The fictional avatar was the face of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, a bestselling series of instructional CD-ROMs that helped make computers more accessible for a generation of keyboard novices.

With a healthy dose of heart and whimsy, the Sundance documentary Seeking Mavis Beacon follows two young Black women who are devoted to finding the original model for Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing.

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 ...

At thirty dollars, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum 25thAnniversary Edition is not bargain-basement, but it’s afull-featured program with a long track history and enoughvariation and options ...

Her creators named her Mavis Beacon and she would go on to teach a generation to type with her trademark tranquility while coaching millions of students through the basics of QWERTY.

Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross talk Seeking Mavis Beacon, a documentary about finding the model on the cover of famed typing software.