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Find out how this Haitian became Mavis Beacon, and what she earned for teaching the world to type

Mavis Beacon, of “Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing” fame, was never a real person; her image, however, became an icon of the software created by Software Toolworks. Les Crane, a former disc jockey and host ...
Variety

‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Director Jazmin Jones Investigates the Story of the World’s Most Famous and Fictitious Typing Teacher

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 million ...
Yahoo

‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Review: A Joyous Look at a Shadowy Pop Culture Figure

“Seeking Mavis Beacon” is a documentary about (stick with me here) seeking Mavis Beacon. But, what it is not (and stick with me here, too) is a documentary about finding Mavis Beacon. Because whether ...
Yahoo News UK

Mavis Beacon Was a Fictional Character Played by a Real Saks Employee. Here's the Surprising Amount She Was Paid by the Typing Empire

But who is the woman behind the program? As Adrienne Hankin, public relations director for tech company Mindscape, told the New York Times in 1998: "Mavis is the Betty Crocker of software" Though the ...
IndieWire

The ‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’ Filmmakers Went Looking for a Black Technology Icon. The Only Problem? She Didn’t Want to Be Found

The brains behind Neon's genre-bending documentary tell IndieWire about the limits of representation and their complicated thoughts on deep fakes. If you learned to type in the 1980s or ’90s, there’s ...
Mashable

She taught a generation to type. But who is the real Mavis Beacon?

Regarding her search for the "real" Mavis Beacon, digital artist Jazmin Jones says: "We want to hear from you." Credit: JAZMIN JONES / OLIVIA MCKAYLA ROSS / JULES RETZLAFF / OWEN SMITH CLARK / IAN ...