About TypingKeypad
TypingKeypad (极速打字) is a typing practice tool that opens in a browser and works immediately. No account, no installation, and no practice records uploaded anywhere — you open the page and start typing.
Why this tool exists
Existing online typing tools tend to share a few frustrations:
- They want you to log in first. You want ten minutes of practice, and instead you are creating an account, confirming an email and dismissing a tour.
- Chinese and Wubi are afterthoughts. Most typing sites are built for the English layout. Chinese practice is usually a block of text with no distinction between single characters and phrases, and no indication of which character you actually missed.
- Your data gets uploaded. Practice history and keystroke habits are collected server-side, with no clear statement of purpose and no way to export or delete them.
- The interface nags. Jumping speed counters and falling accuracy percentages make practice tense, and afterwards you still do not know which three keys are costing you the most.
TypingKeypad makes a deliberate choice on each of those four: no login, Chinese and Wubi treated as first-class, data stays in your own browser, and results shown after you finish rather than while you type.
What you can practise
| Panel | Content | Who it is for |
|---|---|---|
| English | Graded progression from home row through upper and lower rows, symbols and digits, then words, sentences and full passages | Anyone learning to touch type in English |
| Chinese | Type characters using your system input method (Sogou, Microsoft Pinyin, etc.), with per-character correctness checking | Office, editorial and data-entry work in Chinese |
| Pinyin | Pinyin syllables on the upper line with the matching characters below — drills full-pinyin accuracy and flow | Pinyin users who want accuracy without reading the answers off the screen |
| Wubi | Radicals by stroke zone, key-name characters, first-level short codes, phrases and passage drills; supports 86, 98 and New Century | Existing Wubi users and anyone learning it |
| Numeric keypad | 10-key practice on a true 4×5 layout, from single rows to amounts with decimal points | Accounting, cashier and data-entry work |
| Speed test | A 60-second timed challenge with speed and accuracy at the end | Anyone wanting to know their current level |
| Letter rain | Letters fall from the top; typing the right one clears it | A change of pace, or a gentle start for children |
| Custom text | Paste in your own material and practise on that | Exam preparation, scripts, code snippets |
| Progress | Speed and accuracy trends drawn from your own history | Anyone who wants to see long-term improvement |
Where your data lives
On your own device. Practice history, per-key error counts, streak dates, completed lessons, interface language, Wubi version and custom-text drafts are all written to your browser's local storage. Nothing is sent to a server, and there is nothing on our side to leak, sell or lose.
The trade-off is yours to accept knowingly: clear your site data or switch browsers and the records go with it. We cannot restore them because we never had them. The privacy policy lists every storage key by name.
Open-source data
The Wubi code tables come from open-source projects and are used under their original licences: 86 under Apache-2.0, 98 under the Unlicense, and New Century under MIT. The codes themselves are unchanged from those sources; only the subset of characters and phrases is selected. Full attribution, the exact source files, and licence copies are in the licenses/ folder.
Two languages
The site is published in English and Chinese, each with its own URLs. The English version is at the root and the Chinese version under /zh/; every page declares its counterpart so that search engines and your browser can direct you to the right one. Switching languages is a normal link, so it works without JavaScript and does not reset your progress.
The typing guide is likewise published in both languages, with each article linked to its translation.
Who runs it
One person, as a side project. There is no company behind it and no plan to turn it into one. It is free, it has no account system, and the intention is to keep it that way.
If you find a bug, want a lesson added, or think a Wubi code is wrong, email ipandaxq@outlook.com — or see the contact page for what we can usually help with.