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by officemonkey 5397 days ago
In the 80s, I learned how to touch type by playing Infocom games like Zork.

The key to learning how to touch type is just typing _a lot_. You might not be very fast (I'm not), but you can at least get your eyes off your keyboard and use more than one finger per hand.

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>The key to learning how to touch type is just typing _a lot_.

Absolutely. I don't think that typing-tutor software really does very much teaching at all, it's just a good tool for drilling yourself. But why not have fun in the process, rather than boring and mindless drills? I learned by playing the early Sierra adventure games, before they switched to the all-point and click interface.

Now I'm feeling all nostalgic...time to go download ScummVM.