Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe 20 - Old Version

3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars | 131 ratings

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Last update: 01-09-2025


About this item

Learn essential keyboarding skills or improve overall typing efficiency
350 personalized lessons, exercises and tests
Detailed progress reports assist in identifying strengths and weaknesses
12 Entertaining typing games
Bilingual instruction (English & Spanish)

Top reviews from the United States

Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect typing program
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2017
I love Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. This is how I learned how to type, in my adult life, as I never took it in high school. It's super easy, the games are fun and you can personalize it to be all "business" or have intermittent, or frequent games for practice. I also used it for both of my homeschooled children when they were in school, and they progressed nicely throughout. I would highly recommend this program. It's very user friendly.
Robert R Gill
3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2016
Gift.
J. Jacobs
1.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't Install on Windows XP ...
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2009
I'm a Sys Admin. I have XP w/more than the minimum requirements. My PC boots in < 45 seconds. It's clean. I tried EVERYTHING I could per Mavis Beacon's KB / Support site. THEY HAVE NO SOFTWARE SUPPORT to even write to, let along call!!! Per their support site, I tried various run-as modes (as Admin) on my PC; I tried various Compatibility Modes; I even DISABLED everything (except AV software) at start-up via 'MSConfig' utility, where the product installed but I kept getting an error w/either Data1.cab file or video. I searched for just 'data1' and 'data1.cab' errors and found nothing. Again, my PC is new (not X64.) The pkg says the software is for XP too. I'm never buying software from any company that doesn't have, at least, email support. Their position on customer support is rediculuous! Wanna see what I mean - Call 1-800-395-0277, then Press 2, and just listen how many times they tell you to use their website for support. Then, you're told to 'have a great day' and they disconnect you. Oh, yea, and try to write to them. Pathetic!!!
Robert L. Ruttinger
5.0 out of 5 stars Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe 20--CDROM
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2010
I purchased "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, Deluxe 20" for my wife because she wanted to improve her typing & computer keyboard skills for work as a RN. The Mavis Beacon line of "Typing Aid" products was strongly suggested to her. This particular version of "Mavis Beacon" was strongly recommended to me by knowledgeable authorities I talked with when researching & shopping for the product. Since receiving it thru Amazon.com purchase, my wife has been diligently using this "Mavis Beacon" teaching aid. She is VERY satisfied with the quality, and feels the instruction she is receiving is definitely fulfilling her objective of improving her typing & computer keyboard skills @ home and @ work!
Fritillary Lil
4.0 out of 5 stars As good as advertised
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2009
I bought this program as a gift for my mother, who is in her eighties. She has always wanted to learn how to touch type, and asked me to find a program that would teach her the skills. She is having fun with it and is very pleased with her progress.

I tried the program myself and found it very easy to use. The program loads quickly from an icon on the computer desktop (Windows Vista operating system), and provides clear written and spoken instructions for the student. It maintains track of your performance and provides feedback as you learn.

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Deluxe is a completely satisfactory program.
jwzumwalt
2.0 out of 5 stars Works OK, has not improved much.
Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2010
Mavis Beacon has always been a solid performer. But it has not changed much since the DOS days. There have not been any significant improvements in 20 years. What they now call version 20 should have been version 5! They release new versions to rip customers off. How about a new game? The other real irritation is it will not let a person learn to type less than 25-30wpm. The lowest skill level that can be set is 20wpm, but it will still advance you before you are ready. Don't buy it!
G. Gonzalez
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent for beginners
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2010
I bought this for my sister as a refresher after many years of being away from typing. She found it fun, easy and helpful and has increased her speed and acurracy. This will really help her in those medical transcription classes. For the price, its well worth it.
J. J. Lisandrillo
3.0 out of 5 stars Good for the basics only
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2009
I used this software to brush up on my less than adequate typing skills and found it to be helpful in the beginning but frustrating overall. The program is good at the beginner level where upper and lower case letters are introduced and where the rudimentary skills of speed and accuracy are developed. But once you move on to the intermediate level the program starts to throw numbers and symbols at you so fast that it is very hard to keep up with the lessons without feeling frustrated. It's unfortunate because this problem could easily have been remedied by creating a program that is either more sensitive to each user's development or that allows the user to customize certain lessons to cover areas where they feel they need more work. This software does neither. Nor is there anything in the way of backup support from the manufacturer.

Bottom line: A good program to start off with, especially if you're a beginner, but unless you plan on making a living as a typist you will probably want to move on to other software that gives you the basics that you need without all the frustration.

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