Touch Typing Tutor
| Touch Typing Tutor | |
|---|---|
 Touch Typing Tutor (Front Cover) [1] | |
| Publisher(s) | Texas Instruments (TI) |
| Original Retail Price | $39.95 (USD) |
| Programmer(s) | Susan U. Powell |
| Part# | PHM 3064 |
| Format(s) | Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module |
| Release | 1982 (2nd Quarter) |
| Genre(s) | Educational, Puzzle |
Contents
Advertising Blurbs
Front Cover of Manual
Provides flexible, varied drills designed to help you learn basic typing skills if you are a beginner or to polish your touch-typing skills if you are an experienced typist.
Triton Catalog - Spring 1984
Teaches beginning typists by using Tl-99/4A keyboard . . . and improves speed and accuracy of those who need brushing up. Includes a diagnostic section with words-per minute timing, individual keystroke analysis and practice, and an entertaining practice game.
Manual
Introduction
In this day and age, the ability to use a typewriter or a computer keyboard is almost as critical as the traditional "3 R's" - "reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic.
The Touch Typing Tutor Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module is designed to help you learn basic typing skills if you are a beginner or to polish your touch-typing skills if you are an experienced typist. The flexible, varied drills in the module provide practice on:
- ■ Single keystrokes and letter combinations.
- ■ Over 40 frequently used word beginnings and endings.
- ■ Sentences.
- ■ Over 500 frequently used words.
The TI-99/4A computer has both upper- and lower-case characters; however, lower-case letters are displayed on the screen as small capitals. Note: While using the Touch Typing Tutor module, be sure that the ALPHA LOCK is in the off (up) position. Otherwise, certain characters will not be recognized by the computer.
The practice material for these drills is randomly generated each time you use the module. As a result, no two practice sessions are the same. The module program is organized in three major sections.
Lessons
This section teaches you the keys on the keyboard and provides practice typing words or number/symbol combinations. The alphabet keys are introduced in the first six lessons (Levels 1 through 3). Numbers, symbols, and punctuation are covered next in eight lessons (Levels 4 through 8). Following each set of two lessons is a review, which gives you practice on the keys that were covered in previous lessons, as well as the new material in the current lessons.
Diagnostic
This section analyzes your typing skill and provides practice in the areas indicated as needing more work. In the WPM (Words Per Minute) Timing tests, you can practice typing sentences and time your speed. In the Analysis portion, keystrokes are timed individually and analyzed to determine on which keys you need additional practice. The Practice portion allows you to work on individual keys, with emphasis placed on the weak keys identified in the Analysis.
Game
This section helps you increase your typing speed and provides entertaining practice on words and number/symbol combinations. Designed to correspond to the lesson levels (1 through 8), the Game utilizes graphics and a game scenario to nudge your typing speed higher and higher. The practice material in the Game includes words and combinations used in the lessons.
Getting Started
When you select the module, the title screen for Touch Typing Tutor appears. You can press any key at this time to go on, or you can wait for the title sequence to end automatically.
Next, the Touch Typing Tutor master selection list appears. This selection list offers you three options, as shown below.
Before beginning any session with the Touch Typing Tutor module, make sure that the ALPHA LOCK is in the up (off) position.
For The Beginner
If you are learning to touch-type for the first time, begin with the LESSONS option. With the Touch Typing Tutor selection list displayed, press 1 for LESSONS. See the explanation beginning on page 10 covering the lessons; then work through Lesson 1-A, which introduces the "home" keys - the keys over which your fingers should be positioned while you are typing.
If the message "More practice is needed" appears when you have completed Lesson 1-A, press REDO and repeat the lesson once. When you complete Lesson 1-A successfully, you are ready to learn the "reach" keys - those which are not in the home position. Press PROC'D to continue to Lesson 1-B.
When you complete Lesson 1-B, Review 1 begins. In this section, you type words that use the letters covered in Lessons 1-A and 1-B. When you successfully complete Review 1, you might enjoy trying Level 1 of the Game. Press BEGIN to return to the Touch Typing Tutor selection list, and then press 3 for the GAME. Read the instructions; then select Level 1 and get ready to type! (See the explanation for the Game on page 20.)
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