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- Program name : Typemate
- This version : 5.00
- Date : august 1993
- BBS archive name : TYPEEN50.*
- BBS description : Great course in touch typing!!
- System : IBM PC/XT/AT or compatible
-
- Author : Martijn Y. de Deugd
- De Deugd Automatisering
- P.O.BOX 22
- 1900 AA CASTRICUM
- The Netherlands
- Phone/Fax: +31-2518-51813
-
- FidoNet Pointno.: 2:280/4.8
- (Martijn de.Deugd)
- Phone TouchDown BBS: +31-2503-24677
- or -52030
-
-
- Description of Typemate:
-
- Typemate is a complete(ly) menu-orientated typing course.
- Within the structure of the menu one can chose the
- following:
-
- - Instructions for touch typing: a description of how the
- keyboard should be used, how the fingers are used in
- relation to one another and other practical information.
-
- - Finger positions. This menu option indicates with the help
- of ASCII-graphics, which fingers should use which keys.
-
- - Start your lesson. This menu option is especially suitable
- for beginners. The user can choose from 6 lessons, in which
- the number of keys for touch typing is gradually increased
- in a didactically responsible sequence. The criteria for the
- continuation to the next lesson are built in according to
- the rules of an officially recognized typewriting course.
-
- - Measure typing speed. Here the user can introduce any text
- of whatever length. After completion, he presses <Enter> and
- then his typing speed will be calculated.
-
- - Exercise with separate characters. The user can exercise
- by using characters, which he can enter himself. These
- characters will appear to him on the screen in ever changing
- sequence which he will have to copy by touch typing. In this
- way speed and accuracy will be calculated every time.
-
- - Exercise with words and sentences. There is a possibility
- to exercise with separate words and complete sentences,
- which are brought forward from any chosen external
- ASCII-file and which should be copied by the user by touch
- typing. Speed and accuracy will be calculated every time. By
- using external files the amount of exercise material is in
- principle never ending and also extremely suitable for
- advanced typists who want to increase their typing speed.
-
- When the user touches the keys, other than within the menu
- or as a reaction to an interactive question, a speed
- indicator will, if required and with the help of
- ASCII-graphics, be shown on the screen, which will give
- real-time the average speed at that particular moment.
-
- Typemate is suitable for the German/Swiss QWERTZ-keyboard,
- as well as for the Belgium/French AZERTY-keyboard and all
- QWERTY-keyboards (the rest).
-
- In every typed exercise the time taken, the amount of
- keystrokes, the number of mistakes, the speed and accuracy
- are calculated.
-
- Typemate is available in the following languages: Dutch,
- English, French, German and Spanish.
-
- For further information, please choose 'Instructions for
- touch typing' in the main menu of Typemate.
-