Five Finger Typist 2.2
by SoftDawn
A one-handed typing tutor for Windows and Macintosh
Five Finger Typist is a typing tutor for people who want to learn one-handed touch typing, using either the right, or left hand. It teaches the accepted keyboarding technique for single-handed touch typing on the standard (QWERTY) keyboard.
Five Finger Typist has a set of structured typing lessons which first teach the home position and then progressively introduce new keys and revise keys already learnt.
Extremely easy to use, even a novice can become a master typist.
Features and benefits
- Suitable for child or adult
- Opens up new communication skills – note taking, memos, letters, computer games and applications
- Learn a life-long skill not dependent on specialised keyboards and dedicated software which need to be taken with you
- Touch typing skills assist students in all levels of learning
- Touch typing skills assist adults in communication and employment
- An onscreen animated hand graphic shows the correct hand movement as keys are typed
- Either the right, or the left, hand can be chosen easily
- Lessons are graded, starting with simple exercises
- A self-paced typing program
Click here to see how Five Finger Typist works.
New features in version 2 (for Windows only, version for Mac OS X coming soon)
- New in version 2.2 Addition of a large font option for users with low vision. The very large font option offers a choice of an extra two screen font sizes of 36 and 48 point (font face: Arial bold). Improved exercises have also been added to a number of lessons.
Five Finger Typist with on-screen keyboard
Five Finger Typist with typing frame - Auditory prompting of keys to practise during the typing exercises: a recorded voice will prompt you with the next 3, to 5, characters in the exercise line. When you have correctly typed these characters the voice will then speak the next 3, to 5, characters to type (and so on).
- A resizable main window, with the onscreen keyboard coloured in bands to show the keys typed with each finger
- A Customise… option allows you to customise the program in ways to assist in the learning process:
- Over 3 screen font sizes – standard, medium or large, including 36 and 48 points
- typing sounds can be turned on – either the key typed is spoken, or a typewriter sound is made when you type
- a typing-error sound can be chosen
- Over 3 screen font sizes – standard, medium or large, including 36 and 48 points
- Saving to a personalised progress file allows you to restart at the last lesson saved and with the same settings
Requirements and ResourcesexpandClick to collapse
System Requirements for Windows
- Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, NT4, 95, 98, ME
Note: For customers on 64-bit Windows 7, please view Installing and using Five Finger Typist on Win 7 64 bit computers
System Requirements for Mac
- Mac OS 10.3 and higher (compatible with Mac OS “Leopard” 10.5)
- Intel or PowerPC processor
Multi-user Purchase Option
A Five User Site Licence entitles the owner to make up to five (5) installations of the software, at the registered site, on PCs running the Windows Operating System, or Apple Macintosh computers. In other words, the software can be installed on:
- five PCs only,
- five Macs only
- a number of PCs and Macs where the combined total does not
exceed five computers.
A “site” would include a single district, school, university or college etc. The “site” should have a central point of contact and purchase orders should come from one primary source or contact.
One person needs to agree to be the “Agreement Co-ordinator” who will be responsible for all communication with Spectronics, including any contact regarding tech support issues.
The establishment name and site address is required at time of ordering a Site Licence.
Download
- Five Finger Typist Demo for Windows or Mac
Five Finger Typist 2.2 is targeted at the following age ranges:
- All Ages
Five Finger Typist 2.2 is designed to foster development in the areas of:
- Access to computers
- Keyboard familiarity
Users can access Five Finger Typist 2.2 in the following ways:
- Mouse/ Trackball/ Joystick
- Keyboard
For answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and technical support visit:
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