I https://log.digitalwords.net/7 used to use Monkeytype for learning Colemak-DH (wide), but it was not focussed at all. It’s a wonderful tool, but for the purpose of learning a new keyboard layout it’s all over the place. So I found keybr.com, which is great! When I’m proficient enough I will go back to Monkeytype and improve.

Teaching the world to type at the speed of thought! Typing lessons that work.

Touch typing

This web application will help you to learn touch typing, which means typing through muscle memory without using your eyesight to find the keys on the keyboard. It can improve your typing speed and accuracy dramatically. The opposite is hunt-and-peck typing, a method of typing in which you look at the keyboard instead of the screen, and use only the index fingers.

The teaching method

This application uses a unique approach. It employs statistics and smart algorithms to automatically create typing lessons that match your current skill level. It works by repeating the following cycle:

1. The algorithm generates a list of random words for you, based on your typing skills. Your skill level is measured using the typing statistics collected so far. The words consist of a set of letters selected by the algorithm.

2. You type the given words. You try to make as few mistakes as possible.

3. As you type, the algorithm collects your typing statistics, such as the time-to-type metric for each individual key. At the end, these statistics are used to generate the next list of words for step one.

At each stage you just type the provided lists of words, and the computer does the rest.