WYESOFT PRO TYPIST

 

WyeSoft Pro Typist is a free utility designed to teach the user how to touch-type correctly and improve the user's typing speed and accuracy. The primary mode of Pro Typist is exercise mode where you are given strings of text (up to 40 characters long) to type and upon completion are given details on your accuracy and typing speed.

Pro Typist also has a game mode where bombs are dropped with letters, numbers, etc. on them, and to defuse them you have to type the characters as quickly as possible.

Pro Typist comes complete with typing exercises and keyboard layouts for QWERTY and DVORAK keyboards, both United Kingdom and United States standards.

Pro Typist is now completely free and all features are available to everyone. However, if you find it useful, and especially if you are running it on multiple computers in the workplace, please consider making a donation.

 

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To install, open the ZIP file and then open the "setup.exe" file inside it.
While installing, if you are asked whether to keep or replace existing files, choose to keep them.

By downloading any of these files you are agreeing to our disclaimer.

DESCRIPTION	DATE RELEASED	DOWNLOADS	FILE SIZE	FILE HASHES / VIRUS SCANS
WyeSoft Pro Typist v2.10 (installer)	29 March 2019	WyeSoft 1 WyeSoft 2	1.39 MB	MD5: 2FD6FE0D8F9979E299441FC30549A7B2 SHA-256: CFE4DD19B85EDAC2F8033DBAFC62 E4D826732F3172023D5B9664F61CB6A9D4DF
WyeSoft Pro Typist v2.01 (installer)	11 December 2010	WyeSoft 1 WyeSoft 2	1.45 MB	MD5: E1C8B80729AB720D4341CCF4EA11A3BE SHA-256: F5C18A6F4995A5251E3CD3F959CB C01A63DD973B6D7D6AC6AA580C4F98643742
Pro Typist v1.01 (installer)	1 December 2003	WyeSoft 1 WyeSoft 2	1.41 MB	MD5: F2984295CFC02C20126F67DD584678F9 SHA-256: 3B883969DBC6D64E808F83AB18F9 BE49F022AB5039F2056EA19B81C3F1192459
Pro Typist v1.00 (installer)	28 October 2003	WyeSoft 1 WyeSoft 2	1.41 MB	MD5: 2ABD86CC95D0C9B6FA22495416EB6BEE SHA-256: 1B0122178767BE64582FBF5E84A8 11A16DFE79BDAF6B7058E006A603229C7111

 

DOCUMENTATION

WyeSoft Pro Typist v2.10 ------------------------ http://www.wyesoft.com/ ----------------------- Copyright © 2003-2019 WyeSoft. All rights reserved. ---------------------------------------------------- Designed and created by Matthew A. Wood --------------------------------------- Originally released 28 October 2003 This version released 29 March 2019 ----------------------------------- Disclaimer ---------- Download and use our software and webtools at your own discretion. WyeSoft cannot be held liable for any harm resulting from the use of our software or webtools or from the viewing of our website content. By using WyeSoft Pro Typist or purchasing a registration key you are agreeing to our disclaimer and our terms and conditions, which can be found at http://terms.wyesoft.com/ Introduction ------------ WyeSoft Pro Typist is a free utility designed to teach the user how to touch-type correctly and improve the user's typing speed. The primary mode of Pro Typist is exercise mode where you are given strings of text (up to 40 characters long) to type and upon completion are given details on your accuracy and typing speed. Pro Typist also has a game mode where bombs are dropped with letters, numbers, etc. on them, and to defuse them you have to type the characters as quickly as possible. Exercises --------- In exercise mode you are given a series of typing exercises to complete. Once you have chosen to start the exercises, the first exercise will appear in the upper text box and the cursor will appear in the lower one. To complete the exercise, you must type out the characters in the upper box, into the lower one. When you have done this, press the ENTER/RETURN key. A message box will then appear, showing you the number of characters you entered correctly (as a fraction and a percentage of the total number of keys that you were supposed to press), the amount of time taken to carry out the exercise, your average typing speed during the exercise (in words per minute), and your average correct typing speed during the exercise (the speed at which you typed the correct characters). This information will also be printed in the log text box (below). You can select the number of times to repeat each exercise and a minimum allowed accuracy and typing speed in the settings window. There are two types of exercise: - Preset exercises are a sequence of exercises loaded from a file. Preset exercise files for QWERTY and DVORAK keyboards (United Kingdom and United States standards) are included with Pro Typist. These can be used to practise typing each of the commonly used keys on these keyboards, beginning with just a few keys and gradually introducing more as you progress. - Random exercises are strings of characters randomly generated by the program. You can choose which characters you wish to allow in random exercises in the settings window. These settings also affect which keys are allowed in game mode. Quick Exercises --------------- These are exactly the same as normal exercises, except that you will be given a set number of them (the default is 3) and then Pro Typist will close down when you have finished them. Quick Exercises can be launched from the Start Menu and can be configured to automatically launch when Windows is started. Creating your own preset exercises ---------------------------------- All you need to do is create a text file (with the exension ".txt") containing your exercises in order, each on its own line, and place this in <Your WyeSoft Pro Typist folder>\Exercises. Your file will then appear in the "Preset exercise file" dropdown list on the settings window. Game ---- Once you have chosen to start a game, bombs will start to fall at regular time intervals. The higher the level you are on, the faster they will fall. Each bomb has an ASCII character (a letter, a number or a symbol) on it and you have five seconds to defuse each one by simply pressing the key that corresponds to that character. Five seconds may sound like a lot of time just to press a key, but the bombs don't stop falling so if you fall behind you could end up with several to defuse and not enough time. The borders around bombs indicate how long you have left to defuse them. They start off green and gradually change colour intil they are red, which indicates that they are about to blow. Be careful not to hit the wrong key, as this will cause an extra bomb to drop. If you manage to survive on a level for 30 seconds you will be given the choice to progress to the next level by hitting the ENTER/RETURN key. You can choose which characters are allowed on the bombs in the settings window. These settings also affect the keys that are allowed in random exercises. The typing speed required to keep up at level L is approximately L + 10 WPM. Keyboard Layout --------------- In both exercise and game mode you have the choice to turn on or off the Keyboard Layout window (the tickbox in the lower-left corner). This window shows you the layout of your keyboard onscreen and highlights keys that are being pressed, so you can see if you hit the correct key, or how close you were to it, without looking down at your actual keyboard. This window also colour-codes the keys, showing which finger should be used to press each one. Green is the index finger, red is the middle finger, yellow is the ring finger, blue is the little finger and orange is the thumb. You can select which layout to display in the settings window. You can choose between QWERTY and DVORAK (United Kingdom and United States standards). Command-line switches --------------------- There are three command-line switches that can be used when launching Pro Typist. No two switches can be used simultaneously. The switches are as follows: /q - launch Quick Exercises /g - start in game mode /k - show only the Keyboard Layout window Change log ---------- v2.10 ----- - All features that were previously only available in the full version made available to everyone, free - Advertisement banner on exercise window replaced with smaller ad buttons - Advertisement on game window removed - Exercise timer now only starts counting up when the user begins typing v2.01 ----- - Author renamed from Lamer Productions to WyeSoft - Program renamed from Pro Typist to WyeSoft Pro Typist - A few minor bugs fixed