Keyboard layout · Canary
Get back to your QWERTY speed on Canary — then go past it.
The free Canary beginner course taught you the keys. Intermediate, advanced, and punctuation & numbers tracks rebuild the fluency you gave up when you switched.
Lifetime access · first 2 lessons free · 30-day money-back guarantee
What you'll be able to do
- Complete 200 lessons across three courses (about 17.2 hours of guided practice)
- Type common words, bigrams, trigrams, and full sentences without pausing on relocated keys
- Use left and right Shift correctly for every capital, including title case and abbreviations
- Type every number, symbol, and punctuation mark — @, #, $, %, brackets, quotes — with confidence
- Hold speed through multi-paragraph endurance runs and zero-mistake accuracy gauntlets
- Clear your weakest keys with targeted recovery drills based on your own stats
Who it's for
This course is for
- Canary switchers — typists who want a modern, computationally optimized layout and are happy in a smaller community than Colemak or Dvorak
- Anyone who finished the free Canary beginner course and hit the post-beginner plateau
- Typists who want capitals, punctuation, and the number row as automatic as the home row
- Writers, students, and developers who need endurance on long passages, not just short bursts
Probably not for
- Anyone who has not finished the free Canary beginner course yet — do that first, it is free
- Typists who want a one-off speed test rather than structured practice
- Typists still deciding whether to switch to Canary; read the switching guide and try the free lessons first
How the course works
- 1
Diagnose
Finish the free beginner course, then open the intermediate previews. Your stats reveal which relocated keys still hesitate in real words.
- 2
Drill
Intermediate builds words, sentences, and Shift technique; Advanced adds speed drills, accuracy gauntlets, real-world text, and endurance runs.
- 3
Finish the keyboard
Punctuation & Numbers covers every symbol and the number row, and weak-key recovery drills target whatever your own stats say is slowest.
Curriculum
3 courses · 200 drills · ~17.2 hrs
Canary Mastery bundles the Canary Intermediate, Advanced, and Punctuation & Numbers courses. Intermediate builds words, sentences, and Shift technique; Advanced covers speed drills, accuracy gauntlets, real-world text, endurance, and weak-key recovery; Punctuation & Numbers finishes the keyboard.
Canary Intermediate7 modules · 58 drills · ~3.9 hrs
Word Building
16 lessonsBigram & Trigram Drills
6 lessonsTricky Words
6 lessonsFluency Review
4 lessonsCapital Letters
8 lessonsShift Technique
12 lessonsCapitals Ladder
6 lessonsCanary Advanced13 modules · 86 drills · ~8.6 hrs
Speed Drills
7 lessonsSpeed Ladder: 40 WPM
4 lessonsSpeed Ladder: 50 WPM
4 lessonsSpeed Ladder: 60 WPM
4 lessonsSpeed Ladder: 70 WPM
4 lessonsAccuracy Training
4 lessonsAccuracy Lab
5 lessonsReal-World Typing
22 lessonsReal-World Pro
5 lessonsEndurance
10 lessonsEndurance Passages
4 lessonsWeak Key Recovery
3 lessonsMastery
10 lessonsCanary Punctuation & Numbers4 modules · 56 drills · ~4.7 hrs
Punctuation & Numbers
42 lessonsNumber Row Mastery
5 lessonsSymbol Pairs
5 lessonsMixed Finals
4 lessonsIncluded in All-Access
Canary Mastery is part of the All-Access Pass
Every course bought separately costs $555. The pass is $79 — it pays for itself after 5 courses at this price, and it saves $476 over the full catalog.
- Every test-prep, code, and layout course
- Every future course, automatically
- Ad-free across SureTyping
- One payment, lifetime access
Why fluency matters on Canary
Learning where the keys are is the easy part. The dip most switchers feel comes afterward, when the rolls feel great in drills but real prose, numbers, and punctuation still trip you.
Canary sessions on SureTyping track every keystroke with per-letter and per-word accuracy, so the drills target the exact keys that are still slow.
Canary was optimized for low same-finger bigrams, comfortable rolls, and balanced hand usage while keeping common shortcut positions. That advantage only pays off once the new positions are fully automatic in real text.
30-day money-back guarantee
Try the free preview lessons first. If you buy and the course still is not right for you, email us within 30 days for a full refund — no questions asked. Payments are handled by Polar; refunds go back to your original payment method.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Canary beginner course included?
The Canary beginner course is completely free for everyone and always will be. Canary Mastery unlocks the three courses that follow it: intermediate, advanced, and punctuation & numbers.
How long does it take to get back to my old speed on Canary?
It depends on your starting point and daily volume, and everyone's dip is different. What consistently shortens it is drilling real words, capitals, and punctuation on the new positions rather than repeating single-key exercises — which is exactly what these three courses do.
What is in the Canary advanced course?
Progressive speed drills, accuracy gauntlets with zero-mistake targets, real-world typing (emails, essays, code, legal language, academic citations), endurance sessions up to marathon length, weak-key recovery, and mastery checkpoints.
Can I try Canary Mastery before I buy?
Yes. The first 2 lessons of every paid course are free previews — sign in and start typing. If the drills feel right, one purchase unlocks the rest.
Does my progress save?
Yes. Lesson completions, speed and accuracy history, and your all-time best records are stored on your account, so you can pick up on any device where you left off.
Is Canary Mastery a one-time purchase?
Yes. You pay once and keep lifetime access. There is no recurring charge and nothing to cancel — the course stays in your library for as long as SureTyping exists.
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Colemak Wide Mastery
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Beginner courses are free for every keyboard layout. Start with the free lessons or get All-Access for $79.
Canary Mastery
$19 · lifetime