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Every answer about the course, the typing test, the certificate, and more - in one place.
Why Fast Forward Typing
What sets us apart from typing tools built for schools and open-ended practice sites.
Built for adults, not for schools
No stars, badges, or kid-story mascots. Straightforward lessons, adult-appropriate design.
Individual placement instead of one-size-fits-all
A placement test measures which keys you already know. Lessons you've mastered get suggested as skippable, never hidden.
Native, not translated
German, English, and French are each their own curriculum for the right keyboard (QWERTZ, QWERTY, AZERTY) - not one course translated three times.
A real finish line, not endless practice
31 lessons with a clear start and end. When you're done, you know it - not an open-ended practice tool with no goal.
Real-time correction
Mistakes block your input until you hit the right key. That trains accuracy from the start, not as an afterthought.
Free to start, no sign-up
The typing speed test and the first six lessons work instantly, no account needed.
Getting started
A browser-based touch-typing course for adults, in German, English, and French. A placement test builds you an individual training plan, 15 minutes a day is enough.
No. Taking the typing speed test and starting the first lessons works instantly, no sign-up needed.
No, it runs in the browser with any keyboard - laptop, desktop, or mechanical. No installation needed.
Frequently asked questions
The typing test is free, and so are the first lessons. The full course and the official typing certificate are paid.
For anyone who writes a lot at work: emails, documents, chat, AI prompts. Touch typists work faster and with more focus, make fewer mistakes, and come across as more professional in everything they write.
No study gives a fixed duration. The tool maker TypeLit puts it at 2 to 3 weeks of regular practice until you can type the letters without looking. Stick with it and touch typing is second nature after a few weeks - speed keeps growing with every working day after that.
No. The course works with any keyboard. Laptop, desktop, or mechanical - you can start right away.
The course is currently available in English, German and French, each built for its own keyboard layout. More languages are planned.
The certificate officially confirms your typing speed and accuracy. You can add it to your CV or LinkedIn profile to prove your skills.
Your progress is saved automatically in your browser, no account or sign-up needed. It won't carry over to a new device yet - cross-device progress is planned.
Speed is measured in words per minute (WPM). One word equals five characters. The test only counts correctly typed characters.
31 lessons across three phases: home row, top and bottom row, then numbers and special characters. Each lesson builds on the last.
The first six lessons are completely free. The rest is Pro (one-time 29 euros, currently a waitlist) - you can still keep practicing for free at any time.
Typing Test FAQ
Choose a duration (1, 2, or 5 minutes), click the text area, and type the displayed text. The timer starts with your first keystroke. Wrong inputs are blocked until you hit the correct key.
The average sits between 33 and 52 WPM, depending on the study. From 60 you type well, from 70 fast, from 80 very fast. Professional typists work at 43 to 80 WPM, the fastest clear 120.
216 WPM, set by Stella Pajunas back in 1946 - on an IBM electric typewriter. You don't need anywhere close to that to call yourself fast.
Blocking on errors trains accuracy. Instead of skipping mistakes, you learn to hit every key correctly. This improves both speed and precision in the long run.
Yes, as many times as you like. After your result, click 'Try again' or pick another text above the typing field: random, by topic or your own. Without a choice, each test uses a random text.
WPM stands for words per minute (one word = 5 characters). Accuracy shows the percentage of error-free keystrokes compared to all keystrokes.
Yep - join the waitlist for our typing certificate (5 euros). It'll have your WPM, your accuracy, and a real issue date, ready for your CV or LinkedIn.
Free tools
Five, all without sign-up: the typing speed test (1, 2 or 5 minutes), the placement test that builds your training plan, the QWERTY, QWERTZ and AZERTY keyboard layout comparison, 18 practice paragraphs to type, and a word counter.
Characters divided by 5, divided by minutes. The WPM calculator does it for you and also shows net speed, accuracy and characters per minute.
Open the WPM calculator >>Words, characters with and without spaces, sentences and paragraphs, plus reading time, typing time and the character limits for Google, SMS, X and LinkedIn. Your text stays in your browser, nothing is sent.
Open the word counter >>18 texts from everyday office work: emails, meeting notes, customer replies, project updates, AI prompts, plus numbers and symbols, each at easy, medium and hard. Every text is written in English from scratch, with the symbols you actually need at work.
See the practice paragraphs >>Yes. "Practice now" loads the text into the typing speed test and gives you WPM and accuracy. The paragraph you picked stays when you switch to 2 or 5 minutes; longer runs continue with more paragraphs of the same difficulty.
Yes, that is what the "Copy text" button is for. The texts are free to use for practice.
QWERTY, QWERTZ and AZERTY side by side, interactively: which keys are swapped, where umlauts and accents sit, and which layout is used in which country.
Compare keyboard layouts >>The one used in your country, so QWERTY in the US and the UK. The layout barely affects your speed, a consistent finger-to-key mapping does. The course exists for QWERTY, QWERTZ and AZERTY.
Three short rounds, 2 to 6 minutes in total. For each key we measure accuracy and speed. Lessons for keys you already master get a suggestion to skip, and they stay open anyway.
Start the placement test >>Resources & downloads
Touch typing guides, keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Mac, tips for typing faster, honest comparisons with other courses, and printable worksheets.
All resources >>Seven PDFs for the QWERTY keyboard: finger keyboard map, blank layout to fill in, 4-week progress tracker, numpad map, office poster "Which finger types what?", self-test and special characters sheet. Each one is a single A4 page, ready to print.
See the finger keyboard map >>Yes, the 30 most useful shortcuts for Windows and for macOS, plus the emoji shortcuts, each as a printable PDF.
Windows keyboard shortcuts >>No. Enter your first name and email, and the download starts right away. No spam.
Certificate FAQ
A one-time 5 euros, no subscription. It's not purchasable yet - join the waitlist and your 5 euro price is locked in, even if it goes up later. If you take the full course, the certificate is included at no extra cost.
Take the typing test first, then sign up with your email on the waitlist. We'll email you the moment the certificate is available.
Yes, that's the point. It includes your typing speed, accuracy, and issue date - suitable for a CV, LinkedIn profile, or job application.
Yes, you can retake the test to achieve a better result. Every attempt is included in the purchase price.
Frequently asked questions for companies
An annual license per employee: €29 ($32) without HR access, €49 ($54) with HR access, team overview and progress control (from 5 seats). For small teams a paid pilot is possible before you roll out company-wide. You get a quote through the form below, within one business day.
15 minutes a day, spread over a few weeks. According to the tool maker TypeLit, the letters take 2 to 3 weeks. After that, speed grows mainly with how much people type in their daily work.
Yes. Many teams add the course as a fixed module in the first four weeks on the job, or as part of a digital-skills track. No extra seminar day, no meeting that blocks the calendar.
Yes. Everyone gets a certificate, plus a team-wide export with completion rates and key figures - both work directly as training documentation for HR files.
Privacy & technical
Your progress lives only in your browser, not on a server. If you download a worksheet or join a waitlist, we store only what you enter in that form, for that purpose alone.
The site works on mobile, but learning to type needs a real keyboard - training on a phone screen wouldn't make sense.
Any modern browser works (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge). No plugin or installation needed.