Uncle Best: Learn to Type Without Looking, with Games

Uncle BestTouch typing

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Lesson 1 · Home Row 0 / 0 keys · Esc restarts

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Nine levels per game, following the lessons from the home row to a boss. Earn a star to open the next level.

Jungle Run

1–9 picks a level · Esc goes back

Enter starts · Esc goes back

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Welcome to Uncle Best

Learn to type without looking

Hi, I'm Uncle Best. I'll teach you to type without looking at the keyboard. The glowing key is the one to press next, and the hands show which finger presses it. Learn with my lessons, then play your way through ten typing games.

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Your name and progress stay in this browser.

Welcome

Where do you want to start?

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Every game has nine levels that follow the lessons. You can switch any time from the top bar.

Challenge

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Top of the board winsWhoever is first when it closes Beat my recordAnyone who beats your score wins

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Whose record Score to beat (WPM)

Prize (optional) Accuracy needed to rank

Passage

People have played this one, so the passage, opening time and accuracy are fixed.

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Settings

On-screen handsShow hands over the keyboard, reaching with the right finger for each key.

Finger coloursColour every key by the finger that should press it.

SoundKey clicks, game music and effects.

Privacy & cookies

Saved in your browser. Your name, lesson history, stars and settings are kept in this browser's local storage. They are never sent anywhere, and clearing your site data removes them.

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Choose a lesson

Rest your left fingers on A S D F and your right fingers on J K L ;. The glowing key is the next one to type, and the highlighted finger reaches for it. Thumbs take the space bar. Press Esc any time to restart.

Lesson complete

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Enter: next lesson · R: try again

Custom lesson

Paste or write any text you want to practise. Line breaks become spaces and curly quotes become straight ones.

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