Typebook.lol read books by typing the letters only
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Updated this little project. I have never personally used a project I developed more than this one. I've spent 76 hours typing books since August 28th, 2026. Latest update is in place that allows you to type only case insensitive letters, instead of worrying about punctuation and case. It's a much faster and more enjoyable experience. Though, if you're a masochist, hard mode can be enabled in Appearance settings.
HN · launched Oct 29, 2026 · 11 upvotes (top 43%) · 0 views
Niche: typing tutors and keyboard tools · 131 launches, 14 in the last 7 days ▲ +75% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 131 launches in typing tutors and keyboard tools →
Could you build this?
Yes It is a simple web app for typing book text with case-insensitive matching, scoring, and user accounts, which is basic frontend and CRUD work.
Discussion
11 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: typ.ing, TypeLit, touchtype.page
Concerns raised: required login makes users bounce, auto-skipping punctuation is annoying, Moby Dick is very long
Feature requests: ignore punctuation keypresses instead of red indicator, rename 'Appearance' to 'Settings', explain differences from TypeLit and similar sites, save progress without login
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 166 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #65 of 167 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 323 days after the earliest competitor.
- Unboundcove Typing Tools · ph · 2026-11-03 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Typebook · ph · 2026-10-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- LexiKey · ph · 2026-10-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Shuffkeys · ph · 2026-10-22 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- Pro Text Case Changer - ToolsCock · ph · 2026-09-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- EasyTyping · ph · 2026-09-26 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- Typocto · ph · 2026-11-14 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- SpeedTypingTest · ph · 2026-10-30 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.40
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