iTextSpeed is used by the fastest iPhone texters in the world to practice and measure speed and accuracy.
iTextSpeed helps you improve your texting speed, and lets you share your texting speed results with friends.
Playing iTextSpeed
The game begins when you press the Play button.
The goal is to text the words that appear as quickly as possible.
Each word should be entered followed by space or return.
When the game ends, you're presented with your results.
If you've connected iTextSpeed to Facebook, Twitter, or FriendFeed and are connected to the internet, you can share your results with your friends.
iTextSpeed stores your results and shows you your best and average times for different game settings via the History button.
You can reset your History information using the Clear History button.
iTextSpeed News
iTextSpeed News keeps you up to date with any information and updates about iTextSpeed and lets you see what other people are saying about iTextSpeed.
iTextSpeed Mission
iTextSpeed is designed to help you improve your texting speed and efficiency.
iTextSpeed mimics texting as closely as possible, eschewing flashy gameplay mechanics to help improve actual texting speed results.
How iTextSpeed calculates your WPM
iTextSpeed calculates your words per minute score based on the average word length of 4.5 characters for the 500 most common English words.
When slang is enabled the word set includes 620 different words with different cases, including the 500 most common English words.
The WPM calculation is based on the average length of 4.3 characters for the slang word set.
iTextSpeed lets you share your texting speed results with your friends.
Sharing options
You can connect iTextSpeed to Facebook, Twitter, and FriendFeed to share your results. You can enable your accounts for sharing with iTextSpeed via the Settings menu.
Updates
If you've connected an account through the Settings menu, and have internet access, you can share your results with your friends after each game.
Sharing with your friends will update your connected account status to read:
just texted <your WPM> WPM < with Slang (if enabled)> in iTextSpeed for iPhone and iPod Touch. Check it out! http://itextspeed.com #iTextSpeed
Disabling sharing
You can disable your accounts for sharing in iTextSpeed at any time using the Settings menu and selecting the Disable account option, or by choosing to log out of Facebook Connect via the Settings menu.
iTextSpeed provides a number of options to customize your experience.
Game duration (default 30s)
You can choose from 15, 30, 60, and 120 second game durations.
Sound (default Off)
You can choose to have iTextSpeed play sounds that help you determine your success rate.
Text Alignment (default Centered)
You can choose the text alignment that you like.
Orientation (default Portrait orientation)
You can choose to play iTextSpeed in either Portrait or Landscape mode to match your texting style.
Slang (default Off)
You can choose to play iTextSpeed using a word set including Slang words.
The Slang word set include words and acronyms like "cool", "LOL", and "OMG" (no inappropriate Slang words are included).
Slang words can be more challenging in that they force you to pay more attention to autocorrection dismissal.
When slang is enabled the word set includes 620 different words with different cases, including the 500 most common English words.
The WPM calculation is based on the average length of 4.3 characters for the slang word set.
