Mavis Beacon Was a Fictional Character Played by a Real Saks Employee. Here's the Surprising Amount She Was Paid by the Typing Empire

As the New York Times reported in 1998, it was Les Crane who first spotted the woman who would be Mavis. Crane was a former ...
The Ledger

Typing Program Going Strong

Years ago, back in the days when there were "mainframe" computers but very few "home" computers, a typing teacher brought her brand of instruction to the home-computer monitor. It was late 1987, and ...
Kotaku

Mavis Beacon Keyboarding Kidz

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Mavis Beacon Keyboarding Kidz Mavis Beacon teaches kids to type... again. Advertisement Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More. All the Latest Game Footage and ...
The Independent

Mavis Beacon was the top typing teacher in the US before she vanished. The twist? She wasn’t real

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Variety

‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Director Jazmin Jones Investigates the Story of the World’s Most Famous and Fictitious Typing Teacher

Mavis Beacon taught the world to type. Starting in the late 1980s, a software program featuring the eponymous instructor drilled computer users on their keyboard skills, selling more than 10 million ...
The Daily Progress

Mavis Beacon teaches typing

Just the other day, I was working at the information desk when a boy walked up and asked me how he could look up titles. I took him over to the online catalog and showed him the search box, how to ...