Typist

Typist

Experimental typing games!

What is Typist?
"Typist" is a unique Chrome extension designed for users to enjoy and improve their typing skills. It features a range of experimental typing games, providing exciting, interactive challenges. It comes with various soundtracks to set the mood while you play. Resources for the games are obtained from licensed music under creative commons and public domain stories.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 8,000+
Rating: 3.38 (80)
Version: 8 (Last updated: 2017-10-22)
Creation date: 2017-10-22
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 6.87K
URLs: Website
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Merlin
Summary

Some experimental typing games!

Music:

Self fullfilling prophecy by JOSHUA GENIUS (CC) https://soundcloud.com/joshua-genius/self-fullfilling-prophecy

HALF AWAKE pt 2 by TOPAZ (CC) https://soundcloud.com/topaz-1/half-awake-pt-2

Ambient Orchestral Piece by Steven O'Brien (CC) https://soundcloud.com/stevenobrien/rejected-ambient-orchestral

Stories (Public Domain): http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/21/pg21.txt

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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works perfectly
  • Great music
  • Good for learning typing
Cons
  • Limited to QWERTY keyboard layout
  • Story mode can limit comprehension
  • Lack of correct finger position display
Most mentioned
  • Works perfectly
  • QWERTY keyboard layout
  • Story mode
Recent reviews
full of SPAM popups telling me to contact Microsoft support to try and STEAL CREDIT CARD INFORMATION
by Daniel Chmielewski Daniel Chmielewski, 2015-05-13

It completely maxed out my sound. I had to turn it from 30 to 2.
by Steven Steven, 2015-05-12

no ad,and the ground music is awesome.
by Xingyuan Cui Xingyuan Cui, 2015-05-01
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Safety
Risk impact

Typist is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Typist has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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