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Five Finger Typist

Five finger typist software CD and manual.
Product Type: 
Device modifier
Manufacturer Name: 
SoftDawn

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Product Description: 

Five Finger Typist is a typing tutor for people who want to learn to type with one hand. It teaches the accepted keyboarding technique for one-handed touch typing on the standard (QWERTY) keyboard. Five Finger Typist is a set of structured typing lessons that first teach the home position and then progressively introduce new keys while revising keys already learned.

Main Features: 

  • 21 lessons teach all letters, numbers and some punctuation marks.
  • Choose from 5 screen-font sizes - standard to very large.
  • Typing sounds can be turned on during typing exercises.
  • A typing-error sound can be chosen.
  • Hear an audio prompt of the next keys to type.
  • The keys the user types can be spoken.
  • A typewriter sound is made when a user types.
  • Save a typing hand, the last lesson worked, and other settings so to start next time with the same setup.
  • Five Finger Typist is extremely easy to use. It's not necessary to master complex concepts to use the program.
  • Suitable for child or adult.
  • Either the right or left hand can be chosen easily.
  • Opens up new communication skills - email, letters, social media, applications, and computer games.
  • Touch typing skills assist students at all levels of learning.
  • Touch typing skills assist adults in communication and employment.
  • Lessons are graded, starting with simple exercises.
  • A self-paced typing program.

Primary Specifications: 

  • Windows version 2.2:
    • Five Finger Typist 2.2 runs under all Windows Operating Systems from Windows 95 through to the current Windows 10. It needs 3 MB of free memory on the hard drive.
    • Five Finger Typist is a 32-bit program, but can also run on 64-bit Windows using the Windows WOW64 emulator.
    • The Five Finger Typist installer installs Five Finger Typist in a new directory in the Program Files directory of 32-bit Windows, or in the Program Files (x86) directory of 64-bit Windows.
  • Macintosh version 1.71:
    • Mac OS 10.3 and later (including the latest MacOS Sierra 10.12) running on both Intel and PowerPC processors.
    • Version 1.71 for Macintosh doesn't include the features under the "Customize" menu item in the Windows version.

More Information: 

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