I built a free typing platform with teacher-managed classes and multiplayer races
I built TypingBIRDS, a free typing platform for students, teachers, and anyone looking to improve typing speed.
It includes:
• Multiplayer typing races
• Teacher-managed typing classes
• Classroom competitions & leaderboards
• Ghost racing
• Multiple languages, including Punjabi
My goal is to make typing practice more engaging than traditional typing websites.
I'm currently looking for feedback from teachers, students, and fellow founders:
What feature would make a typing platform genuinely useful in schools or classrooms?
I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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Really like what you’re building — wishing you a lot of success with it.
What stood out to me is that engagement and usefulness can sometimes look like they're solving the same problem when they're actually solving different ones.
A student enjoying the platform more and a teacher getting better outcomes from it aren't necessarily the same signal.
That's probably the part I'd be most curious about.
That's a great point. My goal is to use engagement features like races and leaderboards to encourage consistent practice, while measuring success through improvements in speed, accuracy, and long-term progress. Finding the right balance between the two is something I'm actively working on.
The thing I'd probably watch closely is whether the engagement features are increasing practice or changing who keeps practicing.
Those can produce very different-looking wins even when the numbers move in the same direction.
That's a great point.
As a Computer Teacher, I've mainly focused on making typing practice more engaging so students keep coming back. But you're right—there's a difference between students practicing more often and more students continuing to practice over time.
I'll definitely be paying attention to both as TypingBIRDS grows. Ultimately, the goal isn't just more activity, but better typing skills and long-term improvement.
Thanks for sharing that perspective.
That's exactly why I found it interesting.
The question itself seems simple on the surface, but I suspect the decisions that follow from the answer are where things become much more consequential.
I've got a few thoughts on that, but it's probably more than I'd try to unpack properly in a thread.
What's the best email to reach you on?
I'd love to hear your thoughts in more detail.
It looks like contact information isn't allowed here, but feel free to send me a direct message and we can continue the conversation there.
Sure.
You can reach me at aryan.assetflip@gmail.com
Happy to continue it there.