Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 15 [OLD VERSION] Software

i love mavis beacon

12/29/2009

I had an older version- I love this older (but newer than my other) version also- although I miss the snippy comments that you could choose on the older version "do you want to quit mavis beacon? well, you're never going to learn that way" he he ;-)

Don't buy! It doesn't advance properly.

10/23/2009

I bot this for my 8yo daughter. She is doing great and enjoying it except for a program glitch: it doesn't advance properly - every 3rd or 4th lesson the program gives a lesson that includes all letters on the keyboard; as I saw in some reviews - you can get through the 'advanced' lesson and then it returns to a proper progression, BUT - it keeps doing this every 3rd or 4th lesson which is a real pain. Other reviews that I've looked up elsewhere (not just Amazon) say that the company acknowledges the problem but calls it 'minor'. I guess that means they don't think it important enough to fix. It is a very inconvenient problem in the program. Putting the glitch another way: you learn, say - 10 keys - then the next lesson will have all 26 letters in the lesson assuming you've learned all 26 when you've only learned 10 - you get past this lesson and it goes back to teaching you keys 11 & 12, you practice 12 keys for a couple of lessons - then the next lesson has the whole keyboard on it once again, and this repeats time and again. We're giving up and buying our 3rd typing program hoping it will work. (The first we tried, Typing Instructor for Kids - didn't advance at all - she learned the home keys and then it stayed on the home keys forever not advancing to other keys - aahh! - We just want to learn to type!). We will try "Typing Quick & Easy" this time.

Mavis for older op system

10/4/2009

I needed a typing tutor for an older operating system. I use Dragon speech recognition for productivity but still want to improve my typing.There were several apps to choose from, and the service was great. I chose Mavis 15 and it works great. Thanx.

This dvd is fabulous !

9/29/2009

I woiuld recommend the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing to all. I was a little in doubt when I purchased this item, I have read the reviews and thought I should try it. I went from twenty words a minute with at least eighteen errors Now, I am typing thirty-nine words with two errors. The lessons are
user friendly for all age groups.

Item in perfect condition

5/4/2009

Item was just as described by seller. Kids were able to pop it in and start lessons right away!