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Find out how this Haitian became Mavis Beacon, and what she earned for teaching the world to type

Mavis Beacon, of “Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing” fame, was never a real person; her image, however, became an icon of the software created by Software Toolworks. Les Crane, a former disc jockey and host ...
Kotaku

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing 2020

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

Though the name "Mavis Beacon" might not mean much to modern-day kids, to those who came of age in the late 1980s and 1990s, it surely does. "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" was a software program ...
SFGate

Mavis Beacon, 'the world's greatest typing teacher,' doesn't want to be found by Oakland filmmakers

For millions of people, their first introduction to a keyboard came by way of Mavis Beacon. The software Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing was first released in 1987 as a tool to train new computer users on ...
Wired

The Search for the Face Behind Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing

Jazmin Jones knows what she did. “If you’re online, there’s this idea of trolling,” Jones, the director behind Seeking Mavis Beacon, said during a recent panel for her new documentary. “For this ...
People

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

Adrienne Hankin, public relations director for tech company Mindscape told the 'New York Times' in 1998: "Mavis is the Betty Crocker of software" Broderbund Software "Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing" was ...