UltraKey systematically teaches touch typing and safe keyboarding using voice, 3D animation, video, and virtual reality. It provides many options that adapt to a broad range of age groups and special needs.

Benefits for Organizations

UltraKey would be useful if your organization has constituents or staff who need to learn keyboarding or improve their skills.

Major Capabilities

• Motivates with praise as challenge levels are reached
• Specific recommendations for improvement
• Voice-accompanied instruction for young children, students with ADD, and students who are visually impaired
• A clear and simple interface that suits users who are unfamiliar with computers
• Twelve optional themes that adapt text size, desktop display, and keyboard display to meet individual preferences and needs
• Keeps unlimited user records, generates reports, and permits managers to adjust general preferences

Licensing

This donation is for five single-station standalone licenses. Organizations can buy more licenses directly from Bytes of Learning. Also available for purchase is the capability for server-based central record keeping.

Updates to UltraKey 6 are available for download at no charge.

Support

Bytes of Learning provides free phone and email support.

Trial Version

A trial version of UltraKey is available online. The trial version is the full product with a time-limited license. A license received through TechSoup will unlock it for permanent use with no need to reinstall. As a courtesy, when you request a trial version, please identify yourself as referred by TechSoup.

Choose Carefully

The administrative fee for this product is not refundable, and the product cannot be exchanged.

Obtaining This Product

When your donation request has been approved, TechSoup will send a message to your organization email address with instructions for obtaining and activating this product.

Windows

• Hardware:
• 128 MB or more RAM
• 180 MB available hard-disk space
• 800x600-pixel display
• 16-bit sound
• Software:
• Windows 2000; Windows XP; Windows Vista; Windows 7
• Microsoft Speech Engine 5 (SAPI 5.0), included in the UltraKey installer
• QuickTime 3 or later, included in the UltraKey installer

Mac

• Hardware:
• 128 MB or more RAM
• 180 MB available hard-disk space
• Either Intel or PowerPC processor
• Software:
• Mac OS X v10.4 (Tiger) to v10.7 (Lion) (Note: Mac OS X already includes a speech engine and QuickTime.)
• QuickTime 3 or later

• Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying organizations only, not to individuals.
• This donation is available to nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and to public libraries. Public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database.
• Each qualifying organization may request a single donation within a fiscal year (July 1 – June 30).
• Donations are available to organizations with annual budgets of $1,000,000 or less.
• Donations are not available for distribution to:
  • Educational institutions; however, donations are available to schools for the disabled, parent-teacher groups, student housing organizations, student exchange programs, and similar organizations.
  • Advocacy groups except for those explicitly working in human rights; drug, alcohol, and firearm policy; ecology and conservation; racial integration; or population control.
  • Computer refurbishing programs.
• Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
• Bytes of Learning donated licenses may not be transferred or resold.
• Organizations must represent and warrant that they are willing to provide information to Bytes of Learning for the purposes of creating a case study or testimonial on this product.