My first experiences with typing tutors were frustrating, and as a six-year-old, they were my nemesis. Sessions with the first program I tried often ended in me bashing my rather diminutive fists ...

Those of you who have been using computers for 15 years or so will be glad to know that Mavis Beacon still Teaches Typing. Mavis looks as good as ever. Actually, she doesn’t look like the Mavis I ...

One of the most venerable typing tutors celebrates its quarter-century mark. Back in the late 1980s, I sold software and hardware at anow-defunct store in NYC; one of our best-sellers was “Mavis ...

Those of you who have been involved with computers for 15 years or so will be glad to know that Mavis Beacon still Teaches Typing. Mavis looks as good as ever. Actually, she doesn’t look like the ...

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, released in 1987 and developed by Software Toolworks, is the quintessential typing game. It wasn't the first typing game, but it was among the first. Mavis Beacon Teaches ...

A generation of adults learned how to type thanks to Mavis Beacon. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, an educational software program, launched in 1987 and quickly became a bestseller. To this day, adults ...

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Listen to more stories on the Noa app. When the filmmaker Jazmin Jones was growing up, she thought of Mavis Beacon—the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a popular educational game first released in ...

Many of us have grown up with Mavis Beacon, the computer typing teacher at the center of her self-titled games. But who is she and where did she go? The upcoming documentary, Seeking Mavis Beacon, ...

Beacon was the face of the popular software program ''Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" before an apparent disappearance. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief The film will profile the influential Black ...