1. Jeremy Parker and Tony Penta
Comp 190 Final Report
Jeremy Parker and Tony Penta

2. Our Project Create a typing tutor
Make it accessible to users who are sighted or blind
Teach users about basic concepts of typing(home keys, etc…)
Make it educational and fun

3. How will it be Accessible?
Text-to-speech
Stereo audio
Interaction with the program done with keyboard(using tab and arrow keys to go through buttons)
Visual component
Interesting games
Slow progression through lesson in order to assure concepts are learned and retained
Features

4. Why do this?
Currently, the available options are limited and expensive
School kids are tested on typing skills
People with blindness use computers too
Beneficial to everyone
Chance to have fun and be creative

5. Review: What Has Been Done?
LINK talking keyboard
Con:
EXPENSIVE-$1,395
Standard typing tutors
Many versions
Range from free to ~$50
Not useful for all users
Braille key stickers
Not practical(hard to feel keys without pressing them)

6. Review: Talking Typing Tutors
$90 for one-year personal license
Only works with Windows
$190 + $90/year after that
$104

7. New findings: What has been done
Flash Typing Tutor
Tactile/audio clues?

8. Our Solution Jeremy and Tony’s Talking Typing Tutor Free!
Cross-platform!
More Accessible!
Fun!

9. Answering our Tough Demands
Macromedia Director
Web-deliverable
Cross-platform
Support for text-to-speech engines
Built-in accessibility features
Easier audio and video

10. Where are we now? Accessible Main Menu Home Key Tutorial Fire Game
Use arrow keys to select desired activity
Home Key Tutorial
What are the home keys?
Which finger goes where?
Fire Game
Save the house from fire
Type the word/letter before time runs out
Nice graphics, as well and sounds to keep things fun and interesting

11. Problems Thus Far Text-to-speech Coordination of Media Elements
Sometimes tough to understand
No guaranteed support
Coordination of Media Elements
Integration of our work

12. Where are we going? Extend the Tutorial More to the game Game 2
Teach the position of all keys
Switch from TTS to recorded audio
More to the game
Option to use more letters/words and choose levels
Game 2
This game focuses on individual keys, rather than entire words
Elaborate instructions for everything