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_R_E_A_D_M_E _F_I_L_E _F_O_R
_T_Y_P_E_D_R_I_L_L
_V_e_r_s_i_o_n _1._1
Dave Tutelman - August 1988
"TYPEDRILL" is a program to increase the speed and accuracy of
your typing. It presents you with letters to type, and monitors
how quickly and accurately you type them. It gives you running
totals of your progress, and can give more detailed statistics if
requested with the STATS function key.
You can choose between two ways of using the program:
(1) The program presents single random letters (with several
levels of difficulty).
(2) The program presents lines from a text file of your
choice.
You will be prompted for your choice.
At any time during your use of the program, you can request to
see how well you are doing by hitting the function key labelled
"STATS". This will display the statistics of your accuracy and
speed, both in summary form ("batting average" and average speed)
and in a graph of errors and speed by individual key. The
horizontal line across the middle of the graphs is your average
level.
The files in the archive are:
README This file.
COPYRITE Rules for copying and distribution.
TYPDRILL.EXE The program itself.
TYPDRILL.PAS The Turbo Pascal version of the program.
SCREENIO.PAS Utilities for displaying function keys.
BORING.TXT A sample exercise file.
The program was originally written in Turbo Pascal 1.0. Version
1.1 is a port to Turbo Pascal 4.0. The Pascal source is included
in the archive.
Although TYPEDRILL is free, it is _n_o_t public domain. It is
copyrighted by Dave Tutelman, who reserves all right to it.
Please consult the copyright notice included in the archive
before passing copies along to others. The rules are pretty open,
but there are rules.
And please send me any comments about the program, favorable or
otherwise. Thanks.
Dave Tutelman
16 Tilton Drive
Wayside, NJ 07712
(201) 922 - 9576
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Touch typing is based on keeping your fingers on the "home keys"
A S D F J K L ;
moving the proper finger to the desired key, hitting that key,
and returning to "home". To learn this skill, you must first
drill on JUST the home keys, then add a few keys at a time. This
program provides a graded progression, starting with home keys
and increasing your key "vocabulary" gradually. You can take
advantage of this progression in either the "random" or the
"file" mode.
RANDOM option: There are six levels of difficulty:
1. Home keys only.
2. Full home row.
3. Home row and row above it.
4. Home row and row below it.
5. Home row and rows above and below.
6. Same as [5], but with "shift" key as well.
FILES option: There is a "BORING.TXT" file included in the
distribution, to show you how a typing drill can be formulated.
However, you ought to create your own set of drill files, perhaps
with the aid of a typing textbook. (That's what I did as drill
work for my kids. I did not include those files because doing so
would be a violation of the textbook's copyright.) The list below
is a suggestion of how to proceed in case you decide to make up
your own drills.
BORING0.TXT. Home keys only.
BORING1.TXT. Home keys and E, I.
BORING2.TXT. Add R, U.
BORING3.TXT. Add T, Y, G, H.
BORING4.TXT. Add Q, W, O, P.
BORING5.TXT. Add V, B, N, M.
BORING6.TXT. Add Z, X, C, "," and ".".
I suggest you also practice on files like the ones you use a lot.
For instance, if you do a lot of PASCAL programming, practice
TYPEDRILL on files that are PASCAL programs.
Good luck!
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1.0 6/85
First "release" for family and a couple of friends.
Also posted to USENET in 1987.
1.1 8/88
Ported to Turbo Pascal 4.0.
Added this README and copyright notice.
TYPEDRILL 1.1 9-11-88