Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing! (C64, 5 1/4" Disk) Software Toolworks - 1988 USA, Canada Release

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing!
Product ID	24294-01612
Product UPC	024294016127
Platform(s)	C64
Media	5 1/4" Disk
Copyright date	1988
Publisher(s)	Software Toolworks
Category(s)	Education, Typing
Country of Origin	United States of America

Description from the packaging.

"Spectacular!... The ultimate typing program!"
Mavis Beacon teaches typing- Quickly... Easily... Perfectly... and it's fun!

Here is another true artificial intelligence software system from the publishers of the acclaimed "Chessmaster 2000", The S.P.A. Entertainment Program of the year and winner of the U.S. Chess Federation Computer Chess Championship.

"Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" checks your progress, lesson by lesson, every step of the way. The program tailors the perfect typing course to your individual needs.

This expert system is the only typing teacher that combines the methods proven best; methods learned from decades of analyzing the perfect way to teach people how to type. (No more just plunking out "asddffa.")

You have the world's finest typing instructor at your side every time you practice. When you make mistakes, Mavis Beacon explains things to you in conversational sentences, not just bleeps and bells.

We learn fast when it's interesting and fun. When she creates your customized practice exercises, Mavis selects quotes from history's greatest writings, countless riddles, rhymes and jokes (for all age groups), and hundreds of fascinating facts from the Guinness Book of World Records.

On-Screen Menu-Driven easy-to-use features:

• Stunning, fully-detailed 2D and 3D graphics.
• Lifelike keyboard and learning aids.
• "Guide-Hands" type with you to show perfect technique.
• Help windows available for every stage of every lesson.
• "Road-Racer" arcade-quality typing game.
• Musical "Tempo-Typing" with on-screen metronome.
• Over 20 colorful graphs display your progress.
• Speed, Accuracy, and Completion meters on-screen.
• Word-Processor or "Typewriter" mode.
• Standard or "Dvorak" keyboard lessons.
• Complete typing textbook included.
• Joystick and mouse control.
• Lessons are created according to your age and interests.
• Practice texts used by employment agencies included.
• Free! "Resume-Writer" Program included.

"This product is awesome!"

• You'll always be sure of your progress. Updated every quarter-second, these meters constantly monitor your growing skills.
• Type what you like best. Select lessons from an enormous database of fun facts, records from the Guinness Book of World Records, jokes and riddles, history's greatest writings... and more!
• Pace yourself by turning on the clock. Comes in handy when Mavis has you race against time!
• Type to a beat! Set the metronome to your average Words Per Minute, or speed it up for a challenge! Choose music or a tick-tock effect.
• You'll feel right at home practicing with an on-screen keyboard matching the look and layout of your own computer.
• Build your own keyboard. Start with the keytops on. Then, try unlabeled keys as your skills improve. The on-screen keys actually move as you type.
• Type along with Mavis! As you stroke each key, the "guide hands" show correct finger placement and use. Or, switch the function off to type on your own!
• Just one touch gets you the "Road Racer" speed game, 20 progress and error graphs, and over 50 other features and settings.

From beginner to advanced... Learning's a snap with Mavis Beacon Teaching Typing!

And a whole lot of fun!

Learning with Mavis is like having the world's greatest typing teacher guide you every step of the way. You'll have a private lesson any time you want- with "fun facts." riddles, history trivia, and records from the Guinness Book of World Records chosen just for you. Mavis designs her lessons for each student, gearing every step toward specific user age and interests. Or, Mavis lets you get crazy and create your own text!

Mavis speaks to you in an easy, conversational manner. Her lessons combine the most advanced teaching methods available with arcade-quality graphics. You and she both monitor your progress during lessons with visual learning aids and over 20 possible progress charts!

You learn in three complete learning "classrooms"- including a state-of-the-art video auto race that will keep you on the edge of your seat as you beat your own typing speeds again and again!

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing... if only learning everything were this easy!

System Requirements

C64
Required RAM	64K
Supports Joystick	Yes