A typing trainer for adults, built around live transcription: learning to type at the pace of real speech. Underneath sits a Core Curriculum that teaches proper technique, so the speed you build rests on a real foundation rather than bad habits.
WPM is words per minute, the standard measure of typing speed. Keystrology cares more about your Accurate WPM: the words you captured correctly, not just the keys you hit. A fast wrong word does not count, because in real note-taking it is worth nothing.
The speaker's pace minus the words you captured correctly. One honest number for how far behind the talk you are, counting only what you got right. Lower is better, and it cannot be gamed by typing fast and sloppy, which is exactly why we built the product around it.
No. The free Core Curriculum starts at the home row and builds rhythm and precision before you ever face live speech. Every weak spot it finds is a fixable lever, and you arrive at transcription with the hands to keep up.
No. Accuracy is weighted above all. A fast wrong word does not count, so you cannot win by typing quickly and sloppily. The goal is keeping the meaning, and speed follows from that on its own.
For training, yes, because that is how we measure accurate capture. In the Lecture stage, filler words dim out so you score only the keypoints. The skill underneath stays the same: capture what matters, correctly, in real time.
It scores every keystroke down to the letter pair, so it knows the exact combinations slowing you down. It shows them to you plainly, then, on Pro, aims your practice straight at them. Seeing your weak spots is free.
An n-gram is a short run of letters that recurs as you type, like a digraph (th, in) or a trigraph (ing, tio). They are the building blocks of speed, so Keystrology measures your fluency on each one and targets the exact combinations you fumble.
After the 60-second baseline you get a six-axis skill profile: a hexagon covering accuracy, consistency, speed, capture, fluency, and ergonomics. It is honest by design. An axis stays empty until there is real data behind it, and the dashboard version is a living profile that moves with your recent sessions, up or down. It shows you where you actually stand, not a flattering number.
Yes. Every score is server-authoritative: it is computed and stored on our servers, not self-reported by the browser, and repeated runs are de-duplicated so a result cannot be replayed or inflated. Practice text is drawn only from our own authored library, so there is nothing to paste or forge into the scorer. A dedicated educator view and a Canvas integration are on the roadmap; today the integrity lives in the numbers themselves.
Two ways, depending on the clip. Library recordings (the podcast, lecture, and dictation stages) are transcribed from the audio itself and reviewed by hand, so the text you type is what the reader actually says, not a print edition. The Math Track's synthesized clips are checked the other way around: after generating each clip we transcribe it with speech recognition and compare the result word for word against its script. A clip that fails its check does not go live.
They are two ends of a spectrum. Transcribing is capturing speech word for word, live or from a recording, the way a captioner or court reporter does. Taking notes is keeping the meaning and the key points, not every syllable. Keystrology trains the live-capture skill underneath both, and Lecture mode lets you practice the full range: Full Capture for verbatim, Key Capture for the points that matter, or Summary.
Yes. Beyond live lecture capture, the Math Track teaches you to type equations as LaTeX, the academic standard, scored on a canonical match. It trains a real, transferable skill and the fast notation that STEM lectures demand. The first part of the track is playable today; the dictation and live-math stages are rolling out.
That is the core use case. Lecture mode runs at academic pace with a rolling preview, training you to capture what matters as it is said, so you walk out with notes you can study from instead of half-remembered fragments.
The app interface ships in English and Spanish from day one. Spanish transcription content, the audio and transcript you train against, is still being produced, so we will tell you clearly when it is ready rather than promise it early.
Yes, and it is free. Alongside the typing curriculum there is an ergonomics pillar: short lessons on neutral wrist and posture, plus gentle micro-break and pacing prompts that never interrupt a scored run. It supports the main skill rather than leading it, because typing well for years means typing without hurting.
Yes. The Core Curriculum Phases 1 and 2, and your baseline test, are free with no card for as long as you like. Seeing your weak spots is free too. You only pay to go past the basics.
Yes. With a .edu address, Pro is $6.99/mo or $49.99/yr. The verification step is still being built, so check back for exactly how to claim it.
$12.99/mo or $89.99/yr (about $7.50 a month on the annual plan). Pro unlocks Precision Control, all four Live Transcription stages, the Math Track, and weakness-targeted practice.
No. Take the baseline test and see your score with no signup. You only create a free account to save the progress you have already earned.
It is a reverse trial. You get full access to everything for 7 days with no card up front. When it ends you drop to the free tier and keep every bit of progress you earned. The paid value is worth feeling before you decide.
Yes. A subscription is monthly or annual, and you can cancel whenever you like.
No, never. There is nowhere to upload audio and we capture none. You type against a curated library of cleared audio, so there is no recording of you to worry about. Privacy is built in, not bolted on.
From a library we produce and clear ourselves: public-domain songs and public-domain or licensed speech. You cannot import your own audio or lyrics, by design, which keeps the whole thing clean on rights and on privacy.
The fastest answer is to try it. Sixty seconds, no signup, an honest number.