Mavis Beacon Typing 17 (Win/Mac) | 
| From: Encore Software
List Price: $29.95
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 220
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Mac Os X, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.3 x 1.2
MPN: 705381100768
Model: 10076
UPC: 705381100768
EAN: 0705381100768
ASIN: B000BWBU6U
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Typing tutorial with updated user interface and improved resolution | | • | Practice speed, accuracy, and rhythm with 250+ practice and custom lessons | | • | Entertaining arcade-style games; import MP3 files to listen to while practicing | | • | Adaptive Response Technology adjusts lesson plan to age, skill-level, and progress | | • | Download to Palm OS handheld device for convenient practice on the go |
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Product Description
For the past 12 years in a row, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing has been the best-selling typing tutorial on the market and has garnered over 15 prestigious awards, including the Teacher's Choice and Parent's Choice awards. With the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17, that tradition is certain to continue with several new and advanced performance-based programs that adjust to your skill level and provide instant feedback on every exercise.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Mavis Should Be Ashamed! August 27, 2007
William Karoly (Tulsa, OK)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
What a joke! This product is more about NetZero than typing. I bought this program so my daughter could practice typing and 10-key but all we got was NetZero and it does not ask your permission to put NetZero on your computer. Such a sad day for Mavis Beacon. My suggestion is try a free online tutor first. If you buy this product all I can say is good luck.
 Has Adware, but a decent tutorial March 25, 2008
joseph johnson (Denver, CO USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I broke from my golden rule of buying software from a store when I purchased this program which I have a few complaints about.
1:) Netzero adware. How a commercial costing $20 (in the store) puts adware on your computer without your permission is beyond me.
2:) Dated visuals. Vista has to temporarily downgrade it's visuals in order to accommodate its games and videos. Also, the font size is far too small and the overall look is from 1995 where CD rom games first started
3:) Proceeds too fast from letter to letter. I actually downloaded a free typing software in order to review certain troublesome letters.
That being said it will help you to type better (I'm typing fluently with both hands now thanks to this and other software I have found on the internet and I'm still working on my speed) and is decent overall, but I would not recommend it to you unless you don't care about the three complaints listed
 Mavis Beacon Typing 17 (Win/Mac) May 23, 2007
Maurice Woodward Jr. (Central, SC USA)
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
this typing program is outstanding for teaching. we have been very happy.
Very Helpful December 13, 2007
W. Harris (Newark, NJ)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I order this product for my mom to brush up on her typing skills and my whole family uses it. They have fun playing the games they dont think of it as a typing lesson. I even use it to brush up on my speed. Mavis Beacon typying tutor is wondeful and everybody loves and its for all ages.
Good but not Perfect February 1, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I thought that in my thirties, after years of using 4-fingers to type, I would never really be able to learn the proper form for touch typing. This is a terrific program; I went from 7 words per minute to 40 words in 1 week. The problem with the program is that once you get to the "advanced" level it has a limited number of passages which it keeps repeating. Also the program does not include a series of tips for common weaknesses (using the pinkie, for example). It is very good at getting beginner's to become medicore typists but not so good at getting a mediocre typist to the next level. In my case become mediocre was a big leap, esp in just 7 days, so I give it 4 stars.
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