I’ve always been a sucker for a good typing game. Mavis Beacon was a mainstay of my childhood and even now, I’m drawn to games that revolve around typing (Typing of the Dead, I heart you).

Hey Siri, have you heard of Mavis Beacon? Jazmin Jones’ debut feature follows two chronically online investigators as they search for the Black woman behind the iconic 80s typing software. “The ...

M axine Crook made a few mistakes introducing Mavis Gallant in a 1976 interview for the national ... writing first in longhand and then typing it up, liberally revising each draft before typing it up ...

Hey Siri, have you heard of Mavis Beacon? Jazmin Jones’ debut feature follows two chronically online investigators as they search for the Black woman behind the iconic 80s typing game. “The solution ...

Mavis Beacon Free is a well-structured learning tool that improves typing speed and accuracy. The application caters to typists of all skill levels by featuring step-by-step guides, customized ...

and everyone knows the classic educational games of the typing genre (shout out to Mavis Bacon), but most games use different control schemes these days — apart from some recent examples that ...

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In the 90s, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing became the ‘best-selling piece of educational software of all time’. But over 30 years on, its legacy is murkier than ever. The last decade of the ...

The most recognizable woman in technology lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software's Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago.

Self-described “DIY little E-girl detectives,” director Jazmin Jones and artist Olivia McKayla Ross go on an Odyssean adventure to find the face behind Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, an educational ...

Filmmaker Jazmin Jones and co-collaborator Olivia McKayla Ross find that answer through their debut “Seeking Mavis Beacon,” documenting their five-year search for the woman who was the face of the ...

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 celebrity. “Mavis” was an attractive Black ...