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Product Detail Information:
ASIN:B0012VI1ES
Sales Rank: 171
Catalog:Software
Binding:CD-ROM
Product Group:Software
Product Type:Software
Release Date: 2008-02-14
Brand:Encore
Manufacturer:Encore Software
Model: 15060
Part No: 15060
UPC: 705381150602
EAN: 0705381150602
Format: CD-ROM
Hardware Platform: Pc
Operating System: Windows
Platform(s): Windows Vista
Windows XP
Windows


Features:
  • Learn essential keyboarding skills or improve overall typing efficiency
  • 430 Personalized lessons, exercises and tests
  • Detailed progress reports assist in identifying strengths and weaknesses
  • 16 arcade-style typing games
  • Bilingual instruction (English & Spanish)
Product Description:

Maximize your productivity with Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum 20! The most comprehensive typing instruction system now includes updated learning tools, an improved user interface and even more features to guarantee typing improvements in just 2 weeks.

In addition to Mavis Beacon's personal typing instruction, detailed reports illustrate overall progress and assist in identifying specific strengths and weaknesses.

16 Arcade-style typing games, including multi-level games.

430 Personalized lessons, exercises and tests.

Offers typists of all skill levels and ages a brand new learning experience with greater benefits and increased efficiency.

Whether you want to learn essential keyboarding skills or improve overall typing efficiency, Mavis Beacon will guide you step-by step on your road to success! Improve speed and accuracy with detailed assessments, customized lessons and skill-building games.

In addition to Mavis Beacon's personal typing instruction, detailed reports illustrate overall progress and assist in identifying specific strengths and weaknesses. Powerful learning tools, along with this detailed reporting will help typists excel at their own pace. Hard work is rewarded with "recess time" and certificates of completion. Cool tools such as "import your own MP3 files" and fun arcade-style games enrich the learning experience.

Redesigned with advanced technology and updated with even more features--Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum 20 offers typists of all skill levels and ages a brand new learning experience with greater benefits and increased efficiency.

  • 430 Personalized lessons, exercises and tests

  • 16 Arcade-style games, including multi-level games

  • Detailed tracking and progress reporting

  • New content--type jokes, riddles, recipes, song lyrics and more

  • Type in English, Spanish & French

  • Choose from new music options or import your own MP3 files and type to your own tunes

  • New Certificates of Completion

  • Hybrid--Works with Microsoft Vista & Mac OSX Universal certified

Platinum Exclusives

  • Unique Custom Lesson Designer

  • Learn to type in English, Spanish & French

  • New multi-level arcade-style games

  • Import your own text as Word.doc formats--be productive while practicing your typing skills

  • Choose to type from hundreds of interesting articles, stories and emoticons

Learn with Mavis Beacon and achieve noticeable results quicker than any other typing program--guaranteed.


Maximize your productivity with Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing?? Platinum 20! The most comprehensive typing instruction system now includes updated learning tools, an improved user interface and even more features to guarantee typing improvements in just 2 weeks! Whether you want to learn essential keyboarding skills or improve overall typing efficiency, Mavis Beacon will guide you step-by-step on your road to success! Improve speed and accuracy with detailed assessments, customized lessons and skill-building games. In addition to Mavis Beacon's personal typing instruction, detailed reports illustrate overall progress and assist in identifying specific strengths and weaknesses. Powerful learning tools, along with this detailed reporting will help typists excel at their own pace. Hard work is rewarded with "recess time" and certificates of completion. Cool tools such as "import your own MP3 files" and fun arcade-style games enrich the learning experience. Redesigned with advanced technology and updated with even more features - Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing?? Platinum 20 offers typists of all skill levels and ages a brand new learning experience with greater benefits and increased efficiency.

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desrtroz

Mavis Beacon is excellent!

3/18/2010

I purchased Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum 20 for my two children to learn PROPER typing skills. They enjoy the games immensely and are progressing very quickly! This is an excellent buy for anyone who would like to learn how to type or who needs to learn how to type the correct way - no two finger pecking!
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Candace Beauchamp

Good for beginning adults, not so much for kids

3/11/2010

We bought this for my 9 year old so he could learn to type. We had tried many different children's typing programs first, but they were all bugging, incompatible, or didn't really teach him anything. Both my husband and I have fond memories of early Mavis Beacon programs so we thought we'd give her a try with our son.

If he was just a few years older he might have stuck with it. The lessons are too bland to keep his attention for long. We'll hold onto this program for when he gets older, but will keep looking for something more age appropriate that will get him using proper keyboarding technique.

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Olga Price

Y tambi??n en espa??ol

2/15/2010

La versi??n en espa??ol es excelente, ten??a mis dudas en cuanto a la traducci??n; pero me impresion??. Lo recomiendo.
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PJ

Incompatible

1/16/2010

I'm giving this program two stars instead of one because I never got far enough to actually try the program. Although my laptop, a newer Dell running WinXP, met the system requirements and then some, the program kept opening as a black screen and saying that my graphics wouldn't work & to change my settings or get a better video card. My video card *does* meet the published system requirements. I spent hours mucking with my graphics settings etc, and had no luck. I tried contacting the manufacturer and could not reach anyone. I am returning Mavis to Amazon but they won't replace her (I was hoping that the disc is defective). Frustrating. I'm going to try another program instead of ordering this Mavis again; I just don't want to deal with her. Broderbund needs to pay attention to its QC.
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Sarah M. Weinberger
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

HUGELY buggy software

10/13/2009

How could Broderbund, a company that has been in business for quite some time, release a hugely buggy software without testing? I am not talking about some hard to find bug. I am talking that if you start learning the lesson as a beginning user, you can only go as far as learning the 'e' and 'i' keys. What is that? After that, the sequence of lessons gets totally messed up. Broderbund's support website acknowledges the problem but offered no patch. Their workaround fails too. There is also another bug. It says that the next lesson will be so and so, but the next lesson winds up being something else.

I contacted Broderbund yesterday (2009.10.11) and so far no response. True, their support email does state to allow 48 business hours for a response. Let us translate that into human speak. 48 business hours means well over a week, 6 business days. I would expect even better response time from a single person software company just starting off, not a well known software company, whose software sells in real stores.

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2009.10.21 Update: I finally received a response after about nine days to my original complaint. Here is the reposne that I received from Broderbund Software:

"Thank you for contacting Broderbund Software, brought to you by Encore.

We apologize for the delay in responding to your email. We are experiencing a higher than usual number of emails. Because your email exceeds 2 business days, we are closing your email case. If you have not received a suffient response and still require our assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us."

Nice people. He? What does 'Because your email exceeds 2 business days' mean anyways? Are they saying that because they did not respond to my original email in over nine days, that they will close my email ticket.

What a cool concept. They get money, have a non-working product, provide no support of any kind, and collect money. Furthermore, they ship buggy software to stores for other people to buy.

Score: Pathetic, truly pathetic.
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