What is MetaTyping?

MetaTyping is a typing application that helps users improve their typing ability by using specialized drills, techniques, and feedback metrics.

What do you type?

• Text is generated using built-in drills, word lists, clipboards and word recommendations based on user-stats

What are typing drills?

• Most common words: top 100, 300, 600, 1000 most common words
• Most common ngraphs: 2-4 graphs that are the most frequent letter combinations
• Most common ngrams: 2 grams that are the most frequent word pairing
• Speed drills:
  • Word Breakdown: Breaks the word in sections to practice finger technique and to build up speed
  • Word Accumulator: A repetitive series that slowly introduces new words

What are typing techniques?

• Unit typing: Users focus on typing a single word quickly with a break after each word
  • Focuses on reducing the delay between letters
• Read ahead typing: n characters are hidden in front of cursor, forcing users to read ahead to type
  • Focuses on reducing space bar delay and improves typing consistency over time

What feedback metrics are shown?

• An approximate words per minute (wpm) is shown after each word typed
• Summary statistics like wpm, accuracy, slowest words and more after each session

How are words recommended?

• Each word typed gets stored into a database recording:

  • word speed
  • word speed with space (before and after)
  • accuracy
  • if it had a capitalization
  • if it was surrounded by a symbol

• Words can be recommended based on worst:

  • wpm
  • wpm with space
  • accuracy
  • relative speed ordering that top typists have

Dashboard Example

Installation Guide/ How to use

Must have python 3.7 +

For Mac and Linux using terminal

git clone https://github.com/MetaTypers/MetaTyping
cd MetaTyping
python -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
cd meta_typing
python3 main.py

For Windows using cmd

git clone https://github.com/MetaTypers/MetaTyping
cd MetaTyping
py -m venv env
.\env\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
cd meta_typing
py main.py

How To Use Typing App

• start application in /MetaTyping/meta_typing using python3 main.py or py main.py if you are on Windows
• navigate with with arrow keys and select with enter
• Exit with esc
• Force close ctrl c
• Skip characters with _
• Navigate text:
  • Previous line with 'Up Arrow'
  • Next line with 'Down Arrow'
  • Previous screen with 'Left Arrow'
  • Next screen with 'Right Arrow'

How To Use Dashboard

• start dashboard in /MetaTyping/meta_typing using python3 dashboard.py or py dashboard.py if you are on Windows
• you can filter the dashboard by:
  • grouping words by frequency to see wpm average over time
    • top 100, 300, 600, 1000, 3000, 10000, or all
  • type an individual word in a so see wpm over time
  • query the dashboard and see average of all time with bar plots
    • can navigate next page at the bottom
    • can sort words by using arrows near metrics(wpm, wpm_space, accuracy)
    • can type letters in the word filter to filter letter combinations (you may want to search in all words)
    • can use < 80 under accuracy metric to filter words with accuracy less than 80%
• can exit by ctrl c in the terminal