What makes typeSmart so effective?

Firstly, typeSmart recognizes the fundamental difference between creating electronic text by computer users, as distinct from the old-fashioned copy-typing of secretaries. Secondly, it uses modern psychological learning principles, or Accelerated Learning. Computers are creative tools, so for ma...

What are the ergonomic advantages of typeSmart?

eText typeSmart is the only typing tutor that has been designed to maximize comfort to the keyboard user, and to minimize the risk of injury. However, we stress that YOU have to take responsibility for implementing its features and taking care of your personal health. In the Digital Age ALL compute...

What Accelerated Learning techniques are used in typeSmart?

Trial and Success! TypeSmart is based on ‘trial and success’ rather than trial-and-error. Only correct keystrokes allow you to progress, and thus train your mind correctly. In contrast, most conventional typing tutorials ‘beep’ at you when you make a mistake, negatively reinforcing the error in y...

What are 'junk chunks', and why are these avoided by typeSmart?

Junk chunks are combinations of characters that you would never find in real syllables or words, such as ‘frf’ or ‘juj’. TypeSmart avoids these because then it takes even longer to learn the correct combination of letters. Why bother learning something you will never use again?

Can typeSmart be used for teaching keyboarding or typing to school students under age 12?

Yes, providing the teaching is directed and supervised by a teacher familiar with typeSmart.Children who are left to learn the keyboard by themselves without proper instruction tend do invent their own Key-Finger Groups, usually not the optimum ones.However, it only takes an hour or two to learn the...