booktyping

booktyping is a simple commandline tool for practicing typing accuracy while reading a book.

installation

booktyping has only been tested on linux, but should work on Windows and MacOS. The only dependency is rust.

Clone this repository and run

cargo build --release

This will generate an executable file in booktyping/target/release/.

usage

Find a text copy of your favorite book, and place it in $HOME/.booktyping/{book_title}.txt. Now run booktyping with

./booktyping {book_title}

Your progress will be automatically saved, and JSON logs of your keypresses and your sample completions will be saved in $HOME/.booktyping/{book_title}/keypresses.json and $HOME/.booktyping/{book_title}/tests.json respectively.