Tamil Typing Practice

Choose your layout above and start with lesson 1. Each lesson is a short line: type it, see your speed and mistakes, and repeat until you pass with 90% accuracy. Lessons unlock nothing and cost nothing; you can jump to any one.

If you only want to write Tamil messages, Phonetic needs almost no practice. For typewriting exams, the Typewriter layout matches the machines, and the Directorate of Technical Education now asks institutes to teach Tamil99 to new students. Choose Bamini or InScript if that is the layout you already use or need for your work.

It lights up the next key on the keyboard chart (or shows the English spelling in Phonetic mode). Use it while you learn a new row, then turn it off and type from memory. Repeat the same short line without hints before moving to a harder lesson.

Yes. Choose the Typewriter layout: it follows the Tamil typewriter keyboard, so the finger movements carry over to the machine. Work through the lessons, then sit the 10-minute mock speed papers for Junior and Senior grade. For the computer-based exams that TNDTE plans from 2028, practise on Tamil99.

There is no fixed completion time. Start with one short lesson, repeat it until you can type accurately without the key hint, then move on. Use the saved accuracy and lesson results to judge progress instead of a promised number of days. Return to difficult rows before increasing the passage length.

Yes, in this browser only: your best speed and accuracy for each lesson and layout, a chart of your recent results, and the letters you mistype or type slowest. Once a letter has gone wrong twice, or is clearly slower than the rest, a Your weak letters lesson appears at the end of the list to drill it. Nothing is uploaded. If you clear your browser data or switch devices, progress starts again.

Yes. Phonetic works with your phone keyboard. For the other layouts, tap the keys on the chart under the text; it shows one hand at a time, which is also a good way to learn which hand owns each key.

No. Every lesson is available from the list, and you can revisit earlier rows or skip to a familiar skill. A lesson is marked done when its saved accuracy reaches 90%; that is this trainer’s progress threshold. It is not an exam pass mark or a requirement for opening the next lesson.

Progress is recorded separately for each layout because the same Tamil letter can use different keys. Choose the layout you previously practised to see those lesson results again. If you are learning two layouts, work through their lessons separately and compare accuracy within each layout rather than expecting one shared completion list.

Yes, you can start by matching the short target to the next-key hint. Keep Show next key on while learning the first row, and use the Tamil alphabet guide alongside the lesson to recognise the letters. These lessons teach typing patterns; they do not provide a complete reading course.