A new update for TapTyping is now available. The changes are purely tweaks to the content. Things like fixes for typos, lesson improvements, and removal of a few awkward sentences. We also removed any words and sentences that would not be appropriate for a 1st grader. We now guarantee that TapTyping is class room ready. 

When we started getting inquiries from educational institutions about our application we realized that our age rating of 13+ was throwing people off. The only reason we set the age rating so high was because of the app's access to Twitter -- but people browsing the AppStore didn't know that. We have now reduced the age rating to reflect the nature of our application's content. 

The word is getting out: we can help people master the iPad keyboard.

Why do we think this? David Dahlquist at MacWorld has posted an excellent review of TapTyping.

Think it's impossible to type at a reasonable speed on a touch screen keyboard? The folks at Flairify certainly don’t. Their app, TapTyping, is an iPad typing trainer that guarantees it will make you a faster, more accurate iPad typist. Offering focused lessons to improve typing speed and accuracy as well as beginner to advanced courses and metrics to track performance, TapTyping could be the first step on your way to becoming a touch-typing virtuoso.

It seems David has described TapTyping better than we have ever been able to. It may be time to update our copy material!

James Kendrick with jkOnTheRun surprised us with a review of TapTyping. A choice snippet:

I have only spent a short time with TapTyping but find my skill is already improving. I intend to go through the whole program and see how fast I can get using the on-screen keys.

James writes a ton about mobile technology and really knows his stuff. For this reason we are ecstatic to have him working through our training course. We can't wait to hear how much faster he gets!

Many reviewers use a hunt-and-peck typing style and then complain that the iPad virtual keyboard is slow and awkward. Gee... I wonder why?

We made this quick 4 minute video to show people the proper way to type on the iPad. 

Janie gets up to 81 words per minute in this video. If you can beat her send us a video to claim the high score.

A couple of sites have surprised us with unexpected coverage.

A huge thanks to Amit Bhawani and ShortFormBlog for featuring us and getting the word out about how we can enhance the iPad experience.

http://shortformblog.com/tech/want-to-become-a-better-ipad-touch-typist-use-t...

Olver Drobnik, a.k.a. Dr. Touch, has shared our project with his readers. It's a pretty good read so I won't spoil it.

Check it out.

The first review of TapTyping has been published.

He like-ee.

Check out Chris' post here and then go get TapTyping!

Andy Ihnatko's review of the iPad is now up on the SunTimes.com website. It sounds like the iPad really clicked for him. From the way he describes it I don't think he could ever go without his iPad after using it for just one week.

Andy gave the virtual keyboard some great compliments as well:

Apple did a fantastic job with the iPad’s virtual keyboard. It rolls into view when needed. My expectations were set pretty low; I anticipated that it’d be handy for typing in URLs at minimum and short emails at best. But gorblimey: I can actually touch-type at a respectable clip on it. The keyboard is larger than most physical netbook keyboards and auto-correct will fix most of the clumsiness that comes from not being able to feel what you’re typing.

It’s a big deal to know that you can really write and work with this thing even when you only intended to just enjoy your coffee and read. I can, and have, written thousand-word articles with the virtual keyboard.

Full article here.

I've created a preview video of TapTyping to give everyone an idea of what our curriculum is like:

This is my first time creating a video preview and I'm realizing that it might be time for a new laptop. About a minute or two into the video my MacBook Pro sounded like it was getting ready to launch into space.

Is there anything I didn't cover in the video that you would like to know?