Improve your typing skills the fun and efficient way.


Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing combines individualized lessons, practice sessions, and games to help you type better, e-mail faster, and work smarter.  Sharpen your typing skills with even more practice lessons and games that make it fun to build core keyboarding skills such as speed, accuracy, and rhythm.   The Platinum 25th Anniversary Edition features an updated user interface and more content and practice options as you improve your typing skills.  Get started today on mastering your typing with this comprehensive keyboarding experience perfect for keyboarders of all skill levels and ages.

• Type to Imported MP3's - Listen to your favorite tunes as you practice and improve your typing rhythm.

• New Typing Content - Type from interesting articles, stories, emoticons, and more.

• Be More Productive - Import your own text as Word.doc format to get more done while you practice.

• Over 425 individualized lessons, exercises, and tests
• Sixteen arcade-style typing games, including multi-level games
• Bilingual instruction (English and Spanish)
• Detailed tracking and progress reporting
• Facebook Connect - play games and challenge your friends

• More lessons, exercises, and skill-building games
• Unique Custom Lesson Designer
• Additional music selections
• New achievement certificate selections
• Import your own text (from Microsoft Word 2007)

• Windows XP (Home & Pro) SP3, Windows Vista SP1, Windows 7
• Pentium 4 2.4 GHz processor or higher
• 1 GB of RAM (2 GB for Windows Vista/7)
• 300 MB of free hard disk space
• DirectX 9.0c graphics card with 128+ MB of video memory
• 24-bit color monitor
• 1024 x 768 screen resolution
• CD/DVD-ROM drive
• Windows compatible sound card
• Mouse, keyboard, and speakers
• Internet Explorer 7 (and later) or Firefox 3 (and later) browser
• Internet connection
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Latest version of Java recommended

• Macintosh OS X 10.5 to 10.6
• PowerPC G5 or Intel Core Duo processor or newer
• 1GB of RAM
• 300 MB of free hard disk space
• 24-bit color monitor
• 1024 x 768 screen resolution
• CD/DVD-ROM drive
• Mac compatible sound card
• Mouse, keyboard, and speakers
• Safari 3 (and later) or Firefox 3 (and later) browser
• Internet connection
• Latest version of Java recommended