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Classical Quest — Classical Typing Program
A structured keyboarding path — home row to full sentences — with a weak-key drill and certificates. Latin and custom text are included; a physical keyboard is required.
A structured keyboarding path — home row through full sentences — with a drill that targets your student’s weakest keys and five earned certificate tiers. Latin and custom-text practice for Scripture or memory work are built in. A physical keyboard is required. Built for homeschool families.
Free to start · No login required · Works on desktop, tablet, and Chromebook
Letters begins with ordinary keyboard mechanics — home row, capitals, numbers, punctuation, and speed goals. Words layers in Latin vocabulary, pairs, and principal parts. By default, including before a course path is chosen, Sentences draws from Latin vocabulary words; on later course paths, it moves to full Latin sentences, with quotations at Sentences Level 5. The dedicated Latin Drill is an additional path, and custom text can hold other material you choose.
The new-student screen recommends Letters Level 1, which presents one key at a time with home-row finger guidance. A student who already types can skip to the Words shortcut instead.
The typing screen carries no advertising placements, so students can concentrate on the next key, the current run, and their results.
These are the features that set the practice app apart — described here on their own, since this page can’t re-verify a named competitor’s product on every publish.
One control swaps between a color-coded hand-and-keyboard guide and an on-screen keyboard; both mark the next key. The on-screen keyboard is a visual guide, not a touch-input surface. The non-QWERTY preference hides QWERTY-specific guidance for a different keyboard layout.
Missed keys are tracked and carried across sessions in this browser, so the app knows your student’s weak keys over time. One click starts a focused drill from exactly those keys instead of repeating a whole practice path.
The editor accepts and saves up to 5,000 characters in this browser — catechism lines, a history timeline, Scripture, anything your family is memorizing. One practice run covers up to 20 chunks of up to 200 characters each, so split a longer passage to practice every part.
Certificates are earned on real thresholds — speed and accuracy score routes for every tier, plus a level-completion route for the first four. The top tier is score-only.
The practice app includes the three preferences below, free, in a panel students can open themselves. They save in this browser between sessions and need no account.
Switches the practice text to OpenDyslexic, with a Comic Sans fallback if it isn't available. Students differ on whether it reads easier — treat it as an optional preference, not a guaranteed fix.
Sets a black background with white text and raises contrast on the typing panel, hand guide, and input — useful in bright rooms or for some low-vision students. Optional; not every student prefers it.
Hides QWERTY-specific key and finger guidance for students on AZERTY, Dvorak, or Colemak keyboards. Target text and key validation keep working as normal.
Start with a fast typing test, then follow the practice path into lessons, ergonomics, comparison notes, and homeschool records.
Measure WPM and accuracy in one minute, then move into real practice.
Open guide →See the typing path from early letter work through Latin sentences.
Open guide →Set up posture, keyboard position, and pacing before longer sessions.
Open guide →Compare Classical Quest typing with classroom-style typing programs.
Open guide →Use progress records and certificates for homeschool documentation.
Open guide →No account needed. Open the app and start your first lesson in under a minute.
Free to start · Create a free account · See what a subscription adds
Yes. Typing is free. A paid subscription adds 60+ games and practice across Latin, math, science, geography, history, English, Fine Arts, Bible, and memory work. Typing starts with no card.
No. You can start typing in under 10 seconds with no account. Progress, preferences, and earned certificates are saved in this browser as you go.
The new-student screen recommends Letters Level 1, which begins on home-row keys with finger guidance. A student who already types can skip straight to the Words shortcut or another practice path instead.
Classical Quest has structured Letters, Words, Sentences, and Latin practice paths — home row through the other letter rows, capitals, numbers, punctuation, and speed goals. Check the published Scope & Sequence to see if the path fits your family.
No. Letters begins with ordinary keyboard mechanics. Words layers in Latin vocabulary, pairs, and principal parts. By default, including before a course path is chosen, Sentences draws from Latin vocabulary words; on later course paths, it moves to full Latin sentences, with quotations at Sentences Level 5. The dedicated Latin Drill is an additional path you can use or skip, and custom text can hold other material you choose.
The practice app has free OpenDyslexic and high-contrast display preferences, plus a non-QWERTY option that hides QWERTY-specific finger guidance for AZERTY, Dvorak, or Colemak keyboards. They save in this browser and need no account.
Yes. The editor accepts and saves up to 5,000 characters in this browser. A single practice run uses at most 20 chunks of up to 200 characters each, so split a longer passage to cover all of it.
Classical Quest works in any modern browser. The iOS and Android apps are available.
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