<s>
Mavis	B-Device
Beacon	I-Device
Teaches	I-Device
Typing	I-Device
is	O
an	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
program	O
designed	O
to	O
teach	O
touch	B-Device
typing	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
written	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Norm	O
Worthington	O
,	O
Walt	O
Bilofsky	O
,	O
and	O
Mike	O
Duffy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Editions	O
of	O
Mavis	B-Device
Beacon	I-Device
are	O
currently	O
published	O
by	O
Encore	O
Software	O
(	O
hybrid	O
Mac	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Software	O
MacKiev	O
(	O
macOS	B-Application
only	O
)	O
and	O
are	O
available	O
throughout	O
the	O
retail	O
sales	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earlier	O
versions	O
were	O
made	O
for	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
(	O
version	O
1	O
only	O
)	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
(	O
version	O
16	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Mac	O
versions	O
are	O
published	O
under	O
the	O
Broderbund	O
trademark	O
by	O
both	O
Encore	O
and	O
Software	O
MacKiev	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Encore	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
released	O
Mavis	B-Device
Beacon	I-Device
Teaches	I-Device
Typing	I-Device
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
2011	O
Ultimate	O
Mac	O
Edition	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
published	O
by	O
Software	O
MacKiev	O
,	O
also	O
includes	O
two-player	O
competitive	O
typing	O
network	O
games	O
,	O
integration	O
with	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
,	O
Dvorak	O
keyboard	O
support	O
,	O
practice	O
typing	O
song	O
lyrics	O
,	O
RSS	O
news	O
feeds	O
and	O
classic	O
novels	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Mavis	B-Device
Beacon	I-Device
is	O
not	O
a	O
real	O
person	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
photo	O
of	O
Mavis	B-Device
Beacon	I-Device
was	O
of	O
Haitian-born	O
model	O
Renee	O
L'Esperance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mavis	B-Device
Beacon	I-Device
's	O
first	O
name	O
was	O
taken	O
from	O
Mavis	O
Staples	O
,	O
lead	O
vocalist	O
for	O
the	O
Staple	O
Singers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
surname	O
derives	O
from	O
beacon	B-Protocol
,	O
as	O
in	O
a	O
light	O
to	O
guide	O
the	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
Tyrrell	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
well	O
researched	O
,	O
well	O
written	O
,	O
and	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nick	O
Veitch	O
for	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
felt	O
the	O
product	O
was	O
much	O
more	O
interesting	O
than	O
other	O
educational	O
multimedia	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2000	O
,	O
two	O
products	O
reached	O
the	O
Top	O
Selling	O
Educational	O
Software	O
list	O
:	O
Mavis	B-Device
Beacon	I-Device
Teaches	I-Device
Typing	I-Device
10.0	O
(	O
4th	O
)	O
and	O
Mavis	B-Device
Beacon	I-Device
Teaches	I-Device
Typing	I-Device
5.0	O
(	O
8th	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
