Typing Instructor Deluxe 17 :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

Great learning tool!

2008-02-08
Typing Instructor Deluxe 17 This was so easy to use that after the first half hour I was on my way. You are able to practice the typing lessons as much as you want before moving on. And if a lesson goes well, you can move on sooner. You are advised when it is time to increase your wpm goals, but are able to keep it the same if you are more comfortable with that.

Teen Typing (with incentive)

2008-01-26
I found that my son will type with this program and improve his typing techniques and times, but only once I made it a pre-requisite before he could do anything else on the computer--each time. On his own, he did not have enough motivation. This strategy is working well.

Typing Instructor

2007-12-23
I have five grand children who have learned to type using this progam. One is graduating from high school and has used this knowledge to type his papers for school for a few years. It has certainly helped him in his grades. The twins are just learning and almost finished. This is the best course for learning to type I have found. I have even recommended it to grownups in order for them to learn the keyboard and become better PC users. I rate this a five star program as anyone can learn with this program. The product when ordered as new or used has always been new in CD envelope.

Won't run on my Dell Inspiron with Windows XP home edition

2007-12-18
It is hard to rate software that won't run on your machine. I have Windows XP, home edition, 1 gig ram, and it won't let me past the sign in screen where you add your name to the list as a student, and select your target typing speed. I do not have hours to spend on the telephone with tech support. I have to work during the hours that tech support is available. I just wanted a typing program that worked. This one doesn't.

Expected More

2007-12-05
I was looking to improve my typing for my job and decided with the good reviews this product had received it would be more helpful. Probably works better for kids than adults wish I had gotten Typing Master Pro, I downloaded the demo it seems like it would help me more.

No more hunt and peck typing!!!

2008-07-07
This version is compatible with Windows Vista!!!!We are so pleased with this product! It has been extremely usefull for the entire family. The little one's have started playing the learning games and my husband and I have both increased our wpm. I highly reccomend this product!

Better than Mavis Beacon!

2008-06-26
I purchased both Typing Instructor Deluxe(Version 17)and Mavis Beacon Deluxe(Version 17)to increase my typing speed.
I just love the Typing Instructor Deluxe! It is easy to navigate, has very pleasant graffics, lots of variety and features, and loaded up perfectly (Windows XP Home).
Each time I use the Mavis Beacon software I have to change the pixel size of my screen to make it small enough to fit, and then it ends up being a little too small. Afterwards, I have to change the pixel size back again. As a result, I don't bother using the Mavis Beacon much.
I highly recommend the Typing Instuctor Deluxe (Version 17)!!!*****

My kiddos are learning to type!!

2008-06-15
My ds 12 and 10 and my dd 8 are learning to type without my help and without complaint! In the 6mo since I purchased this software my 12yo's speed has gone from 15 words/min to 40. I'm very happy with it. There is a nice feature during some of the instruction that shows your hand position right on the computer screen as you do the typing exercise - so that you know which finger to strike the key with, etc. Also, there are several fun arcade style games that the kids really enjoy. Only down note is that one of the arcade games does not work for us. That still leaves us 5 or 6 to choose from. I also like that it tracks each user's progress.

A great product

2008-04-27
After using Mavis Becon I discovered Typing Instructor deluxe and I just love it! Mavis is fine for kids, but not for a woman trying to get her typing speed up for returning to college. It's really fun is also for adult typists.

I guess it's a good product...didn't help me though

2008-03-19
I'm a fairly good typer already, I just have difficulty in a few areas for things like the symbols on top of the numbers. The only ones I ever have to use are ! and $ but I don't know where the others are. So I bought this product to help me but the software would tell me I was doing great when really I was messing up big time. It allows you to erase your mistakes so it will say I did 100% everytime when in reality I had to backspace almost every letter and retry again. I don't think I learned anything.