Universität Karlsruhe
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Typist is a program to provide you with instruction and practice in using a computer keyboard.

If you can not touch type, Typist contains all the tutorials and practice text you will need in order to master this skill. And if you can already touch type, then you can use the program to sharpen your keyboard skills, and improve your typing speed and efficiency.

Press any of the buttons in the following sections to start Typist:


Run Typist - German Keyboard

This button will start Typist, configured for a standard US keyboard.

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Run Typist - US Keyboard

This button will start Typist, configured for a standard US keyboard.

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Use of Typist is completely free, and the Java source code for the program is distributed under the GNU General Public License. The latest version of the complete package can normally be found in the Linux CAI applications area of Sunsite.

For help on running Typist, please read the Typist 3.1 (Java) User's Guide, or use the online help in the program itself.

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