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TypeCram
Stop typing random words.
53 followers
Stop typing random words.
53 followers
TypeCram turns typing practice into a race through real stories and science instead of random words. Race friends live, chase your own ghost, or work through a structured course. Built for typists tired of gibberish and readers who'd rather train on something real.
Hey Product Hunt, I'm Shyngys.
I'm 18, I'm dropping out of university, and I have zero technical experience. I'm honestly not sure I could write the famous "hello world" program without help. TypeCram is what I built anyway, with AI, screen by screen.
Here's what it is. Millions of us practice typing every day with random words. I respect the grind, but at the end of a session the number is all you keep. On TypeCram you type real things instead: classic books condensed into 3-minute scenes, and short science stories written from real research. You can't skim a sentence your own fingers have to spell. So you get faster, and the words stay with you.
What's live today:
- 15 public-domain classics, condensed into typed scenes, free
- Briefs: short science stories based on real research
- Multiplayer typing races in private rooms, up to 20 players
- Rhythm mode (typing to falling tiles) and Cinema mode
- A 30-lesson touch typing course, first chapter free
- Import your own books, private to your account
- WPM, accuracy, streaks, daily leaderboards
One honest note. The book scenes are condensed retellings, not the original text word for word. A 90,000-word book becomes about 1,600 essential words that you actually type. That's the point: making a book stick, not replacing it.
Why a typing app, out of everything I could have built: I'm from Oskemen, Kazakhstan, I quit TikTok and Instagram in 8th grade, and I've been a little obsessed with attention ever since. TypeCram is that obsession turned into a product, built in six weeks at the nFactorial incubator in Almaty.
It's free to start. Try it, break something, tell me what broke. And if it earns it, send it to one person who buys books and never finishes them.
typecram.com
honestly love that it's built around real text instead of lorem ipsum nonsense. one thing that would take this further for me is letting me import my own stuff to type against, like pdfs or epub chapters. would basically make it double as a focused reading tool while i'm training.
@berkelzfx Thanks for the feedback, and I actually added the import feature quite recently :) You can access it from the Library section
This looks genuinely fun, especially the ghost racing idea. One thing that would make me actually stick with it: let me import a PDF or article and race through that text instead of only built-in stories. I have a long reading list anyway, so it would hit two birds with one stone and keep the content fresh forever.
@ceylin1736493 Thanks for the feedback, and I actually added the import feature quite recently :) You can access it from the Library section. Import window
the ghost racing feature is genuinely clever, finally makes typing practice feel like it has actual stakes instead of just chasing a high score. love that you can train on real stories too
I've tried it and found it to be engaging! Really helped me to get out of reading slump. I love the classic mode the most. i feel like competing with friends would be super fun with this one
Finally a typing trainer that uses actual prose instead of "asdf jkl;" loops. Tried the ghost mode against my own best run and got way more invested than I expected, ended up doing five rounds in a row.
The ghost race feature is such a smart way to push past your own pace without the pressure of beating someone live. Typing through actual prose instead of "asdf jkl;" loops makes the whole thing feel like training with purpose.