TypeFaster is typing tutor that teaches you how to touch-type. Touch-Typing is using the sense of touch rather than sight to find the key. Once you can touch-type you will not need to look at the keyboard to find the letters you want to type.

Features:

• Supports multiple keyboard layouts, including non-rectangular keys
• A clear indication of which fingers to use. This is the essence of touchtyping.
• A 3D typing game.
• Typing statistics and the option of practising the least accurate/slowest/custom keys.
• Keyboard is not a fixed size (resolution independent).
• Multi-user support.
• Teacher support (view student statistics).
• Interface for editing lesson files and game settings.
• Backspace support
• Right to left text support.
• Variable text size.
• Lesson files can be prose or poems.
• Lesson progress indicator.
• Completely free with full source code availability

It supports French, German, Portuguese, US-Dvorak, US-English, Hebrew, Numeric-keypad and more. Download this free TypeFaster from SourceForge.

TypeFaster comes in 3 versions: Standard, Accessible and Spanish. The Accessible version is for visually impaired or blind users. It uses the excellent, free, text-to-speech engine: Flite, to provide continuous voice support. Currently, only the US-English keyboard layout is supported. The Spanish version is translated by Luis Felipe Go’mez.

This free and open source application teaches you how to type faster with your 10 fingers. When you want to spell a word, just think where your fingers would go. Kids are not the only ones who can benefit from using TypeFaster. Adult can also learn how to type.