The app is sized at nearly 5MB and meant for iOS versions 4.0 and beyond. The app divides the virtual keyboard into the two lower corners of the screen. This makes all the keys within the reach of a user’s thumbs while he is holding the iPad with both hands. Once the user gets familiar with the layout of the keys, typing speed can be significantly improved.

Other features of Radial include auto-copying, a spelling checker, the ability to copy text directly to an email, and executing web searches.

Sadly Radial cannot work as a substitute for iPad’s built-in keyboard. This replacement has been disallowed by Apple. Still however, you can easily use Radial to type long emails and various other text-typing tasks.

Features:

• A user-friendly iOS application.
• Meant for iPad devices.
• Divides the keyboard to ease and speed up typing.
• Includes a spell-checker, an emailer, and a web search function.
• Similar tools: Klava, 10-Fast-Fingers, TypingLessons-Online and Keybr.
• Also read related articles: The Best Free Apps to Help you start Touch Typing and Want to Type Faster? (Not Another Touch Typing Course).

Check out Radial @ itunes.apple.com/us/app/radial-keyboard/id411897256?mt=8 (via TechnoSpot) (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Burning Cargo is a simple and free to use online game. The purpose of the game is to increase your typing speed and accuracy. In the game you are the pilot of an airplane that delivers cargo from one city to another. If you type the given letters accurately within the allotted time, your airplane arrives at its destination safely. Each typing mistake brings the plane down a notch. Bring it down low enough and the plane crashes.

Your progress throughout the game is monitored and each safe journey is awarded points.

The game is accompanied by a great storyline and real maps covering a thousand cities all of which work together and make the game more interesting.

Features:

• An enjoyable online game to learn typing.
• Helps improve typing speed.
• Helps improve typing accuracy.
• Similar tools: Klava, PowerTyping, 10-Fast-Fingers, and Keybr.
• Also read related articles:
  Use Sense-Lang To Learn Touch Typing & Improve Typing Skills
  3 Simple and Fun Learn to Type Websites for Kids

Check out Burning Cargo @ www.burningcargo.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

A.I.type is an installable application for Windows operating systems that have .Net installed. Using A.I.type to type faster and more accurately will not require you to improve your typing speed ““ the program completes your words for you after you have typed the first few letters.

After those first few letters the program quickly opens up a floating window containing word suggestions. You can quickly select a suggestion to complete the word. The suggestions are shown according to the context by communicating with online servers. You can also choose to have the first suggestion automatically selected or ignore the suggestions altogether.

The program will work not only in text editors but anywhere you can type: web browsers, instant messaging clients, etc.

Note: Due to its recent high popularity and load on the servers, to get A.I.type you will need to register on the program’s website and wait for them to contact you with a download invitation.

Features:

• A user friendly application that helps you type quickly and accurately.
• Works with Windows with .Net installed.
• Completes your words for you via suggestions.
• Can auto-complete words.
• Helps you finish typing text faster and more accurately.

Check out A.I.type @ www.aitype.com

At any given time, TypingTest displays your typing speed as well as your typing accuracy. Once done, you can compare your results with other users for the exact same text. If you do more than 1 test, the tool also creates fancy charts tracking your progress and the kind of mistakes you did, for example wrong case, bad ordering and so on.

Features:

• Test and enhance typing skills online.
• Tracks your typing speed, accuracy and number of mistakes.
• Compare your results with other users.
• See tips on how to improve your typing.
• No registration required.
• Similar tool: GoodTyping, Sense-Lang, Typeracer, TypingWeb, Keybr, Klava, TypingLessons-Online and PowerTyping.
• Also read related articles:
  Want to Type Faster? (Not Another Touch Typing Course)
  7 Good Tips To Faster Typing On The iPad

Visit TypingTest @ www.keyhero.com/typing-tests-wpm/ [Via Download Squad]

Goodtyping is a free to use website that takes you through typing courses. You first need to register for an account before you can take the course. During registration you will see that Goodtyping supports not only US and UK keyboards, but nearly all keyboard combinations out there such as German, French, Spanish, etc.

The courses you take on Goodtyping include reading about the right positions and practicing typing on the website. During any part of the course you can change the keyboard layout to learn typing for another language.

Features:

• A user friendly website that helps you learn to type faster.
• Supports many languages and keyboard formats.
• Contains practice typing.
• Contains advice on the right hands and finger placement.
• Similar tools: Sense-Lang, Typeracer, TypingWeb, Keybr, Klava, TypingLessons-Online and PowerTyping.
• Also read related articles:
  Want to Type Faster? (Not Another Touch Typing Course)
  7 Good Tips To Faster Typing On The iPad
  Make Learning To Type Online More Fun By Defeating Ninjas!.

Check out Goodtyping @ www.goodtyping.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

eType works on Windows and is sized at nearly 5MB. Its installation is quite standard and is over in a few moments. After you have the program installed, it sits in your system tray; the icon in the tray can be used to either disable or enable eType.

No periodic notifications or messages are displayed to disrupt your work. All the tool does is display a list of word options each time you start typing (view picture below for example). You can press the directional arrows to choose the words in the list, press ENTER / SPACE to select a word, or press the ESC key to cancel word selection. The program even offers different dictionaries through which you can instantly look up word translations and synonyms.

Features:

• Very simple to use ““ nothing to be configured.
• Supports multi-languages (dictionaries).
• Offers easy translation.
• Great, speedy response time.
• Helps reduce errors in typing and will be great for people who dislike typing or are slow at it.
• Similar tools: Spellist, Spellify, Orangoo and SpellJax.
• Also read related articles: Tinyspell – Really Cool Spell Checker for Windows, TypingAid ““ A Simple Auto-Complete Tool To Speed Boost Your Typing and Autocomplete Text with Phrase Express.

eType is a freeware program and currently in beta. There are 500 instant beta invites exclusively available for MakeUseOf readers.

Check it out @ www.etype.com/v.aspx?id=makeuseof (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Sense-Lang is a free to use website that helps visitors improve their typing speed. You can take advantage of Sense-Lang through tutorials and games. These tutorials are classified into different sections: typing tutorials (these concern the main keyboard keys, the alphabets) and keypad tutorials (these concern the numeric keypad keys). A comprehensive test of typing speed and accuracy is also provided to test your typing progress. The games section includes many enjoyable games that are more fun tests to check the accuracy and speed in your typing. Sense-Lang also has separate sections for children and the elderly; these sections focus particularly on them and help them improve their typing.

Features:

• User friendly interface.
• Includes many tutorials.
• Visitors can choose their language.
• Interactive games to make typing more fun.
• Separate sections dedicated to children and the elderly.
• Similar tools: TypingLessons-Online, PowerTyping, Typeracer, TypingWeb, 10-Fast-Fingers and Keybr.
• Also read related articles: Want to Type Faster? (Not Another Touch Typing Course), Make Learning To Type Online More Fun By Defeating Ninjas! and 7 Good Tips To Faster Typing On The iPad.

Check out Sense-Lang @ www.sense-lang.org

Unlike other typing tests, this website does not have a starting time. Instead, the test begins the moment you start typing. Follow and type the words on the page in the text box and for every line that you complete you will get your words per minute score and your accuracy rate. Klava has tests for basic English, advanced English, and Cyrillic languages.

Klava also tests your typing speed and accuracy for programming languages which is very handy if you want to increase your code-writing skills.

Features:

• Free; no sign-up required.
• Tests your typing skills (word accuracy and typing speed).
• Support tests for basic and advanced English, and Cyrillic languages.
• Has typing guide available for people learning touch typing.
• Unique feature lets you test your code-writing skills.
• Similar Tools: PowerTyping, 10-Fast-Fingers, and Keybr.

Check out Klava @ www.klava.org.

If you are a beginner, start reading “Instructions” and learn which fingers correspond to which keyboard keys. Then take the lesson and practice typing different character combinations’. Once you have mastered the keys, you can improve your error rate and typing speed by typing short texts and more advanced news articles. At the end of each exercise, you will see your full stats including typing speed, error rate, total time spent and other stats.

Features:

• Free touch typing lessons online.
• Choose among different keyboard layouts – QWERTY, DVORAK, AZERTY.
• Practice different character combinations, simple texts and advanced news articles.
• Site available in English, Spanish, German and Dutch.
• No registration needed.
• Similar web tools: PowerTyping, TypingWeb, Typeracer and others.

Check out TypingLessons-Online @ www.typinglessons-online.com

Features:

• Practice typing online.
• Lessons are available for Dvorak and Qwerty keyboards.
• Free typing games included.
• Option to set wpm goals.
• Listen to provided audio track  for rhythmical typing.
• Similar sites: TypingWeb, 10-Fast-Fingers, Typeracer, Keybr and a list of free typing games.

Check out PowerTyping @ www.powertyping.com