you wish, choosing a background colour, although the white one, is probably the clearer.

When you start the session, simply type the letters you see on the screen, without looking at your keyboard. Exercises are increasingly difficult and test you on specific letters each time, until you are able to remember better what’s where.

If you don’t know which is the correct finger to use to press a letter, press the Show/Hide Virtual Keyboard button, on the far bottom of the main frame. You’ll get a representation of your hands, telling you with which finger you should use to press the key.
At the end of each session the program tells you how many mistakes you made and how fast you have been, showing you a graph of your improvements.

With Rapid Typing you can improve your typing speed and accuracy when using your keyboard with increasingly more difficult exercises. Although it’s very easy to use, it lacks of an initial explanation on how to position and move your fingers, so two-finger typers might have to look for an alternative training method.

Download RapidTyping 1.9.9.6 in Softonic

Learning to touch type is one of the fastest ways to improve your productivity. Mika's Touch Type Trainer is a program designed for to improve your typing speed through the use of children's stories.

The interface is very basic and it's not exactly flashy in the graphics department but it gets down to business quickly and if you've got an aptitude for it you should see some rapid improvements. The program is based around 6 stories including such classics as The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glass. The program was originally a smash hit in Japan although I suspect this is a stripped down version of it for free. The themes of the stories obviously mean this is a suitable program for children and beginners and it's a very lightweight program that you could even carry around on a USB stick easily. The one major problem with this program is that it has been very badly translated from Japanese to English so parts of the interface, and especially the instructions are difficult to understand.

Mika's Touch Type Trainer is an unusual touch typing teacher which attempts to reach beginners and children although be prepared to struggle with the translations.

Download Mika's Touch Type Trainer 2.02 in Softonic

Master your keyboard and become a real typing ace. Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor is an instructive program aimed at computer novices who wish to get professional level typing skills through an enjoyable learning experience. It also provides an exciting way for more advanced users to hone their typing skills.

The first thing I liked in Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor (TTTT) is that it holds your hand from the start. As soon as you launch the program a rough looking, yet friendly Viking greets you and will guide throughout the lessons. You can always rely on him if you have doubts or questions. The first exercises are meant to teach you how to place your hands correctly on the keyboard and how to type common letter associations. As you move on the difficulty rises and you are asked to type longer key words at a faster pace.

Where you need to reproduce a certain key combination a pair of virtual hands shows you how it’s done on the keyboard. Whenever you make a mistake the letters will appear in red and you will hear a beeping sound. You can check statistics to see with what keys you make the most mistakes. Not one to overlook a detail, TTTT even gives you tips on how to sit correctly in front of your PC so that you don’t tire too quickly. For the more experienced, you can also set your Words Per Minute count to see if you are typing on par with professional standards.

Once you feel more comfortable with your typing skills you can try them out in the two games provided by TTTT: Safari Park and Brick Factory. Both challenges give you a time limit to type certain key associations. You can adjust the speed to make it more difficult.

The Songseeker option blends iTunes to Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor. This option can detect what song you’re playing and will download the lyrics if you click on the iTunes logo in the right hand corner. The program will display them and you’ll have to type in the correct characters. This is another way of learning how to type, and what’s more, you can enjoy your favorite song at the same time.

Depending on the language you’ve chosen when you installed TTTT, you can set the type of keyboard you are using. For example, English users will have a choice of UK, US and Dvorak keyboards.

If you don’t feel at ease with your typing skills, I strongly recommend using Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor. You’ll be able to learn at your own pace and will improve thanks to a multitude of exercises testing your hand placement, dexterity and speed.

Download Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor 4.7 in Softonic

TypingMaster Pro for Windows is a personal typing tutor for learning professional touch typing skills. You will learn to type up to 4 times faster without errors and save dozens of valuable working hours every year. The new improved typing skills will help you get things done quicker.

TypingMaster's extensive, clearly structured study material covers the basics of touch typing, the numeric keypad, special marks and tips on ergonomics. Learning is supported by multi-form exercises, including graphical keyboard drills, timed texts, games and personalized review exercises.

Download TypingMaster Pro 7.0 in Softonic

Cowboy with Keyboard is a typing tutor for Windows. It is not simply a program, it's a game…
This program will teach you to type on keyboard with the help of so named "blind" method.

Want to know what the blind method is? Basically it assumes the best way to teach someone is not to give them the answers but to search for it themselves. Check it out and see!

Download Cowboy with Keyboard 2.1 in Softonic

GS Typing Tutor is a powerful and rich features typing tutor & test software. It is an ideal teaching tool for learning to type and developing typing speed. It is geared towards kids aged nine to adult.

As a beginner, you start by "hunting and pecking" and two finger typing. GS Typing Tutor will help you memorize the keyboard layout and go on to develop typing speed quickly. If you already know how to touch type, GS Typing Tutor can help you to acquire professional touch-typing skills. Faster typing speed will help you save time, every day.

How does GS Typing Tutor help you to learn type?

Complete typing lessons

The complete typing lessons include levels from the basics of typing to advanced subjects, such as the numeric keypad and special characters.

Onscreen keyboard

GS Typing Tutor offers an onscreen keyboard which helps a novice to find out where a key is, also which can help to memorize the keyboard layout quickly.

Amusing learning process

With 5 typing games, GS Typing Tutor makes the process of learning to type amusing.

Track your improvement

GS Typing Tutor will track your learning process and try to figure out your problem keys, you can improve these keys with personalized review exercises.

Download GS Typing Tutor 2.96 in Softonic

This free typing tutor teaches you how to touch-type. Once you can touch-type you will not need to look at the keyboard to find the letters you want to type.

This is what TypeFaster has to offer:

• Supports multiple keyboard layouts and more can be added easily
• A clear indication of which fingers to use. This is the essence of touchtyping
• A 3D typing game
• Typing statistics and the option of practising the least accurate/slowest/custom keys
• Keyboard is not a fixed size (resolution independent)
• Multi-user support
• Teacher support (view student statistics)
• Interface for editing lesson files and game settings
• Backspace support
• Right to left text support
• Variable text size
• Lesson files can be prose or poems
• Lesson progress indicator
• Completely free with full source code availability

Download TypeFaster 0.4.2 in Softonic

MaxType Typing Tutor is a free typing tutor for Windows. This program allows you not only to test and practice your typing skills with any *.txt file, but to print out your test diplomas (statistical data will give you the information about 20 parameters of your typing) and even replay the mtr-record file of your own typing. Built-in Extreme Typing mode allows you to compete in speed of typing against any mtr-record file from your collection.

Download MaxType Typing Tutor Lite 1.6.11 in Softonic

Letter Chase Typing Tutor is a complete typing program for all levels. Letter Chase touch typing software runs on all versions of Windows and works on most networks. With Letter Chase, it has never been easier to learn to type! Beginners to touch typing are guided by animated hands to learn the keys.

Even young kids can learn the keyboard with Letter Chase, making it ideal for schools and educational institutions (many elementary and high schools are Letter Chase users), as well as corporate training (keypad training included with the program). Experts learn how to become masters of speed typing. Home computer users also benefit from learning the touch type method. No more hunt and peck, two finger typing. Within days you can memorize the qwerty keyboard and go on to developing speed.

Letter Chase Typing Tutor is a master at teaching speed typing. Two unique lessons will have you up to speed faster than any of the other typing courses, and with greater accuracy. We call them "Word Sweep" and "Letter Chase."

Download Letter Chase Typing Tutor 3.71 in Softonic

Feeling frustrated that your keyboard skills aren't quite up to that of the person who sits next to you in work, or other members of your family? With a bit of practice, even complete computer novices can learn to touch-type within a few weeks.

As the name suggests, Bodie's Typing is a typing tutor invented by a guy called Bodie. The program consists of a group of exercises designed to achieve a gradual training of the fingers of both hands and memorizes the location of each key to write correctly and without the necessity of looking at the keyboard.

Download Bodie’s Typing 1.03 in Softonic

Computer software provides unlimited aphasia treatment for many of the different types of expressive aphasia: nominal aphasia, amnesic aphasia, broca's aphasia. These can be caused by stroke or brain-injury and usually requre speech therapy.

Aphasia treatment software that improves recognition and retrieval of letters and words. Aphasic patients use it independently, thanks to special features, starting with relearning the alphabet then identifying objects by matching a word to a picture. At the highest levels, patient types the name for everyday things like "apple" or "watch" or "clock".

Download Aphasia Tutor 1: Words 5.09 in Softonic

Typing Invaders is a REAL arcade game, in which you are escaping from invaders, shooting and trying to hit invaders. This is no fake - you are playing space invaders ! (You are not just typing characters). With this free typing game you WILL have fun, but don't worry, by playing Typing Invaders you sure will be learning to type. Improve your typing skills with this free typing tutor - typing game !

Download Typing Invaders 6.1 in Softonic

10 Finger BreakOut is a REAL arcade game, in which you are escaping from invaders, shooting and trying to hit balls. This is no fake - you are playing BreakOut ! (You are not just typing characters). With this free typing game you WILL have fun, but don't worry, by playing 10 Finger BreakOut you sure will be learning to type. Improve your typing skills with this free typing tutor - typing game!

Download 10 Finger BreakOut 6.2 in Softonic

With Active Typing for Windows touch typing tutor you will learn to type many times faster without typing errors. Active Typing contains a complete touch typing course with 14 chapters. In addition it has fun typing games, smart review wizard and progress graphs.

Most important features:

• Complete touch typing course with 14 chapters
• Additional numpad course (FREE)
• Three fun typing games
• Smart review wizard that detects your problem keys
• Graphical progress statistics
• Adjust the duration of the chapters
• Printable progress report
• Story typing to test your real typing speed
• Unlimited number of users

Download Active Typing Tutor 4.70 in Softonic

"Tux Typing" is an educational typing tutor for children. It features several different types of gameplay, at a variety of difficulty levels. Teachers will find the new Tuxtyping to be a more moldable tool they can use in there classrooms. It is easier now to group the types of exercises, words and characters into a lesson!

Download Tux Typing 2 1.5.3 in Softonic