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VerseQ typing tutor is a new step in touch type learning technology. VerseQ applies in-depth feedback approach and integral learning of keyboard layout. With VerseQ you can touch-type today, literally in an hour. And in a week or two, with 10 to 30 minutes of studies once or twice per day in your free time you will type like a touch-typing course graduate. And all of this - without mental fatigue, in your spare time.
The secret of unique efficiency of VerseQ is actually a host of new technologies and approaches:
Your studies start with all letters straight off - but at speed comfortable for you. This ensures:
Not just button-pressing techniques, but also the second important skill, finger movement;
Continuous progress of your skill;
No place for threshold phenomenon in your studies! You'll be able to touch-type literally in an hour or two;
Regular practice for all fingers;
The program helps you learn "the chords" of your language.
The program teaches you in a subtle way, gently working with you on your personal mistakes.
Differential approach to time invested in study of symbols occurring in the text with different frequency.
You don't have to memorize or drill anything into your head, you can relax, let your thoughts drift away - it's all in your fingers. Yes, that's right, your fingers memorize everything on their own, without your direct participation.
There is no discomfort in your study whatsoever. And what is more, VerseQ helps you to relax.
But the most important feature of VerseQ is that it will teach anyone to touch-type! What you will never see in other keyboard tutor ads is that most people abandon their studies after about ten tedious hours of work without having learned eight buttons of the main row (ask those who tried it). Unlike these VerseQ will teach anyone, who invests in studies just a few hours. Check it for yourself now!
VerseQ brings a lot of surprises! In particular, you should be ready that principles used by VerseQ will greatly differ from your views on effective training. However, VerseQ teaches you 2 to 5 times faster as compared to standard keyboard tutors. This is no paradox. Actually, VerseQ is the first among keyboard tutors to use individual training paradigm, while standard tutors go on using the continuous process paradigm appropriate only for big classes. This is a complicated problem, which shall be discussed later in a series of articles written by VerseQ developers.
VerseQ differs from other keyboard tutors in many unique ways:
* Your studies start with all letters straight off.
People just starting to touch-type feel nervous when asked to type letter 'A" for 150 times, then letter "O" for 150 times, and so on. This leads to irritation and mental fatigue. Usually their studies end here... forever. With VerseQ your studies start with all letters straight away.
* This program teaches you to memorize the chords characteristic of the language.
Any professional typist doesn't type words and phrases letter by letter, as you may think, but in chords, which their fingers "remember". These chords are key combinations characteristic of the language. For example, fingers strike such combinations as "th", "wh", "str" almost as one character. If you make a professional typist type such jumble as "saodfweoyrqedakljsda", which is not characteristic of the language, their speed will go down dramatically. This is why you should know not only key positions, but also the typical chords of the language. This is the prerequisite for professional touch-typing!
* This program teaches you in a subtle way, gently working with you on your personal mistakes.
Most trainers openly collect statistics on your problem characters and/or openly punish you for errors. Such practice can make you a "stutterer", who fears the next problem character coming and is sure to make a mistake or lose tempo. VerseQ does not point out your mistakes in any way, it gently increases the percentage of your problem keys to subtly eliminate your weak points.
* Differential approach to learning of frequent and infrequent symbols.
Some characters are more frequently used by the language, some are less, some are very frequent, and some are very rare. So, there is no sense in spending much time on drilling an infrequent character, and, vice versa, a frequently used letter deserves more of your attention.
[spoiler=3. Principles of work]
The principles of work are quite simple:
*The program generates a line and you copy it on your keyboard; *VerseQ collects statistics on your personal mistakes in a subtle way; *If you are willing to go on, VerseQ generates another line, which you shall also copy, with difference that this new line will contain your problem characters with more frequency. In that way you gradually prepare your fingers for effective keyboarding.
Here, the essence is in the reference lines generated by VerseQ. The line is a random, but phonetically coherent string of characters built using a semantic language model. At the same time a built-in algorithm varies probability of different symbols appearing in a line. This makes your problem characters appear more often and in this way eliminate your weak spots.
Semantic language model data are kept in a separate file, which was created (using a standalone program) by analyzing a large volume of textual information, i. e. tens of megabytes of pure text.[/spoiler]
It is unbelievably easy - you will see a window and a line of letters you should copy on your keyboard. As you press the first key, the program will start collecting statistics on time (speed and rhythm) and number of errors.
After you are done with the first line, you can take a break and look at your statistics:
* Proficiency - calculated specific rate of actual typing (characters per minute). This quotient takes account of time lost for correction of errors and depth of error nesting. 30-70 - that is what you'll have after an hour of studies 70 - good already! 200 - basically, this is enough for work 300 and above - professional level * Tempo - number of buttons pressed per minute. The less is the gap between Proficiency and Tempo, the better. If Tempo is way ahead of Proficiency, this means you are in too much of a hurry. * Stability (time variation between button presses vs. average period of time) over 50% - fairly good, you can work with this level of skill over 60% - that's OK over 80% - professional level * Number of errors over 4-5 - very bad - you are in too much of a hurry 2-3 - fairly good, you can work, but still, slow down a bit... 0 - great, if this result stays on, then you have professional skills!
Having taken a look at statistics we can go on. Now, you see a new line, which was generated with account for the mistakes you have made during the last session.
If you made mistakes in your previous session, probability of your problem characters appearing in a newly generated line will increase (also, the more often this letter is used in the language, the higher will be the probability). The line corrected for errors will be shown in yellow.
If you made no errors in your last session, a new line will be generated using the actual letter probability for the language, and thus, won't be corrected. Such lines will be in white
You should do your best to work with white lines most of the time!
These guidelines are mostly intended for the beginners, but the experienced typists should also comply with them.
* Place your fingers on key positions:
Fingers of your left hand on ASDF and fingers of your right hand on JKL:, both thumbs on the space bar. Your index fingers are on buttons "F" and "J", which have little bumps helping to find the right position without looking.
It is advisable to cover your hands with non-transparent cloth, or make a paper screen to break the habit of looking at the keyboard - and this is very important! * Start typing a line you see in the upper portion of the screen.
If you do not remember where a key is, look at the keyboard image on the screen, but never look at your hands!
Each finger operates only in its sector. These sectors on the keyboard image have their own color for each finger. Never cross the borders of these sectors!
Having pressed a key, the finger should first go back to its initial position, and then you proceed with typing the following symbol. In the beginning this rule is also very important!.
Do not hurry! Be calm and relaxed in your work, speed is the least important characteristic (however paradoxical this may sound!). Accuracy is the most important thing. Then goes rhythm, and only after that, speed...
Try to be calm and relaxed - aim calmly (without looking) and press a key, only when you are absolutely sure (take your time, this may as well take an hour, more important is to stay calm). Don't be angry over your mistakes – treat them philosophically. And if you feel irritation, this means you need rest. Exit the program, you can get back to it later, when you have enough strength. :) * When you are done, take a break, take look at statistics, and if you do not feel tired yet, take a go at another line...
5 to 7 times is enough for one session for starters.
However, try not to overdo, give yourself enough rest. This is because studies should bring pleasure:). The best practice is about an hour per day, however you can skip a day from time to time. And, please, make sure you read section No. 6.
VerseQ is a wonderful warm-up tool for a pro. In such case person chooses their own way of working with VerseQ.
If you are fairly successful in your studies - you get tired and nervous, quickly forget what you have learned, though you are a healthy person enough and not under serious stress, pay special attention to your sleeping habits. In most cases your sleep is a key element affecting efficiency of your brain and nervous system.
You should not only get enough sleep, but follow a strict schedule - go to bed and get up at the proper time. Besides that, the time when you go to bed is also very important. The best time is between 9 and 11 p.m.
If you are an "owl" (who prefer to sleep and wake at late times), you could have noticed that you felt a little chill when staying up till 2 to 5 in the morning. This is not caused by fatigue alone. The thing is that your body temperature changes in the range of 0.6 °C (one of circadian rhythms). Sleep studies show that person gets a good sleep if their minimum body temperature is within a deep sleep phase. This means that you should go to bed a few hours before that, i.e., from 9 to 11 p.m. Moreover, if your sleep and the moment of your minimum body temperature coincide, a good sleep takes a few hours less (the difference can be 6 hours (sic!) or even more). This means that you should go to bed on time, even if you have urgent things to do - you will be full of energy and have more time for your life!
If you go to bed on time, but cannot sleep... just lie down, close your eyes and try to achieve the state of absolute darkness - so that with your eyes closed you wouldn't see any flashes or other moving objects. You can even put on a sleep mask. Just stay this way until it is time to get up. Even if you think that you did not sleep a wink, get up on time all the same and live your everyday life.
When should you get up? This depends on a person. Some people sleep just 4 to 5 hours, some 8 to 9, while others even more. However, you can find the right time for waking up. It's when you are already almost awake and feel like having more of a little nap... That's the time! Stretch yourself and get up! :)
If you cannot remember, if you had any dreams, this means that this wasn't the right time for waking up - the deep sleep phase. You'll be better off not getting up at that time (though it's quite easy, you might feel that your head is filled with cotton for the whole day long). Try to shift your rising time for 15-30-45 minutes - you need to find the REM sleep phase (that's when you see vivid dreams). REM sleep lasts about 10 to 15 minutes, once every hour and a half (this time may vary, e.g., in little children REM sleep and deep sleep phases are roughly equal).
The first days will be somewhat hard (occasional drowsiness and tiredness may come in), but in 3 to 5 days your sleep will become normal, you will always have a good night's rest, and your thinking will become clear and quick. This will greatly benefit your work with VerseQ as well as your other daily activities.
Which is also important, make sure that you take enough vitamins and minerals. Unfortunately, modern man lack important vitamins and minerals, even if he grow all the products he needs.
Please, do not ignore these recommendations!
7. Interface
In this version you can:
Language of study. Advanced means an advanced course with capital letters and punctuation marks.
Choosing skill level:
Nice and Easy - good for studying and warm-up.
Half and Halfer - speaks for itself :)
Hard and Deadly - ideal for polishing your skills.
You can close the window by pressing Esc and exit the program anytime.
During your session you can:
Instantly minimize the program to tray (where the clock is), using your left Ctrl or left Win. Click the icon to bring it back and you are ready to resume the session.
View help page by pressing F1.
Turn on/off the metronome by pressing F2. At the same time you can decrease/increase tempo by pressing PgUp/PgDn keys respectively.
Press F3 to hide/show keyboard image.
Press F4 to hide/show statistics.
Press F5 to select a more appropriate view.
Press F6 to change information on the info bar. Current 2008.07 version of VerseQ has two types of info: short help on shortcuts and statistical infomation on the current session (number of tasks completed, number of keys pressed, time spent on tasks, current time).
Press Esc to exit the program when you feel like it.
In statistics window you can:
Take a look at dynamics of your study for the current session and in total. On default this window opens in current/last session overview mode. Please note, if you open the statistics window with no lessons done, then you will see dynamics data for the previous session. You can use this feature to recall the previous session and get ready for the lesson.
Select dynamics review mode (X-axis):
Relating to number of buttons pressed (default). This is the most stable characteristic of typing. As a matter of fact it, perfectly defines the amount of work invested in study.
Relating to net time of study. Displays success dynamics relating to net time of study in minutes.
Relating to exact date/time. Displays success dynamics relating to exact date when the assignment was accomplished.
Dynamics of your study can be represented on a logarithmic scale. This mode makes it possible to analyze segments of study. As a whole, learning process has a pattern of exponential saturation [1-exp(-t)]. However, dynamics of study is made up by several exponents with different representative values. Usually this is caused by change of learning strategy, etc. Logarithmic representation makes it possible to select such segments, turning exponents into linear sections with different incline.
Hide/display actual value.
Hide/display value trends. Exponential smoothing with parameter 0.2 was used in trend calculation.
Press Esc to exit the program when you feel like it.
Important: Go to folder Manual. By clicking on index.htm you'll get htm help file. So you can print whatever you don't understand.
Russian version can be found here
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