The very short lessons with plenty of feedback give the software a 'game' feel. The software features very short lessons, each less than 55 characters long. The current version of the software is written in Microsoft Visual Basic, versions for other platforms have all been written in other versions of compiled BASIC.

Touch Typist has been on continuous sale and been continually developed by the original author David Batty and is still published by the original company, Sector Software of Leyland Lancashire. The software was soon converted to run on other computers including the Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, Acorn Archimedes, Cambridge Computers Z88 Portable computer and Microsoft Windows based computers. Microdrive cartridges were small cartridges similar to an 8 track tape, with a continuous loop of tape which could hold 100KB of code. The software was originally written in QL Basic on the Sinclair QL, this was compiled with the Digital Precision Superbasic Compiler and released on Sinclair Microdrive cartridges for the Sinclair QL computer. Touch Typist soon went on sale in WH Smiths as well as in many smaller computer shops which were supplied by the now defunct company Terry Blood Distribution Ltd.

The software was also first advertised as a small classified advert in QL World magazine, but soon became a flagship product for the company formed to sell it, Sector Software. The ZX Microfair was a showcase for all manner of software and hardware related to the Sinclair range of computers. This was a very popular computer show held in The Horticultural Halls, Elverton Street, London, England.

Its first public sale was at The ZX Microfair in 1985. The software was written and released for sale in 1985 on the Sinclair QL computer. Touch Typist typing tutor is the earliest example of typing tutor software currently still on sale. Touch Typist Typing Tutor is developed by Sector Software.

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