For anyone who grew up learning how to type from Mavis Beacon (back in the day when computer programs were advertised in catalogs and came in over-sized boxes), this news will come to you as a bit of ...

Role models come in all shapes and sizes, invariably saying more about the nature of influencing than the person setting the example. A hearty thank-you, then, to pioneering computer-age figure Mavis ...

One of the most venerable typing tutors celebrates its quarter-century mark. Back in the late 1980s, I sold software and hardware at anow-defunct store in NYC; one of our best-sellers was “Mavis ...

Director and filmmaker Jazmin Jones examines original photos of Renée L''Espérance, the model for the titular character of the educational software program Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing (1987), from a ...

Those of you who have been using computers for 15 years or so will be glad to know that Mavis Beacon still Teaches Typing. Mavis looks as good as ever. Actually, she doesn’t look like the Mavis I ...

Mavis Beacon taught the world to type. Starting in the late 1980s, a software program featuring the eponymous instructor drilled computer users on their keyboard skills, selling more than 10 million ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Touch-typing – or ...

Jazmin Jones knows what she did. “If you’re online, there’s this idea of trolling,” Jones, the director behind Seeking Mavis Beacon, said during a recent panel for her new documentary. “For this ...

My first experiences with typing tutors were frustrating, and as a six-year-old, they were my nemesis. Sessions with the first program I tried often ended in me bashing my rather diminutive fists ...

If you learned to type in the 1980s or ’90s, there’s a decent chance you had some help from Mavis Beacon. The fictional avatar was the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a bestselling series of ...

Currently, my typing speed is usually fast enough for my needs; however I'd like to learn to type "properly", or touch-type. There's plenty of software out there, most notably the courses by Mavis ...