Why ScriptureTyper Works for Me

Hey y’all!  Some of you early subscribers here on the blog may remember this post last year with helpful tips on Bible study and memorization methods.  If you have a really good memory, you may even remember that one of those study tips was the website and app, “ScriptureTyper.”  When we first tried it out, my brothers both found that it gave them only minimal help, but I kept at it.  Now, about 3-4 years later, ScriptureTyper is my main method of studying.  I’d like to share with you in this post why ScriptureTyper works for me.

If you don’t know anything about ScriptureTyper, let me just give you the gist of how it works.  You first create a collection (“Romans 2” for example), pick your Bible version, and then add the desired verses to the collection.  It has you copy the verse, and then it takes away every-other word.  You type it again, and then it takes away all the words, and you type it by memory.  

It sounds quick, and easy, right?  

Well, not exactly.

It took me years to figure out how to use ScriptureTyper effectively, because for a while I was doomed like my brothers.  But I worked at it, experimented, and finally found out how it works for me personally.

For me, just the 3 steps in the memorization process won’t work.  It simply does not stay in my mind for very long!  So here’s what I do now to make it work for me:

1.         When ScriptureTyper gives me the verse to copy, I read it (in my mind or aloud) several times.  This gets it into my head.  I read it over and over until I process it and understand what the verse means, because if I don’t understand it, I probably won’t remember it.

2.         After I read it a few times and grasp the meaning of the verse, I begin copying it.  When I copy it, I say it out loud too.  This familiarizes me with the sound of the verse.  I do this 2-3 times.

3.         I then move on to the “Memorize It” step, where it takes away every-other word.  I continue quoting out loud while I type it.  I type it at least twice, because every time you re-type it, it will switch which words disappear.

4.         I move on to “Master It” when I become comfortable and confident with it.  I still speak it while I type.  I type the verse out by memory at least twice.

5.         Time to move on to the next verse!  Yay! :)  I repeat everything above again, to memorize that verse too.  Then, when it is still on the “Master It” setting, I go back to the previous verse, and type it out by memory again.  Once I know that I can still go back and remember the verse, I go back to verse 2 and type it by memory again too.  This lets me know the sequence of the verses, and helps me be able to pick out the verse if I were given the reference.

6.         REVIEW DAILY.  I cannot stress this enough!! :)  That is truly the secret key to ScriptureTyper.

So there you have it!  That is how I got ScriptureTyper to work for me!  Let me clarify though, I do not follow these steps every single time!  They are what I recommend to get full benefit out of it, but sometimes I will drop a pointer (like quoting it aloud) when I memorize verses using ScriptureTyper.  And if it’s a verse I’m already familiar with, I usually will do something like only type it on each setting once.  But for the majority of the time, this is what I recommend and this is how it works best for me.   And I hope these tips are helpful for you as well!

Have you ever used ScriptureTyper before?  Does it work for you?