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Typing practice

Practice that adapts to the keys you find hardest, so every session counts.

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Keys turn green as you get faster. A new letter unlocks when they are all green.

6 of 26 letters unlocked · 0 learned · working on e

Key statistics
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For quicker work days

Practise a little, finish work early

Meeting notes. Notes are typed as fast as people talk.

BeforeSame slow mistakes every day

With sdevPractice that adapts to you

  • Three colleagues laughing while working on laptops

    Home on time

    Reports done sooner. Evenings are free.

  • Young man typing on a laptop at a round table

    Your weak keys

    Practice brings up the letters you miss most.

How to practise typing

  1. Type the drill

    A wrong key turns red and the caret waits until you press the right one. Finish the line and press Enter for the next.

  2. Watch the keys turn green

    Each key on the board is coloured by how fast and accurately you hit it. Grey keys are unlocked but untested; locked letters are not shown yet.

  3. Unlock the alphabet

    When every unlocked key is green, a new letter appears and the drills change to feature it. Twenty-six green keys means you touch type.

Good to know

  • Do not race. The drill measures each key; a slow correct key helps, a fast wrong one hurts twice.
  • Tab or Esc gives a new drill; Enter continues after one.
  • A key stays red when you are slow on it: it is the finger you look for. Practise reaching for it from the home row.
  • Raise the target WPM in steps of 5 once the board is green; the keys go grey and you earn them again faster.
  • Custom text is good for the things you actually type: your emails, your code, your language's common words.
  • Do the lessons first if you are still looking at the keyboard; practice is for speed, lessons are for finger placement.

Where people use it

  • Get faster every day

    Ten minutes a day is enough. New letters unlock as your speed and accuracy grow.

  • Fix the keys you miss

    The heat map shows your weak keys, and the drills give you more of them.

  • Practise your own text

    Paste a passage from your exam syllabus, a speech or a work report and type it out.

  • Reach a target speed

    Set the speed you want, such as 40 words per minute, and train until you hold it.

  • Test yourself after practice

    Take a timed test to see your real speed and accuracy.

    Typing test

  • Go back to basics

    If you use the wrong fingers, the lessons teach the right way from the home row.

    Typing lessons

Why this one

It watches every key you press and keeps giving you the letters you find hard, so your practice time goes where it helps most.

  • Drills adapt to you and focus on your weakest letters.
  • Per-key heat map shows what to work on.
  • Practise your own text when you have a set passage.
  • Progress stays on your device, no sign-up needed.

What you can change

  • Smart drills or your own text
  • Target words per minute
  • Keyboard layout
  • Show the hands and keyboard
  • Key sounds on or off

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Questions people ask

How does adaptive practice work?

You start with the six most common letters. Every keystroke is timed, so each letter has a speed and an accuracy record. When every unlocked letter is at the target speed with 95% accuracy, the next letter unlocks. Drills lean on your weakest letter, and the keyboard shows each key from red (slow) to green (learned).

Why made-up words?

Real words need letters you have not unlocked yet. Made-up words that follow English patterns keep the drill limited to your letters and stop you from typing familiar words from memory. Real words are mixed in as soon as enough exist.

What target speed should I set?

35 WPM is a good first target; it is the speed at which typing stops feeling like work. Raise it to 50 or more once all 26 letters are unlocked and the keyboard is green.

Can I practise my own text?

Yes, switch to Custom text and paste anything up to 2,000 characters: a paragraph, a code snippet, song lyrics. Line breaks become spaces and the drill ends on the last character.

Where is my progress kept?

In your browser on this device. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account. Reset progress clears it.

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