The Twiddler Typing Tutor is designed to rapidly increase your typing speed and proficiency with the Twiddler. We recommend you to create an account for the Tutor to view your lesson progress and stats.
Tutor saves all statistical information in a local “cookie” on your device. Cookies must be enabled in your browser settings for this data to be saved and retrieved. If you have cookies enabled but cleared out after your browser closes, this will also wipe out any historical Tutor data. To get around this, just add [*.]tekgear.com as an exception to your cookie rule.
We recommend using the standard lesson's keyset. It is fine tuned to automatically generate pseudo-English words focusing on a limited keyset (E,A,I,N,T,O and R). As you become more proficient with this keyset, the Twiddler Typing Tutor will automatically start expanding the keyset. This continues until you have mastered the entire alphabet.
The Profile Page is a detailed listing of all the historical statistics of your typing. You can get there by clicking on the Profile Button at the top right of the page.
The Twiddler Typing Tutor automatically captures statistics about your typing. There are a few stats shown on the main page. They are updated after you complete every “sentence”. More in-depth statistics are shown on the Profile Page.
Total Time: This is the first and most important stat as you practice typing. The longer you practice, the better you are going to get. Each sentence should take under 30 seconds to type. Throughout the day, come back to the Twiddler Typing Tutor and type out 10 sentences. 5 minutes a day adds up and you can see your progress.
Top Speed (wpm) is the maximum speed the Typing Tutor has recorded you type over your entire history of using the program in Words Per Minute (wpm).
Average Speed (wpm) is the average typing speed of all your sessions.
All Time Score is the total points you have accumulated throughout your typing progress.
Your metrics are displayed in charts to visually represent your Typing Tutor's learning progress and improvement over time.
Average Stars shows the number of stars you get on average, you get stars through speed and accuracy.
Average Speed shows your average typing speed (wpm) progress over time.
Average Score is the chart that shows your average typing score. The more practice you do, the higher your average should get!
Average Time Spent shows the average amount of time you put in practicing with the Typing Tutor.
Average Error Rate shows the average frequency of errors you made during typing. Ideally, your error rate should decrease over time!
Common Key Errors is a bar graph that shows the wrong keys you commonly press and how many times you press it by mistake. This graph should help you identify which keys you may want to put more practice on.