Mavis Beacon, of “Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing” fame, was never a real person; her image, however, became an icon of the software created by Software Toolworks. Les Crane, a former disc jockey and host ...

Many of us have grown up with Mavis Beacon, the computer typing teacher at the center of her self-titled games. But who is she and where did she go? The upcoming documentary, Seeking Mavis Beacon, ...

When the filmmaker Jazmin Jones was growing up, she thought of Mavis Beacon—the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a popular educational game first released in 1987—as a living and breathing ...

Mavis Beacon taught the world to type. Starting in the late 1980s, a software program featuring the eponymous instructor drilled computer users on their keyboard skills, selling more than 10 million ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many of a certain generation, the name "Mavis Beacon" conjures up memories of school computer labs, clattering keyboards, and ...

Mavis ditches the exclamation point as she moves on to Windows 95. Advertisement Mavis ditches the exclamation point as she moves on to Windows 95. Advertisement ...

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