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- TWO TYPING PROGRAMS
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- In MegaDisc19 a reader enquired about the existence of a public domain typing
- tutor. As apparently there was none, I decided to take up the challenge and
- whip up a simple typing tutor. As the program turned out to be fairly short,
- I decided to do a second one. Both programs can easily be used by kids.
- In neither program do you need the mouse.(Why should you in a typing
- program?)
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- In the first program(Typing Tutor) a short sentence will be displayed on the
- screen. Do not pay too much attention to the content of the sentences, I
- made them up from the top of my head. When you are ready, you will then
- retype the sentence. If you make any mistakes you will be asked to retype
- the sentence.
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- Once you have typed the sentence correctly, your typing rate will be
- calculated and displayed. Your typing rate is the convential words/minute
- where one word equals 5 characters(including spaces).
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- If your typing rate increases(or decreases) by more than 5 words minute you
- will change your level of difficulty. This program should give you an
- opportunity to increase your typing speed, whatever speed it is.
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- While TYPING TUTOR involves meaningful(to a point) sentences, LETTER ATTACK
- involves typing random characters which fall down the screen. Characters can
- be any kind of printable ASCII character, not just numbers and letters. This
- will help develop familiarity with the keyboard, if needed.
- There is no penalty for typing incorrect characters.
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- Characters may be upper or lower case, so that you may have to use the
- shift keys. Score will be dependent on how quickly you type, not just how
- mant characters you type. The speed of the characters will acelerate. The
- faster you type, the greater they will acelerate. There is an arbitrarily
- fast speed beyond which they will not acelerate beyond.
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- In this program, there is the concept of a "pile". Every time you
- sucessfully intercept a letter, one will be added to to pile, while every
- time a character escapes, you will lose one from the pile. If the pile drops
- below nought, then the program ends. At some points in the game, the pile
- cannot be increased.
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- To quit either program, just use the pull-down menu.
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- These programs are a bit basic, but perhaps one day, a full fledged typing
- program could be written. Some areas covered could be, touch typing, the
- computer keyboard, wordprocessors etc.
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- If you find this program useful, a small donation to the author for his
- time, of say $10 would be appreciated. Also for any enquiries about my other
- programs, write to
- Bill Jordan
- 25 King William St
- Fitzroy, Vic 3065
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