Learning to type just became fun!

Animated Beginning Typing is a good, trial version Windows program, that belongs to the category Science & education software with subcategory Typing.

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About the download, Animated Beginning Typing is a not that heavy software that doesn’t take up as much storage space than many programs in the category Science & education software. It’s a program very heavily used in Romania, Pakistan, and India.Since the software was added to our catalog in 2007, it has managed to achieve 8,241 downloads, and last week it gained 19 downloads.Animated Beginning Typing is available for users with the operating system Windows 95 and prior versions, and it is only available in English. Its current version is 1.21 and its last update happened on 2/01/2007.

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This program is designed for young typists (grades Pre-K to 3rd), and teaches proper typing technique for the letter keys. Sound effects and animation are used to make learning to type fun (and funny). Help is given with an animated typing tutorial, a screen to show proper fingering, and an on-screen keyboard which highlights the correct key when needed.

There are three lessons in the program to provide typing practice. “Jumping Letters” is designed for very young students, and can be played at any pace. Each correctly typed letter is rewarded with the letter being removed by an animated “critter” chosen by the pupil. When 10 letters are completed (context-sensitive help insures success), the child gets a silly cartoon.

“Letter Drill” allows students to choose between 20 and 120 letters to practice. A report is generated at the end of the practice showing words per minute, errors, and time. The last letter in the sequence is removed in a silly way by a “critter”, then the pupil is rewarded with a cartoon.

“Flying Letters” is an arcade style typing game for advanced students. The speed of the game is determined by the player (and can be changed at any time during the game). A report is generated at the end of the game, and a funny animation is displayed.

All three games allow the student to choose a group of letters (such as left hand home keys), or to practice all 26 letters. The animation in the program is achieved using stop-motion animation, as well as other techniques.