Typing practice: learn touch typing

Lesson	What you practice
1	Home row: F and J (index fingers)
2	Home row: A S D F and J K L ;
3	Full home row, adding G, H and '
4	Top row center: E R T Y U I O
5	Full top row: Q W P
6	Bottom row: Z X C V B N M , .
7	Common English words using every letter
8	Capital letters and punctuation
9	Numbers
10	Full sentences

Early lessons use short letter drills; as soon as enough letters are unlocked, the practice text switches to real words built only from the keys you have learned. Every attempt generates a fresh text, so you never memorize the drill.

Touch typing starts from the home row: left fingers on A, S, D, F and right fingers on J, K, L and ;. Your thumbs rest on the space bar. The F and J keys have small bumps so you can find them without looking.

Each finger owns a column of keys and always returns to its home key. The on-screen keyboard colors every key by finger, and while you type it highlights the next key and names the finger that should press it, for example "left ring finger". For capital letters, press Shift with the pinky of the opposite hand: Shift on the right for a left-hand letter, and the other way round. The keyboard lights up the correct Shift key too.

A lesson counts as passed when you finish a text with at least 95% accuracy. Speed is measured in net words per minute (a word is 5 keystrokes), but accuracy is what unlocks progress, because good habits built slowly turn into speed later.

Your progress is listed under My progress: a check mark for passed lessons, your best WPM and your latest accuracy. It is stored only in this browser, so nothing is uploaded and you don't need an account. Clear progress resets everything.

• 10–15 minutes a day. Short, regular sessions build muscle memory faster than occasional long ones.
• Don't look down. If you must, look at the on-screen keyboard instead of your hands.
• Slow and steady. Type at a pace where you rarely make mistakes. Speed comes on its own.
• Revisit old lessons. Once you pass a lesson, return to it occasionally to push your WPM higher.
• Sit well. Feet flat, wrists straight and floating slightly above the keyboard, screen at eye level.

Most learners feel slower for the first week or two while they unlearn old habits. That is normal; stick with it.

When you finish the lessons, check your overall speed with the typing speed test, which uses longer English passages and timed modes. If a key seems unreliable during practice, the keyboard test will show whether it registers every press.

The on-screen keyboard shows the standard US QWERTY layout. If your computer uses a different layout, switch it to US English in your system settings while you practice, so the keys match the guide.