People trust Typingo to teach them a skill they will use every day, so we take care over what we publish. This page explains how the course and articles are created, checked and corrected.
Our teaching principles
- Accuracy before speed. Early lessons stop at every wrong key so wrong movements are not practised. Days open on accuracy targets, which rise gradually from 90% to 95%; speed guides are shown only as encouragement.
- Small steps. Each day adds one to four keys, in an order based on finger reach and how often letters are used in English: home row, then the nearest reaches, then the rest.
- Real words early. As soon as enough keys are known, practice uses real, common English words rather than random letters.
- Regular review. Checkpoints on Days 7, 14, 21 and 28 review everything so far, and adaptive sessions focus on each learner’s weakest keys.
- Short, daily practice. Sessions are planned to take about fifteen minutes, because short daily practice builds skills better than occasional long sessions.
- Honest feedback. Results use standard definitions (net words per minute, accuracy as a share of key presses) and explain themselves in plain language.
How lessons and texts are made
The order of keys, the targets and the step-by-step structure of each day are designed by our team and follow widely used touch-typing practice: the home row with anchors on F and J, one finger per column, opposite-hand Shift, and returning to the home row after every reach.
Practice lines are built from a list of common English words, a set of short sentences and original passages written for the course. Passages are written in clear, everyday English, avoid difficult or upsetting subjects and are suitable for learners of all ages. A word filter keeps offensive words out of generated practice.
How we check them
- An automated audit builds every step of all thirty days many times over and fails if any practice text asks for a key the learner has not been taught yet.
- The same audit checks that each session keeps to its planned length, that punctuation is used the way it is in real writing and that practice is mostly real words.
- Speed and accuracy calculations are covered by automated tests with known inputs.
- Finger assignments and tips are checked against a standard US QWERTY keyboard.
- Pages are checked for accessibility (see our Accessibility statement).
Articles
Articles on the blog are written or reviewed by the people named on them, based on practical experience of learning and teaching typing and on reliable sources, which we link where they are used. We update articles when information changes and show the date of the last update.
Independence
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Corrections
Found a mistake, a confusing instruction or a typo in a practice text? Please tell us at support@typingo.net or through the contact form. We review every report, fix confirmed errors as quickly as we can and note significant changes in our update history.
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