Type by ZawebaType without looking, one key at a time.
Learn to touch-type with friendly lessons, smart drills and games. 30 lessons, drills that target your weakest keys, classic passages and two games, for children and adults, with no adverts or accounts.
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Type teaches touch typing from the home row up. Thirty lessons add a few keys at a time, from A S D F through capitals, punctuation and numbers to speed and stamina, and each opens when you pass the one before. An on-screen keyboard and hand diagram show which finger to use, and your speed and accuracy are measured the standard way.
No adverts, accounts or internet needed. Everyone in the family gets their own profile and progress, and kid mode makes it bigger, simpler and cheerful. When you know the keys, practise on classic passages, race the ghost of your best run or stop the falling words.
Who it's for
- Children learning to type for school
- Adults who type with two fingers and want to stop looking
- Families sharing one PC, each with their own progress
- Anyone learning Dvorak or Colemak
Good to know
- Reads keys only in its own window: no keyboard hooks, nothing typed elsewhere is seen
- No sounds
Private by design
- Works offline, with no account and no adverts.
- Checks zaweba.com once a day for a newer version, sending only the app's name.
- Problem reports and feedback are sent only if you click Send.
Everything you need, nothing you don't.
30 step-by-step lessons
Home row, top row, bottom row, capitals, numbers and symbols, then speed. Pass each at 90% accuracy and earn up to three stars.
See the next key
A to-scale keyboard lights the next key in its finger's colour, and optional cartoon hands show which finger to use.
Drills on your weak spots
Smart drill picks your five weakest keys and builds practice around them, using only keys you have learnt.
Problem-keys heatmap
Every key shaded by how often you miss it, with speed and accuracy graphs for your last 30 sessions.
Two games
Falling words: type each word before it lands. Ghost race: race a replay of your own best run.
Profiles and kid mode
A profile for each person. Kid mode has larger text, simpler words, gentler games and no clocks.
Lessons that grow with you
Each lesson's text is made fresh from the keys you know so far: first drills, then letter groups, then real words and sentences. The keyboard lights the next key and the line underneath says which finger. Lessons work the same on UK and US QWERTY, Dvorak and Colemak.
- Pass at 90% accuracy, or 85% in kid mode
- Live speed, accuracy and clock while you type
- A results card with the keys that tripped you up
Know what to practise
The Progress page shows your headline numbers, speed and accuracy graphs, and a heatmap of the keyboard with your error rate printed on each key. Smart drill then turns that into practice, choosing words with your tricky keys in them until they stop being tricky.
- Net words per minute, the standard measure
- Accuracy rounded down, so 100% means perfect
- Recent sessions at a glance
The details
| Works on | Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit), macOS 12 or later (Apple silicon and Intel), Linux (64-bit, x86 and ARM) |
|---|---|
| Keyboard layouts | UK QWERTY, US QWERTY, Dvorak, Colemak |
| Practice texts | 13 classic public-domain passages, or paste your own |
| Profiles | As many as you like, each with optional kid mode |
| Version | Version 1.0.7 |
| Download | ZawebaType-1.0.7.zip (65 MB): unzip and run, no installer |
| Licence | Free for everyone, with every feature included. No warranty |
Type FAQ
How is my speed worked out?
The standard way: every five characters count as a word, and each mistake left uncorrected takes off a word. Net words per minute is the number shown.
Can I practise Dvorak without changing Windows?
Yes. Translate my keys lets you practise Dvorak or Colemak while Windows is still set to UK or US QWERTY.
Is it suitable for young children?
Kid mode is made for them: bigger text, simple words, cheerful feedback, no clocks, mistakes that wait for the right key and games that end happily.
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