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Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing v20 - Platinum

 

 



 

Type Better - Email Faster - Work Smarter


With a complete re-design, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum 20 may not look familiar, but we promise that Mavis Beacon continues to deliver the same level of excellence when it comes to typing instruction and practice.

Mavis Beacon's unrivaled training program guarantees improvement in only 2 weeks, making this the ideal solution for:

 


  • Professionals
  • Home users
  • Students ages 8 & up
  • Employment Agencies
  • Small Businesses and Corporations
  • Anyone else hoping to improve their typing skills

What's New??

 


With an all-new user interface and re-designed features and functionality, we've done what we didn't think was possible — we've made Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing even better!



Here are just some of the improvements we've made to the leading typing instruction program available:



Core Curriculum Improvements
While the core curriculum within Mavis Beacon remains as effective as ever, we've introduced a Curriculum Map to make it easier for users to see where they are in the overall training program.

 


 


New Games

Mavis Beacon's 2 brand new games and 14 re-designed games will all contribute to your typing experience, providing you with fun challenges while you practice.



More Practice Content
With over 420 different sessions and passages, there is something for everyone in the Practice Area.
New content includes passages and sessions from literary classics, recipes, autobiographies of such luminaries as Charles Darwin and even Wikipedia entries.
You'll find yourself learning while you're improving your typing!

Enhanced Language Options
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum 20 offers enhanced language options. With a Spanish mode, both Spanish- and English-language learners can get more out of Mavis Beacon’s award-winning curriculum.



Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing has been the leading typing instruction application for at least a decade by offering:



Dynamic Personal Instruction
Leverage Mavis Beacon's renowned Adaptive Response Technology™ to run through the core training curriculum and maximise your improvements in the shortest time possible.

Mavis Beacon will automatically place you in the lessons based on your current skill level and adjust your path as you progress through the training program.



Practice Area
Mavis Beacon lets you choose what you use to practice your typing. Select from hundreds of articles and passages covering a wide variety of topics and subjects including literary classics, history, autobiographies and poetry. There is plenty of relevant content for all ages, including passages that are great for kids—but Mavis Beacon gives users infinite possibilities with the Import Your Own Text function.

 



Custom Lesson Designer

Use your own imported text or leverage Mavis Beacon's library to build your own Custom Lessons. Create Standard Lessons, Speed Tests or even Games using the text of your choice and set up each lesson's limits and goals.


 

Typing Games
With a total of 16 challenging games designed to improve your typing speed, accuracy and/or rhythm, the Typing Games are sure to help you improve and you'll have fun while you’re doing it.

Games include:

 

  • Crazy Catering
  • Bubble Pop
  • Pirate Race
  • Rockslide
  • Far Off Adventures
  • Check Out Time
  • Chameleon Picnic
  • Ride the Wave
  • Road Race
  • Undersea Karaoke
  • Space Junk
  • Shark Attack
  • Gumball Gambit
  • Penguin Crossing
  • Road Trip
  • Creature Lab
Progress Tracking & Reporting
Mavis Beacon tracks your performance over time and provides a series of reports so that you can understand and review your progress.

 


a) The Summary report gives a snapshot of the users’ cumulative performance.


b) Keyboard Proficiencies show detailed performance by individual key, allowing users to see on which keys they need improvement.

c) The Curriculum Map provides users with a view of where they are within the Mavis Beacon Training Program.


d) Progress Over Time charts users’ performance on milestone lessons over an extended period, giving users a view of how much they have improved.



Special Language Options


Spanish Mode:
In Spanish Mode, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing presents help, reports and more in Spanish.

Practice Lessons in French & Spanish:

In the Practice Area, users can elect to practice their typing skills using French or Spanish content. With excerpts from classic stories and literature, language learners can brush up on their language skills while improving their typing.



 


Why Choose Mavis Beacon?



Mavis Beacon's keyboarding lessons test speed and accuracy that pay off in efficiency and performance.

Mavis Teaches Typing monitors your progress, flags your weak spots, and offers tailored challenges based on your performance.

  • #1 for more than 12 years
  • Over 8 Million units sold
  • Winner of over 15 prestigious awards including Teacher's Choice and Parent's Choice awards
  • A supportive and motivational tone makes learning fun!

System Requirements

PC : Windows Vista and XP SP2
128 MB RAM / 512MB RAM (Vista)
Pentium III 700 MHz or higher
300 MB free hard disk space
32 MB graphics card
24-bit colour monitor, 1024x768 resolution
CD/DVD-ROM drive
Windows® compatible sound card
Windows® compatible mouse

Mac : OS 10.4 and later
256 MB RAM
PowerPC G4, G5 and Intel 800 MHz or faster
300 MB free hard disk space
32 MB graphics card
24-bit colour monitor, 1024x768 resolution
CD/DVD-ROM drive