Keyboard Master II is an educational software package which will teach you how to touch-type quickly and efficiently on the computer keyboard. In a few weeks time, even if you do nothing more than playing the included games regularly, you will be able to type quickly without errors, and without looking at the keyboard, and what is more important, this skill will be yours forever. These days, where almost every intellectual task is performed on a computer, it’s crucial to be good at typing.
Keyboard Master is designed trying to avoid monotonous and boring exercises, replacing them by enjoyable games whenever possible. Also, it is designed in such a way that it can be useful for both beginners and advanced computers users. Depending on your preferences, you can learn by following one of the ready-made course scenarios included in the software, or choose exercises and games individually. In both cases, you will have available plenty of help information to ensure satisfactory results.
In the trial version, downloadable for free from the developer’s homepage, you will find the short demo course. It contains initial four lessons from the complete course, so you can start learning right away. If you want to complete the course you will have to buy the full version of the program. There are also some demonstration drills, and you can play games but only with the 9 fixed keys and with sample pictures and scenarios.
There are two main games to learn while you play. The Gallery, in which you have to type the words the game displays to uncover a piece of a picture. When you type all the words the whole image will emerge. The sooner you do it, the more points you get. The second game is The Bomber. Here, individual letters fall from the sky as they were bombs and you have to type the correct letter in the keyboard before the bomb reaches the earth. If you miss a letter you lose.
When you enter the application will reach the main menu with the following options on it:
- Students: you can create several students and Keyboard Master will keep track of each student’s progress. Select your profile to begin studying.
- Course: to access the course lessons.
- Exercises: to access the exercise you want to use.
- Games: to start playing your favorite game.
- Results: view your progress information.
- Options: to configure the application the way you like.
- Help: to access help information.
- About, WWW, and Exit: no further explanation required.
There’s no time limitation in the trial version, only features and lessons limitations. If you want to buy this application will be spending from $9.99 to $ 29.99 depending on how many computers it will be running.
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