Learn the Arabic keyboard properly
Graded lessons on the standard Arabic layout, with the next key lit on screen and your speed live. Free, nothing to install — and an account version with saved progress is coming.
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The free typing course
Usable right now, no account. The layout taught is standard Arabic 101, so what you learn here works on any Arabic keyboard.
Open the course- Graded lessons, from the home row to continuous text
- The next key is lit on the on-screen keyboard
- Live words-per-minute and accuracy
- No system settings to change
Three reasons to learn the layout
You write Arabic every day
Hunting for letters costs hours a week. The layout takes a handful of short sessions to learn.
Your child is learning to write
Typing reinforces letter and letter-form recognition — especially for a child who reads already but writes little.
You teach a class
A typing drill is an assessment in disguise: speed and errors say exactly which letters have not landed.
What the account version adds
The free course remembers nothing: close the tab and the progress is gone. That is precisely what a parent or a teacher needs it to do.
The free course stays free and complete. The account version is added to it, not carved out of it.
- Saved progress, resumed where you left off
- Several learners on one account
- Class mode: assign lessons, follow each pupil
- Weak letters drilled again automatically
- A speed certificate at the end of the track
Get told when it opens
Tell us who you are — personal accounts and class mode open separately.
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What people ask
Do I need a physical Arabic keyboard?
No. The course reads the physical key you press, not the character it produces, so you can practise on a QWERTY keyboard with nothing changed on your system. The on-screen keyboard shows the Arabic letter that key carries.
Which layout is taught?
Arabic 101 — the standard layout on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS. The muscle memory you build here transfers directly.
How long does it take?
Expect a few weeks at ten to fifteen minutes a day to type without looking. Regularity matters more than session length.
Does it work on a phone?
The course assumes a physical keyboard. On a phone, use the online Arabic keyboard to write instead — touch typing does not mean anything on a touchscreen.
Will the free course start charging?
No. The lessons, the next-key display and the speed measurements stay free. What is coming on top is accounts, saved progress and class mode.
The tools that go with it
Free, no account.