Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2008-01-07 Thread Ken the Crazy
The one I had actually had buttons you pushed--not the flat panel like Speak and math. Ken Downey President DreamTechInteractive! And, Coming soon, Blind Comfort! The pleasant way to get a massage--no staring, just caring. - Original Message - From: Mich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2008-01-01 Thread ari
Hi Thomas, What would be fun for you to develop for young blind kids is a game I used to play, my mom had to read the screen, but it was called Maths Blaster. There were different Maths puzzles, multiply, add, subtract, divide, rounding off, fractions, etc, but the fun part was also the games.

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2008-01-01 Thread jason
Hi, Lisa it's Jason I hope you are having a good new year, and I hope everyone on the list is well. I also had a good christmas as well. Anyway I remember those speaking spell and math. However I wore them out and I accidentally plugged a wrong adapter in the speaking math which caused the

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2008-01-01 Thread Lisa hayes
you're probably right their, they were for a small market the over lays. I found I didn't need one, I was able to memorise they keyboard lay out. Lisa Hayes skype name, lisa12257 join my chat list subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2008-01-01 Thread Lisa hayes
OH so they're on eBay? thanks. Lisa Hayes skype name, lisa12257 join my chat list subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey]

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2008-01-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yeah, you can usually find them on ebay.com. As Raul stated though they are collecters items so they go for quite a bit of cash if they are in good condition. Lisa hayes wrote: OH so they're on eBay? thanks. Lisa Hayes skype name, lisa12257 join my chat list subscribe at [EMAIL

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2008-01-01 Thread Raul A. Gallegos
What isn't? smile. Lisa hayes wrote: OH so they're on eBay? thanks. Lisa Hayes skype name, lisa12257 join my chat list subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2008-01-01 Thread Bryan
Eighty bucks? Holy mother of Bob! And here I was thinking of trying to find one. I was also thinking of looking for one of those Speech Plus talking calculators and even one of those Echo Speech Synthesizers that I could keep as a momento of days gone by even though I don't own an Apple 2E and

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2008-01-01 Thread Bryan
Do you have eighty bucks? If not then I wouldn't even bother from what Raul said Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. - Original Message - From: Lisa hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 6:02 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2008-01-01 Thread Lisa hayes
Well thanks, I'll take a look. Lisa Hayes skype name, lisa12257 join my chat list subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] speak

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2008-01-01 Thread Lisa hayes
Well I don't at the moment, but I will soon I hope. Lisa Hayes skype name, lisa12257 join my chat list subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Bryan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 2:44 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2008-01-01 Thread Lisa hayes
The speak and spell I read here was available on eBay. Lisa Hayes skype name, lisa12257 join my chat list subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Raul A. Gallegos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 1:52 PM

[Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Lisa hayes
Hi all, Don't know if anyone remembers speak and spell and speak and math are their computer versions of these educational games available/ Lisa Hayes skype name, lisa12257 join my chat list subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Mich
hi yes I remember Speek and Spell and how you could get it with a Braille Overlay I wonder if they are still sold with a Braille Overlay. from Mich Verrier from New Liskeard Ontario Canada. - Original Message - From: Lisa hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Jeremy Hartley
Hello. Funny enough, about three years ago, I created a computer version of the classic speak n math, including capturing all the classic sounds from an actual speakNMath. Unfortunately, I was just learning C Sharp language, and I got as far as creating a few levels of solve it, and number

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Bryan
I had both. The most vivid memories I have of them were the different tones they made, and the way they'd start screaming at you when the batteries started to die. But i don't believe there are any computer versions or, at the very least, none that are accessible. Time is an illusion, lunchtime

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Bryan
I remember the sounds of those things. Of course i had one of the Speak Spells that actually had the carrying handles and the different voice. It wasn't as cool as the other one. It didn't have the Letter Stumper game and the voice wasn't as cool. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Stephen
I used to purposely run the batteries flat just for this reason. It would speed up like a tape on fast forward, then it'd make these funny bubbling noises, and sometimes it would say angel, angel, angel over and over again. Or it would sometimes just freeze, and then make these noises like tin

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Liam Erven
there's a speak and spell emulator lerking somewhere on the net. I'm not sure where however. Liam - Original Message - From: Lisa hayes [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 2:28 PM Subject: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Liam Erven
ok. some googling brought this up. I apologize ahead of time if I wasn't supposed to hotlink directly. http://www.zophar.net/Files/usass1.3b.zip It's an emulator made in vb6 released around 1999 or so. I used to have this one, and it was loads of fun. - Original Message - From: Liam

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Bryan
Mine never did that. It just started screaming at you once the batteries got to a certain point. Or, if you turned it on without a module in it it would just start making these really weird noises instead of giving you a word to spell. I've also heard of them just all of a sudden picking a

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Stephen
The only thing missing is the low battery emulation. heheheh At 11:39 AM 1/01/2008, you wrote: ok. some googling brought this up. I apologize ahead of time if I wasn't supposed to hotlink directly. http://www.zophar.net/Files/usass1.3b.zip It's an emulator made in vb6 released around 1999 or

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Well, I owned a couple of the Speak and Spells and both did extremely different and weird things when the batteries were low. It was down right funny if you ask me when it started going weird. Speaking of funny Speak And Spell stories this one time I remember a girl in my first grade class

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Jeremy Hartley
Hi Lisa, Well, I may finish the speakNMath project, but no guarantees. At least I still have all the recorded sounds backed up to disc. I remember it took me two hours until I got the darn thing to say the number 13! grin At any rate, I may finish the project, just for kicks. Jeremy -

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lisa, I am not sure. My gues is probably so. After all I was in first grade at the time and I only vaguely remember the event because it was funny and we were talking about Speak and Spells which were the rave in the mid 80's or so. Though, I think a program based on a Speak and Spell should

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yes, both the Speak And Math and Speak And Spell could be obtained with Braille over lays through catalogs. My first one was a store baughten one, and after I lost my sight I got one with a braille overlay. Lisa hayes wrote: Now I did not have one with an overlay, never heard their

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Lisa hayes
I'd just be plum curious to hear it. Lisa Hayes skype name, lisa12257 join my chat list subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Jeremy Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey]

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Lisa hayes
I never had one with an overlay, I don't know if the overlays were available in Australia. Lisa Hayes skype name, lisa12257 join my chat list subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent:

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Lisa hayes
Thomas would it be something you'd do as a game for us to buy/ or don't you reckon the interest would be sustainable. Lisa Hayes skype name, lisa12257 join my chat list subscribe at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Thomas Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gamers Discussion list

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lisa, that is hard to say. I don't know if they were available outside the USA, but I know how I got mine. There is the Cleveland Sight Center which services Northern Ohio, and I believe my parents got it through them several years ago when the Speak and Spells and Speak and Maths were

Re: [Audyssey] speak and spell and speak and math.

2007-12-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lisa, Actually, I think an accessible speak N Spell game is a good idea. It is a pretty easy thing to make so I probably wouldn't even charge for that kind of game. Basically, all it does is checks through a dictionary word list at random and tests if the word you typed matches the one it