Maybe you remember the grainy, pixelated nonsense letters to be copied down as fast as possible. Maybe you remember the gentle reminders to “Use all five fingers!” or “Try not to look at the ...

For many, their first introduction to the keyboard was through Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, the computer software featuring a ...

Jones and fellow filmmaker Olivia Mckayla Ross did it in hopes of finding the woman behind Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. The popular teaching tool was released in 1987 by The Software Toolworks ...

A hearty thank-you, then, to pioneering computer-age figure Mavis Beacon for inspiring a documentary these many years later — Jazmin Jones’ effervescent adventure “Seeking Mavis Beacon ...

With over 10 million copies sold, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a 1987 program made by The Software Toolworks, becomes the subject of demystification as the pair aim to analyze the history of the ...

The fictional avatar was the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a bestselling series of instructional CD-ROMs that helped make computers more accessible for a generation of keyboard novices.

a made-up entity from the popular education software game Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing released in 1987. Despite the fervor that followed the software through multiple editions, the story of the ...