TyperTool

A basic implementation using Typer — give it text and a delay, then lean back and watch.

TyperTool does not come pre-compiled, so you’ll need Swift 4.0 or later in order to build it. (This version of Swift comes with Xcode 9 or later).

To download Xcode, get it from the Mac App Store or download it from the Apple Developer portal (requires sign-in).

Alternatively, download Swift from Swift.org, using Homebrew, swiftenv, or via some other method.

Installation:

$ brew install Samasaur1/core/typer

Updating:

$ brew upgrade typer

Installation:

$ mint install Samasaur1/TyperTool

Updating:

$ mint install TyperTool

This method is not recommended, but will work for installing v1.0.0.

$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Samasaur1/TyperTool/master/install.sh | bash

Installation & updating:

$ git clone https://github.com/Samasaur1/TyperTool.git
$ cd TyperTool
$ swift build -c release
$ sudo mv .build/release/typer /usr/local/bin/typer

If you were using a Swift version before 5.0, replace line 3 with the following:

$ swift build -c release -Xswiftc -static-stdlib

Build and run directly:

$ git clone https://github.com/Samasaur1/TyperTool.git
$ cd TyperTool
$ swift run TyperTool

$ typer <text> [delay]

(This gif may be slow, and I don’t know why) Here’s a video version:

TyperTool doesn’t let you change the typing rate (issue link).
You can’t set defaults (for the delay, or eventually for the rate) (issue link).
It’s difficult to paste text in, especially if the text has single or double quotes in it.
To mitigate this, TyperTool is planning to accept text form standard input (via pipes, e.g. echo "hello" | typer or pbpaste | typer) (issue link).
Visit the issues page to see the status of these issues.

TyperTool doesn’t leave anything behind, so you can use the normal uninstall method:

$ brew uninstall typer

$ mint uninstall TyperTool

$ sudo rm /usr/local/bin/typer