<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"  xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Rapid Typing Zone</title><description>If you want to keep up to date Rapid Typing Tutor installed on your PC you could subscribe on this feed.</description><language>en-us</language><managingEditor>contact@rapidtyping.com (Yuri)</managingEditor><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/</link><image><url>http://www.rapidtyping.com/img/logo/32.gif</url><title>Rapid Typing Zone</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/</link><description>Rapid Typing updates notification.</description></image><atom:link href="http://www.rapidtyping.com/news/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">120802132723</guid><title>Rapid Typing Tutor 4.6.5 is released</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:16:52 GMT</pubDate><description>Changes version 4.6.5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- The problems with Bold font, on some non-English version of Windows, is fixed;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- The tabulation symbols is shown always in the lesson;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- English course for experts updated;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Greek course for experts updated( tabulation symbols added ); &lt;small&gt;thanks to geogeo.gr&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- German, Greek and Russian interface language updated;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Other minor bugs fixed;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html&quot;&gt;Download Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">120723035212</guid><title>Rapid Typing Tutor 4.6.4 is released</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:49:53 GMT</pubDate><description>Changes version 4.6.4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Lesson rendering engine improved; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Keyboard rendering engine improved; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Non-rectangular keys on the virtual keyboard fixed; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Visual bugs on some video-cards fixed; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Options section improved; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Other minor bugs fixed;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html&quot;&gt;Download Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">120701005222</guid><title>Rapid Typing Tutor 4.6.3 is released</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 05:42:59 GMT</pubDate><description>Changes version 4.6.3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Metronome improved ( strongly depend on the experience of users ); &lt;br /&gt;- Lesson Mode &quot;Requires the right character type&quot;: Pressing BACKSPACE deletes only the last error ( without moving cursor );&lt;br /&gt;- &quot;Right-hand&quot; finger scheme fixed &lt;small&gt;&lt;i&gt; thanks to Wim De Backer, modemadvies.be &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/small&gt;;&lt;br /&gt;- Visual bugs on some video-cards fixed;&lt;br /&gt;- The button-link to the &quot;Typing Games&quot; page( &quot;About&quot; dialog box ) added;&lt;br /&gt;- The English-USA interface language added;&lt;br /&gt;- Other minor bugs fixed;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html&quot;&gt;Download Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">120526083207</guid><title>Rapid Typing Tutor 4.6.2 is released</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 13:31:09 GMT</pubDate><description>Changes version 4.6.2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- New version of the RapidTyping Manual is added.&lt;br /&gt;- Farsi interface language updated.&lt;br /&gt;- minor bugs fixed;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html&quot;&gt;Download Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">120429103052</guid><title>Rapid Typing Tutor 4.6.1 is released</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:29:53 GMT</pubDate><description>Changes version 4.6.1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Expert courses are available for the following keyboard layouts:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Arabic ASDF Eastern with Arabic-Indic digits;&lt;br /&gt;- German (Dvorak Type);&lt;br /&gt;- German (NEO);&lt;br /&gt;- German (de_ergo);&lt;br /&gt;- German (Latin1 without dead keys);&lt;br /&gt;- Greek (220);&lt;br /&gt;- Greek (319);&lt;br /&gt;- Greek (220) Latin;&lt;br /&gt;- Greek (319) Latin;&lt;br /&gt;- Greek Latin;&lt;br /&gt;- Greek Polytonic;&lt;br /&gt;- Russian (Typewriter);&lt;br /&gt;- US English Table for IBM Arabic 238_L;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Latvian interface language added; &lt;small&gt;&lt;i&gt;thanks to Anete&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- minor bugs fixed;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html&quot;&gt;Download Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">120417073047</guid><title>Rapid Typing Tutor 4.6 is released</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:07:23 GMT</pubDate><description>Changes version 4.6&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Typing Test:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- BiDi algorithm added( full support Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Hindi, Sanskrit, Khmer, Thai and other languages );&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- in current version the real font can be chosen for lesson;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- bug for missed space character at the end of the line( in Multi-edit mode ) fixed;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Typing Lesson Editing:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- splitter between lesson text and lesson characters window added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- font size scale added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &quot;Show/Hide keyboard&quot;(F9) hotkey added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Virtual Keyboard:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- scaling on wide-screen monitors improved;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Typing Lessons:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Arabic beginner and expert typing course updated. ( requires reinstall ) &lt;small&gt;&lt;i&gt;thanks to Ibrahim Saed&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- English expert typing course updated. ( requires reinstall )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Interface Translation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Arabic interface language updated; &lt;small&gt;&lt;i&gt;thanks to Ibrahim Saed&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Greek interface language updated; &lt;small&gt;&lt;i&gt;thanks to geogeo.gr&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Other:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Windows 2000 compatibility restored;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- RapidTyping news buttons for Google+, Facebook, Twitter added; ( under &quot;About&quot; )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- saving splitter position added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- other minor bugs fixed;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html&quot;&gt;Download Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">120202104935</guid><title>Rapid Typing Tutor 4.5 is released</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:49:03 GMT</pubDate><description>Changes version 4.5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Typing Test View:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- auto-wrap feature added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- tabulation support added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- line break support added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- special marks ( including Tab, Line Break, Space ) improved( smooth, scaling );&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- special marks in right left languages inverted;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Typing lesson editing:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- import lesson text in .RTF format feature added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- insert line break and tabulation lesson feature added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- when inserting text into lesson the check symbols on keyboard added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- the &quot;New Lesson - (#)&quot; label added by default to &quot;New Lesson&quot; dialog;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- when lesson editing or selecting the fast reaction on virtual keyboard and lesson property added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- when you type a character in lesson the letter is show immediately on virtual keyboard and the property table updates immediately;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- support the lesson size until 4GB added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Virtual keyboard:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- translation control keys added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- auto-wrap the long control keys' names ( ex. Num Lock ) added ;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Typing Lessons:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- English expert typing course updated. Tabulation and line break marks added. ( requires reinstall )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Russian expert typing course updated. Tabulation and line break marks added. ( requires reinstall  )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Interface Translation:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- French, Greek, Chinese Traditional, German, Russian language updated;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Other:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- when choosing to continue the lesson with &quot;do nothing&quot; selected, the key is now highlighted, after making mistake a correctly;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html&quot;&gt;Download Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">111224120146</guid><title>Rapid Typing Tutor 4.4 is released</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:53:29 GMT</pubDate><description>Changes version 4.4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Typing lesson editing:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Drag   Drop function for lesson list editor added;&lt;br /&gt;- context menu in Lesson Editor added;&lt;br /&gt;- Cut, Copy and Paste functions in context menu in Lesson Editor added;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Virtual keyboard:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- touch screen support added;&lt;br /&gt;- keys under cursor( or finger in touchscreen mode ) now highlighted;&lt;br /&gt;- new highlight toggle feature for Control key( Shift, Ctrl, Alt );&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Typing test statistics:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- percentage ratio of errors for wrong letters typed for the whole lesson is shown;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Languages:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Traditional Chinese interface language updated ( thank you Robert Lee );&lt;br /&gt;- Greek interface language updated ( thank you www.geogeo.gr );&lt;br /&gt;- Russian interface language updated ( thank you Tatiana Belous );&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Other:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- arranging the application titlebar for left   right position( with languages ) added;&lt;br /&gt;- refreshing the application titlebar after interface language changed;&lt;br /&gt;- other minor bugs fixed;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html&quot;&gt;Download Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">111130102037</guid><title>Rapid Typing Tutor 4.3 is released</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:44:41 GMT</pubDate><description>Changes version 4.3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- background music bug fixed;&lt;br /&gt;- delay with selecting statistics cells for large statistics reports fixed;&lt;br /&gt;- keys can be highlighted individually in statistics view ( lesson tab );&lt;br /&gt;- confirmation box for removing selected lesson(s) added;&lt;br /&gt;- saving (multi)selection in statistics view ( course/ lesson tabs ) added;&lt;br /&gt;- inversion of selection in statistics view added;&lt;br /&gt;- all error keys can be highlighted using Ctrl+A in statistics view;&lt;br /&gt;- double-click to lesson statistics cells to show lesson letters table;&lt;br /&gt;- button focus bug fixed;&lt;br /&gt;- removing first lesson bug fixed;&lt;br /&gt;- bottom panel in statistics view and editor view reduced;&lt;br /&gt;- last selected item in editor view fixed;&lt;br /&gt;- lesson text color enhanced;&lt;br /&gt;- other minor bugs fixed;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html&quot;&gt;Download Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">111113080127</guid><title>Rapid Typing Tutor 4.2 is released</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 14:01:21 GMT</pubDate><description>Changes version 4.2&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- new Greek course added;&lt;br /&gt;- support for 680x420 screens added;&lt;br /&gt;- support screen rotation added;&lt;br /&gt;- &quot;blank&quot; lesson background added;&lt;br /&gt;- word count in lesson editor added;&lt;br /&gt;- &quot;show/ hide keyboard&quot; option on the user level page moved;&lt;br /&gt;- delay with loading the course, using older video cards on Windows 7 fixed&lt;br /&gt;- &quot;minimize/ maximize&quot; bug for left, right or top Task Bar fixed;&lt;br /&gt;- splitter bug for maximized window fixed;&lt;br /&gt;- other minor bugs fixed;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html&quot;&gt;Download Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">110816101158</guid><title>Rapid Typing Tutor 4.1 is released</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:09:36 GMT</pubDate><description>Changes version 4.1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- added Windows Themes support ( the contrast schemes, big fonts, not-system fonts support );&lt;br /&gt;- added the finger scheme for Anti-RSI layout( Two hands #6 )&lt;br /&gt;- added the changing of the statistics parameters on the Results dialog box;&lt;br /&gt;- added the statistics parameters the Delay and Delay%&lt;br /&gt;- improved common application performance;&lt;br /&gt;- some user interface improvements;&lt;br /&gt;- fixed bug with Greek accents;&lt;br /&gt;- fixed some minor bugs;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html&quot;&gt;Download Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">110511055409</guid><title>Rapid Typing Tutor 4.0 is released</title><link>http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 10:54:02 GMT</pubDate><description>Changes version 4.0&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Added multi-line support;&lt;br /&gt;- Added support of the Alt+Shift+key;&lt;br /&gt;- Improved running speed ( including running by LAN and Flash card );&lt;br /&gt;- Improved user interface.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rapidtyping.com/downloads.html&quot;&gt;Download Now&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>