Typkov

Learning and science

typing practice

SHOW HN2012

11points
5comments
#1,274of 1,677 in 2012
Top 76%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.

Idea: 1 for, 0 against

The thread, comment by comment

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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker

What HN said

What people liked

  • Generated lessons work surprisingly well

    From 1 comment
    • Typkov is a little webapp I made this past weekend. I'm learning Colemak, and I wanted more gtypist lessons to practice with, but I'd prefer lessons that would let me practice…
      stevelosh on HN
  • File upload and GitHub integration ideas are interesting

    From 1 comment
    • I think that file upload could be interesting. :D Maybe some GitHub integration, like create lesson directly from Rails rep. (but not exacly importante this one!)
      gobr on HN

Requests

  • Support for code and programming symbols in lessons

    From 1 comment
    • Could this be used to generate typing lessons for programmers? One of the things lacking from many typing tools is practice typing symbols as used by programmers - I guess random…
      lemming on HN
  • Support for file upload and GitHub repo import

    From 1 comment
    • I think that file upload could be interesting. :D Maybe some GitHub integration, like create lesson directly from Rails rep. (but not exacly importante this one!)
      gobr on HN
  • Support for additional typing programs beyond gtypist and ktouch

    From 1 comment
    • Typkov is a little webapp I made this past weekend. I'm learning Colemak, and I wanted more gtypist lessons to practice with, but I'd prefer lessons that would let me practice…
      stevelosh on HN

Questions

  • Can it generate lessons from programming code

    From 1 comment
    • Could this be used to generate typing lessons for programmers? One of the things lacking from many typing tools is practice typing symbols as used by programmers - I guess random…
      lemming on HN

Alternatives named

  • gtypist

    From 1 comment
    • Typkov is a little webapp I made this past weekend. I'm learning Colemak, and I wanted more gtypist lessons to practice with, but I'd prefer lessons that would let me practice…
      stevelosh on HN
  • ktouch

    From 1 comment
    • Typkov is a little webapp I made this past weekend. I'm learning Colemak, and I wanted more gtypist lessons to practice with, but I'd prefer lessons that would let me practice…
      stevelosh on HN

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