Typing Instructor Deluxe 17
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Software Summary
Manufacturer: Individual SoftwareBrand: Individual Software, Inc.
Format: CD-ROM
Release Date: 2006-12-05
Platform: Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Model: EMM-T17
Product features:
- Choose from over 20 typing plans or make your own
- Make your own lessons, tests, MP3 files and articles for a truly personalized learning experience
- Try new games like Sea Creatures, Wild West and Erik the Viking
- All-new travel themes - including world travel, time travel and photo safari
- Practice with over 300 different magazine articles
Software Reviews of Typing Instructor Deluxe 17
Customer Review: poorly done
Summary: 1 Stars
What you're looking at is basically a complicated Flash program.
I don't think it's very well done. Occasionally at my school I get stuck teaching typing, and this is the program we use. After having had to answer questions about how it works for a few years, I can tell you this: it's full of bugs. Either it was hastily programmed or poorly tested. But these people don't have much of an excuse since the thing is currently in its 18th incarnation!
A few examples:
1. On the version we have when you finish an activity and select "repeat last activity," the program doesn't. Instead it moves you on to the next activity.
2. Also, when you accomplish your goal, the screen changes to an "Awesome!" splash screen, from which, believe it or not, it is impossible to exit without crashing the program to desktop.
3. You have the option to have two spaces or one spaces after each full stop, but many of the game's activities and tests won't remember this, and revert to one space regardless of what you do.
4. Some of the special characters lessons will cause the program to bug out.
5. You know how when you type, if you use left shift for a capital W, say, this is a bad habit? Amazingly, this program doesn't have an option to turn off the nearby shift key, something that would force you to acquire proper habits when it comes to the shift keys.
They would also have done well to add more material to the tests and lessons. As it is, you can't take the "long sentences" or "expert touch typist" tests without typing the same tripe over and over again. Heck, it's just text: they should have had hundreds and thousands of pages of material available, so the user never gets bored by seeing the same ol' stuff over and over again. But they seem to only have a few paragraphs of material, which is not even very interesting to begin with.
I would recommend getting Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 9.0. This is apparently the most popular one on the market, and those I know who use the Mavis Beacon don't have anywhere near the number of complaints that I have about "Typing Instructor Deluxe."
Description of Typing Instructor Deluxe 17
Typing Instructor Deluxe has been the best-selling Deluxe program for the past 7 years. The newest release version 17 is the most exciting Deluxe program ever introduced in the Typing instruction market. Typing Instructor Deluxe is the fun and exciting way to improve your typing.EducateNew and Unique Over 20 typing plans or make your own.Innovative Dynamic Learning makes a typing plan for your weaknesses.Personalize Make your own lessons tests music (MP3 files and articles.EntertainsNew Games Sea Creatures Wild West and Erik the VikingExclusive Multi-level game play.MotivatesUnique 3 travel themes for you to choose including world travel time travel and photo safari.Best Practice 300+ Magazine Articles.Exciting Travel theme is more fun!Typing Instructor Deluxe version 17 will set a NEW standard in DELUXE product sales and capture market share from weaker products.System Requirements:Pentium® 133 PC or Higher Microsoft Windows Vista XP ME 2000 or 98 50 MB RAM available 580 MB Hard Drive space (full install) Double Speed CD-ROM Drive 800 x 600 16 Bit or higher display 16-bit Sound Card Speakers or Headphones Mouse RECOMMENDED Inter Connection REQUIRED FOR TYPING GAMES DirectX®8 - patible video card Format: WIN 2000XPVISTA Genre: EDUCATION Age: 018527104200 UPC: 018527104200 Manufacturer No: EMM-T17Typing Instructor Deluxe 17
The Fun & Exciting Way to Improve Your Typing!
Typing Instructor Deluxe is an award-winning product unlike any other. It's packed with just the right mixture of education, entertainment, and motivation to quickly improve your typing skills.
The ultimate typing teacher and the first product of its kind that combines powerful typing instruction, a variety of personalized typing plans, dynamic learning, selectable travel themes, and ten action-packed, multi-level games that keep you entertained while you improve your typing speed and accuracy.
Educational
- Proven Typing Instruction Techniques
- Hundreds of Plans, Lessons & Tests
- Standard or Split Keyboard & Keypad
- New! 20+ Step-by-Step Typing Plans
Entertaining
- Three Travel Themes
- 36 Travel Destinations
- 10 Action-Packed Games
- Multi-Level Games
- Wild West, Erik the Viking & Sea Adventure
Motivating
- Collect Rewards & Travel Accomplishments
- 300+ Interesting Magazine Articles
- Add Your Own Plans, Lessons, Tests, Articles & Music
Proven Typing Techniques Improve Speed & Accuracy
Typing Instructor Deluxe is an award-winning product unlike any other. It's packed with just the right mixture of education, entertainment, and motivation to quickly improve your typing skills.
Award-Winning Instruction Featuring 20+ Typing Plans
Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced typist, Typing Instructor Deluxe has been professionally designed to meet your learning needs. Choose from the suggested plan or 20 others. You can even develop your own personal typing plan./p>
Hundreds of Professionally Written Lessons & Test Improve Speed & Accuracy Quickly
Quality Lesson and Test content lets you learn quickly for faster touch-typing and improved accuracy. The use of repetitive key-stroking builds correct finger-to-key memory. Step-by-step Lessons and Tests are dynamically built from learned letters and words to build accurate typing skills./p>
Progress Reports Quickly Identify Your Strengths & Weaknesses
A variety of graphs and charts show your proficiency over time. View results for each finger, row, key, or hand separately. You can even view your personal results for all typing activities. No similar product maintains your information so completely./p>
Practice Tailored Lessons That Improve Weak Areas
Typing Instructor Deluxe evaluates your Typing Results to determine weak typing skill areas using Dynamic Learning. Once identified, you can practice with specific lessons that are created and tailored to improve your weak areas. You'll save hours by focusing on the areas that need the most improvement.
Making It Personal Enhances Learning
Only Typing Instructor Deluxe lets you build your own Typing Plans. These plans can include lessons, tests, articles, and games. You can even add your own music (MP3 and other formats). The lessons and tests can be added from Typing Instructor.
Rich Features Enhance Learning!
Typing Plans
- Exclusive! Over 20 built-in intelligent Typing Plans
- Exclusive! Proven suggested ?Next Step? plans for faster learning
- Exclusive! Dynamic Learning Plans
Typing Lessons
- Structured ?Touch Typing? content
- 10-key content included
- Exclusive! Over 60 choices of music
- Guide Hands for split and standard keyboard
- Exclusive! Turn Guide Hands off for ?no look? learning
Typing Tests
- A wide variety of test material
- Includes timed tests
- Advancement levels tested
- Exclusive! Colorful travel destination photos and music
Saved Results and Progress
- Instant feedback on WPM & Accuracy
- Results of all activities are saved
- Progress reports by key, finger, hand, and row
- Exclusive! Bar, line, & stacked graphs
- Printable results and Certificates of Achievement
Practice Material
- Exclusive! Over 300 practice articles on a variety of topics
- Includes ?Children?s Classics? ? a section for all ages
- Exclusive! Over 15 dictations of quotations, travel essays, and business letters
Typing Games
- Ten high-quality Virtual Adventures to challenge your skills
- Exclusive! Beginner, Learned Keys, and Advanced levels
- Keyboard and 10-key challenges
- Exclusive! Multi-level play
Personalize Your Learning
- Exclusive! Create your own lessons
- Add you own music including MP3 files
- Create your own tests
- Exclusive! Import your own Personal
Magazine Articles
- Exclusive! Build your own Typing Plans
An Exciting Typing Adventure Makes Learning Fun
Learning to type should be fun and exciting. Typing Instructor Deluxe takes you to 36 destinations with three separate travel themes. Take a break any time at the arcade and practice while playing 10 action-packed games.
Virtual Adventure Games Make Learning Fun
Key in the correct characters in the Wild West to improve your typing skills faster than a charging mustang. Then, zap space debris in Flotsam Fighter II or soar the skies in Diamond Glider's rhythm typing adventure. Cliffhanger and Xtreme Typing challenge you in the rugged outdoors. You'll encounter the mysterious depths of the sea in Typer Shark Abyss and Sea Adventure. You can also skim the surface by reeling in the big one in Gone Fishin' or competing in Erik the Viking's exciting boat race! Finally, Tomb Typer will help round out your touch typing skills!
Multi-Level Games Are More Fun & More Challenging
New multi-level games, including Erik the Viking, The Wild West, Sea Adventure, and Typer Shark Abyss, offer additional typing game levels. As you improve, a new level offers you more challenges.
Rewarding Experiences Keep You Interested
Typing Instructor Deluxe understands that when you are motivated, you'll work harder to improve more quickly. Entertaining travel themes, progress charts and graphs, and exciting, multi-level typing games, motivate you to meet your typing goals quickly and proficiently.
Travel Destinations Provide a Fun Filled Adventure
Collect visas, time stamps, and photos in your Typing Passport as you travel to 36 different destinations around the world and through time.
Rewarding Experiences Encourage You to Keep Practicing
Typing Instructor Deluxe measures your progress and provides the incentives you need to improve your skills. You'll be rewarded as you advance to each new level.
Magazine Articles Keep Your Typing Skills Sharp
Learn and improve while you practice your typing skills. Choose your practice material from exciting articles on subjects such as sports, entertainment, medicine, literature, and more.
Create Your Own Personalized Typing Plan
Typing Instructor Deluxe is the only program that allows you to create your own lessons, tests, and articles - even add your own music! Create your own personalized Typing Plans.
"Typing Instructor Deluxe is by far the best typing tutor available on the market today. We have reviewed this product many times over the past several years and have watched it grow into a very mature typing tutorial that is perfect for everyone from the casual user to the educational institution teaching typing skills."
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"If you want to be entertained and educated while practicing, cut Mavis Beacon?s class and book a flight with Typing Instructor. "
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"More truly interactive than Mavis Beacon?user friendly?the practice materials for this program are the best."
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