All in all, it's a feature-rich typing tutor with a good-looking interface and lots of useful extras. It also allows you to build custom lessons, play special typing games, and check the ergonomics at your workplace. Mavis Bacon provides not only lessons and drills, but also videos and text advice on proper typing posture. The unusual interface depicts a classroom you click on various objects to select tasks (for instance, a computer to enter the Lesson Area). Once you get it running, Mavis Bacon is memory-intensive but quite fast. But first you'll have to download the behemoth 400MB installer and suffer through the sluggish setup process. The multimedia-rich Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 17 Deluxe can turn even the most recalcitrant hunt-and-peck artist into a skillful touch typist.
