My son is working on increasing his typing speed. He learned to type on his own without using a typing program and could type about 20 words a minute doing it his way. I finally talked him into trying the Jumpstart Typing that we bought several years ago and in just five days he has increased his speed to 29 words per minute and he is still practicing, trying to increase it even further. I wish everything else he tried was this easy. It sure helps when "he" decides it is something he "wants" to do.