I cannot run this on my Vista laptop it complains about: "A Monitor program has been found running in your system. Please, unload it from memory and restart your program."
So I installed it in a clean XP SP3 virtual PC and it did run ok but it was very sparten, only 25 words in the existing word database!
and only one sample test each for grades 1 to 5 each of 5 words.
You as a parent or teacher have to spend time and effort creating spell lists and recording the vocal prompts etc. For personal family use the time would be better spent with the child doing the spelling test in the conventional way with your own spoken voice in real time, it would then count as quality time as well as educational for both of you... Hmm I just heard the Virtual PC running this offering spontaneously reboot... not a good sign! Oh and the program has NO spell checking facilities to ensure that YOU spell the words correctly when YOU create new lists! Which is absurd in this day and age!

TK tarafından yorumlandı  –  13 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+31)

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My 2 youngest children that are 4 and 6 years old love this software they find it fun.
It installed and ran well on windows 7 Ultimate x64.
One thing i would like to see is maybe a more colourful GUI for the children,( although this is elementary school software some non English speaking adults would benefit) so maybe a selection of skins for children and adults
Great Program Thanks GAOTD and TedCo Software

Scotland tarafından yorumlandı  –  13 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+19)

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Go here: http://www.spellquizzer.com/Spelling-Lists.htm to download spellings lists.

Diego Garcia tarafından yorumlandı  –  13 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+17)

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Apart from the ghastly American accent, it works OK. Non Americans will rush to make their own recordings, no doubt.
But what we adults think is good doesn't count at all if the kids don't like it, and that is the problem here! "It's pretty boring" came after just 5 words. And it's true - there isn't a lot to keep the child's attention fixed on the program. So I wouldn't pay for this unless it had a lot more features to entertain the children.

Petersum tarafından yorumlandı  –  13 years ago  –  Bu yorumu yararlı buldunuz mu? evet | hayır (+7)

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