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Typing lessons

Short lessons that build touch typing step by step, at your own pace.

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Parents reading a book with their daughter under a blanket

For the first keys

Learn every key, one happy step at a time

A family evening. Short lessons fit before the bedtime story.

BeforeTwo fingers and a lot of looking

With sdevClear lessons, key by key

  • Boy reading a book by a window

    Home row first

    He learns a few keys a day. Soon all of them.

  • Girl studying at a desk with a teacher beside her

    School project

    Ready to type the project without looking down.

How to learn touch typing

  1. Sit right, find the home row

    Feet flat, back straight, wrists floating above the keyboard. Index fingers on the bumped F and J keys, the rest of the fingers on the keys beside them, thumbs on the space bar.

  2. Watch the screen, not your hands

    The next key lights up on the keyboard below and the finger that presses it is raised on the hands. Type each new key on its own first, then in patterns, then in real words.

  3. Earn stars and move on

    Each lesson ends with WPM, accuracy and up to three stars. Redo a lesson for a fresh text any time, or press Enter to continue to the next one.

Good to know

  • Fingers always return to the home row after a key. That is what makes the other rows reachable without looking.
  • Go slowly at first. Speed built on wrong fingers has to be unlearned later.
  • Ten minutes a day for three weeks is enough for most people to stop looking at the keyboard.
  • Turn off the keyboard and hands once you know a row: recalling the position is the point.
  • Tab or Esc restarts the current lesson with a fresh text. Enter moves on after a step.
  • Once every unit has a star, switch to Practice, which drills your slowest keys, and the Test to track WPM.

Where people use it

  • Start from zero

    Begin on the home row and add one row at a time. The hands on screen show which finger to use.

  • Teach a child to type

    Short lessons and stars keep kids going. A good habit before school projects and exams.

  • Stop looking at the keys

    If you type with two fingers, these lessons help you move to all ten without looking down.

  • Switch to a new layout

    Learning Dvorak or Colemak? Pick the layout and the guide follows it.

  • Train weak letters next

    After the lessons, smart drills give you more of the keys you miss most.

    Typing practice

  • Check how far you came

    Take a speed test at the start and again after a week of lessons.

    Typing test

Why this one

Each lesson shows the exact finger for every key on a picture of your keyboard, so you build the right habit from the first day.

  • Clear path from the home row to capitals, numbers and sentences.
  • On-screen keyboard and hands show the right finger for each key.
  • Stars and progress are saved on your device.
  • No sign-up, free to start right now.

What you can change

  • Keyboard layout such as QWERTY, Dvorak or Colemak
  • Show or hide the hands
  • Show or hide the keyboard
  • Key sounds on or off

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Questions people ask

Where do I start?

Lesson 1, the home row. Rest your left fingers on A S D F and your right on J K L ; (the F and J keys have small bumps so you can find them without looking). Every lesson adds one key for each hand and mixes it with what you already know.

How do stars work?

One star needs 85% accuracy, two stars 93%, and three stars need 97% accuracy at the lesson's target speed. Any star unlocks the next lesson, but three stars everywhere is the real goal: accuracy first, speed follows.

What if I press the wrong key?

The key you should have pressed turns red on the keyboard and the caret stays put until you press it. Errors count against accuracy. There is nothing to delete, so you never need Backspace.

Can I learn Dvorak or Colemak here?

Yes. Pick the layout at the top. Lessons are built from key positions, so the home row lesson teaches A O E U and H T N S on Dvorak, and A R S T and N E I O on Colemak. Set your operating system to the same layout so the keys match.

Is my progress saved?

On this device, in your browser. Nothing goes to a server and there is no account. Clearing site data clears the stars.

How long does it take to learn touch typing?

Most people type without looking after two to three weeks of ten to fifteen minutes a day, at around 20 to 30 WPM. Speed then grows for months. Short daily sessions beat long weekly ones.

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