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Type Better - Email Faster - Work Smarter

With a complete re-design, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing® Deluxe 20 may not look familiar, but we promise that Mavis Beacon still provides guaranteed improvements in only 2 weeks.

Mavis Beacon's unrivaled typing training program has great features that will benefit any user, from students just starting out to professionals looking to squeeze a few more emails into the work day.

  • Dynamic personal instruction automatically places and adjusts the lesson plans to users' individual performance
  • 12 fun & challenging typing games that will keep users coming back
  • Over 325 practice session options
  • Detailed tracking & reporting

New Features

Core Curriculum Improvements
While the core curriculum within Mavis Beacon remains as effective as ever, we've introduced a Curriculum Map to make it easier for users to see where they are in the overall training program.

Re-designed Games
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 20 Deluxe features 12 re-designed games. Each game provides a fun and motivating way to practice and improve typing skills.

More Practice Content
With over 325 different sessions, passages and tests, there is something for everyone in the Practice Area. Content includes passages and sessions from literary classics, historical autobiographies, poetry and more!

Key Features

Dynamic Personal Instruction
Leverage Mavis Beacon's renowned Adaptive Response Technology™ to run through the core training curriculum and maximize your improvements in the shortest time possible. Mavis Beacon will automatically place you in the lessons based on your current skill level and adjust your path as you progress through the training program.

Practice Area
Mavis Beacon lets you choose what you use to practice your typing. Select from hundreds of articles and passages covering a wide variety of topics and subjects including literary classics, history, autobiographies and poetry.

Typing Games
With a total of 12 typing games designed to improve your speed, accuracy and/or rhythm, the Games Area is sure to be a favorite destination for any user.

Progress Tracking & Reporting
Mavis Beacon tracks your performance over time and provides a series of reports so that you can understand and review your progress.

  • The Summary report gives a snapshot of the users' cumulative performance.
  • Keyboard Proficiencies show detailed performance by individual key, allowing users to see on which keys they need improvement.
  • The Curriculum Map provides users with a view of where they are within the Mavis Beacon Training Program.
  • Progress Over Time charts users' performance on milestone lessons over an extended period, giving users a view of how much they have improved.     

Spanish Mode
In Spanish Mode, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing presents help, reports and more in Spanish, allowing Spanish- and English-language learners to get more out of their time with Mavis Beacon.

System Requirements

 PC

  • Windows Vista and XP SP2
  • 128 MB RAM / 512MB RAM (Vista)
  • Pentium III 700 MHz or higher
  • 300 MB free hard disk space
  • 32 MB graphics card
  • 24-bit color monitor, 1024x768 resolution
  • CD/DVD-ROM drive
  • Windows® compatible sound card
  • Windows® compatible mouse


MAC

  • OS 10.4 and later
  • 256 MB RAM
  • PowerPC G4, G5 and Intel 800 MHz or faster
  • 300 MB free hard disk space
  • 32 MB graphics card
  • 24-bit color monitor, 1024x768 resolution
  • CD/DVD-ROM drive
  • Stuffit® application
 
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Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe 20

Publisher: Broderbund
Version: Deluxe 20
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As an older person in an ever-changing and innovating world, this was my next step to increasing my typing skills and staying on board with the ship that is the economy of the US!
by Kubera on August 13, 2009 09:34 AM MDT JOHNSTON, RHODE ISLAND
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I found mavis beacon to be fast and fun. In these tough economic times you need a little boost. And that is just what mavis beacon has done for me. This program improved my typing skills and got me back in the job market. It is so easy to use it
by mymay07 on August 17, 2009 09:22 AM MDT MANTON, MICHIGAN
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The Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing program is an excellent source for learning how to type on the cocmputer. The program not only teaches you how to type with just having you type paragraphs; but it also has you do speed typings and very fun games to play.
by purplepenguin on August 13, 2009 09:32 AM MDT COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VIRGINIA
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