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* UNREGISTERED COPY * 123-TALK.DOC ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ ASP MEMBER ║ ║ * 123-TALK * ║ ║ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ║ ║ ║ ║ VERSION 2.2 C.E.S. Inc. ║ ║ COPYRIGHT 3005 GLENMORE AVE. ║ ║ 1990, 1991 BALTI., MD 21214 ║ ║ CREATIVE EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE Inc. (301) 665-0193 ║ ║ ║ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ Call TOLL FREE 1-800-847-0309 for CREDIT CARD orders. ║ ╠═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ Table of Contents ║ ║ ----------------- ║ ║ ║ ║ I. Introduction ║ ║ ║ ║ II. Files on this Disk ║ ║ ║ ║ III. How to Run 123-TALK ║ ║ ║ ║ IV. Errors/Problems ║ ║ ║ ║ V. How to use 123-TALK ║ ║ ║ ║ VI. Other Products ║ ║ ║ ║ VII. Shareware Distribution ║ ║ ║ ║ VIII. Ordering Information ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ I. Introduction --------------- The object of 123-TALK is to TALK TO YOUR CHILD, to help teach them how to say numbers, counting, addition ,subtraction and interact with a computer. For children ages 1-4, 123-TALK will teach your child to say the the numbers 1 thru 10 and how to find numbers on the keyboard. Also they will learn how to sing the 123 SONG. For children ages 4-7, 123-TALK will teach them counting, addition and subtraction. Also they will learn how to draw with EASY DRAW II. Your child will love the stunning graphics in this package. If you find this educational program to be beneficial and entertaining to your child, Please register your shareware. When you register, you will receive the latest version of 123-TALK with NEW FEATURES, PLUS a FREE SECOND PROGRAM. TO REGISTER, Send $ 25.00 (free shipping in USA) to C.E.S. Inc..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 123-TALK was designed to be an INTERACTIVE and CREATIVE. This is not a standard type of educational program. This program was created with the concept of having the computer TALK TO YOUR CHILD to teach him/her the basics of talking, learn numbers, counting, addition, subtraction and how to use a computer. This program will work with any IBM-PC compatible computer and any type of graphic system (with EGA/VGA graphic being the best mode of operation). II. Files on this Disks ----------------------- Below is a list of the files that should be on this distribution disk: 123-TALK.EXE This is the main program file. This file should be executed to run the program. 123-TALK.DOC This document file. To print this document type: "print 123-talk.doc" from D.O.S.. README.DOC A introduction document to 123-TALK. RUNME.BAT For the first time user of this package. PHONE.NO This file holds the phone number information. 123VOICE.SLB This is a sound library files used by 123-TALK. 123SONG.SLB This is a sound library files used by 123-TALK. ORDER.FRM Order form for 123-TALK. PRINTDOC.BAT This will print all of the document files. III. How to Run 123-TALK ------------------------ We recommend that you run this package from your HARD DRIVE. ------------------------------------------------------------ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 512K of memory any graphic monitor (EGA/VGA recommended). optional mouse for easy draw II. If you have a FLOPPY based system, insert the disk into the A drive, then log onto the A drive, by typing in: A: Then to start the program, type in : 123-TALK If you have a HARD DRIVE system, insert the disk into your A drive, then make a subdirector on your hard drive, by typing in: C: MD\ 123-TALK Then log onto the 123-TALK subdirector, by typing in: CD\ 123-TALK Then copy all the files on this disk to the 123-TALK subdirector on your hard drive, by typing in: COPY A:*.* Then to start the program, type in : 123-TALK IV. ERRORS/PROBLEMS -------------------- REMOVE ALL TSR PROGRAMS AND HAVE 512K OF FREE MEMORY AVAILABLE BEFORE RUNNING THIS PROGRAM. If the sound output is distorted or muffled or slow, this usually reflects that a TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) program is running. Remove all TSR programs before running 123-Talk. If you receive a BGI graphics error, this usually reflects that a graphics card was not detected in your system. This product supports CGA, EGA, VGA, HERC, MDA and SVGA graphic systems. Try using your graphics setup program to select one of the above graphic systems. If you have a problem with the keyboard this maybe caused by not having enough memory in your system (512K needed) or the file size in your config.sys file is to small. Try increasing your file size. If the speech output is not loud enough, this is usually caused by a inexpensive PC that has a ceramic speaker built on to the mother board. There is no cure for this problem (your PC is not 100% IBM compatible). If you have any problems other then the ones listed above, please call us or send us a letter, with the error information. This will enable us to correct the error(s). THANKS........ V. How to use 123-TALK ---------------------- General ------- The ESCAPE (Esc) key is usually located on the upper left corner of the keyboard. Press Esc to EXIT any of the menu programs or to EXIT TO DOS. 123-TALK will verify if you would like to exit, answer Y for YES, N for NO to the verify question. This verify procedure will protect against pressing the Esc key accidentally. 1 - Keyboard Banger 123 ----------------------- Keyboard Banger is designed for children 1 to 3 years old. This program will teach your child how to recognize and say NUMBERS. This program will also teach your child how to interact with the computer. When your child presses a key on the keyboard, 123-Talk will say a number. During the time your child is not Pressing the keys, 123 Talk will draw collages, Kaleidoscopes and other graphic patterns. After your child starts using the keyboard banger, they will start to recognize various numbers and objects hidden in the graphics. We recommend that when your child starts using this package for the first time, that you should remove all objects (phone, paper, keyboard templets, etc. away from the system (at this young age your child attention span will be limited to a few minutes). You should run this package a few times each week and at the end of a few weeks you start to see progress. Work with your child during this program repeat each number said and point to the number on the screen. Example when the 123-TALK says "three" point to the number 3. 2 - 123 Song ------------ The 123 song is designed for all ages. This is very entertaining and amusing for the young child. This song is sung by a young child. After a few times running the 123 song for your child encourage them to sing along and follow the balloon numbers while singing. If you are running this program from a CGA system, the balloons will not be displayed. 3 - YOUR PHONE NO. IS: ---------------------- Your phone number is designed for children 2 to 4 years old. This will teach your child how to remember their phone number and how to remember the emergency number 911. You should work with your child and help them with the phone number. Please explain to your child, when to use the 911 number. After you child starts to say and reconize their phone number, try turning the sound off and rerunning this program. This will make it a little harder. To change the phone number refer to menu item 9 "ADULT CONTROL". 4 - Find The NUMBER Game ------------------------ Find the number game is designed for children 3 to 6 years old. this will teach your child how to find numbers on the keyboard. When your child finds the correct number, 123-Talk will say encouraging words (Way to Go, Great, Super Doper, alright, etc.). When your child answers are incorrect 123-Talk will say almost, try again, oops, etc.. The correct numbers will appear at the top of the screen and the incorrect numbers will appear at the bottom of the screen. Work with your child on the numbers they are having problems with. When your child answers 40 numbers correctly a wild graphic screen will entertain them. When 5 questions are answered correctly, 123-TALK will stop saying "find the number". After you child starts to find all the numbers on the keyboard, try turning the sound off and rerunning this program. This will make it a little harder. 5 - Easy counting Game ---------------------- The easy counting game is designed for children 3-6 years old. The first screen of easy counting will display 9 balloons and count from 1 to 9, encourage your child to count the balloons. the next screens will ask your child to count how many balloons are on the screen. When your child finds the correct number, 123-Talk will say encouraging words (Way to Go, Great, Super Dupper, alright, etc.) and display a fancy screen. When your child answers are incorrect 123-Talk will say almost, try again, oops, etc.. When 5 questions are answered correctly, 123-TALK will stop saying "how many balloons". After you child starts to answer the questions correctly, try turning the sound off and rerunning this program. This will make it a little harder. 6 - Addition Game ----------------- The addition game is designed for children 4-7 years old. This game will display two numbers for your child to add, along with the number of balloons to add. Your child should count the balloons at the bottom of the screen, to get the correct answer. When your child finds the correct number, 123-Talk will say encouraging words and display a fancy screen. When your child answers are incorrect 123-Talk will say almost, try again, oops, etc.. When 5 questions are answered correctly, 123-TALK will stop saying "what does". After you child starts to answer the addition questions correctly, try turning the sound off and rerunning this program. This will make it a little harder. If you are running this program from a CGA system, the balloons will not be displayed. 7 - Subtraction Game -------------------- The subtraction game is designed for children 4-7 years old. This game will display two numbers for your child to subtract, along with the number of balloons. Point to the first number and say takeaway the second number (EXAMPLE: say "if you have 5 balloons and you take away 3 balloons, how many balloons are left". When your child finds the correct number, 123-Talk will say encouraging words and display a fancy screen. When your child answers are incorrect 123-Talk will say almost, try again, oops, etc.. When 5 questions are answered correctly, 123-TALK will stop saying "what does". After you child starts to answer the subtraction questions correctly, try turning the sound off and rerunning this program. This will make it a little harder. If you are running this program from a CGA system, the balloons will not be displayed. 8 - Easy Draw II ---------------- Easy Draw is designed for children of all ages. A mouse is required to use Easy Draw. This program is a simple drawing program that will allow the young child to scribble on the screen. After your child has used this program a few times try and see if they can fill the screen with various colors. For the older children let their imagination go and see what they create. Ask them to draw a house, tree, numbers or draw members of your family. The left mouse button is used to draw, the right mouse button is used to change the colors, if you press both buttons at the same time the background color will change. You should change the drawing color to the background color to erase sections of the screen. To erase the entire screen press the E key. If you have a CGA, MDA, or HERC. graphic system, then you will only have 2 colors (black and white) and you will have to press the right mouse button several times to change the color and you can not change the background color. If the mouse operates too fast for your child to use, try reducing the resoution of your mouse. Refer to your mouse manual for more information on how to reduce the resolution of your mouse. 9 - ADULT CONTROL ----------------- Press S to toggle the voice and sound on/off. This is a handy feature, when your child masters saying the numbers you can turn the voice/sound off to make it a little harder. Use this for any of the menu items. Press P to change the phone number for menu item 3. When you press P, 123-talk will ask you to enter a new phone number. start with your home phone number and advance to other numbers. If you have a MDA or HERC. display the numbers you enter will not be echoed to the screen. You can enter up to 7 numbers and don't forget to put in the - sign. EXAMPLE: 555-1212. VI. Other Products ------------------ When you register your software we will send you a updated list of other products for business, educational and personal use. ALPHABET and WORDS ------------------ ABC-TALK is a NEW EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM with a real human voice that teaches children how to talk, learn the alphabet, read, spell and work with a computer. ABC-TALK will teach young children to say early words (hi, mama, dada, I love you, drink, please, thank you, up, bye, etc.) and how to interact with a computer. For older children, ABC-TALK will teach them to say and understand the alphabet, how to find letters on the keyboard, how to recognize the letters in words and how to spell words. Also included is the ABC SONG and EASY DRAW for your child's creativity. The voice output will work with any IBM PC compatible and any graphic monitor. This program will give children great encouragement to learn. When a question is answered correctly, ABC-TALK will say positive words (way to go, great, excellent, etc.). The hi-resolution graphics are designed to bring out the childs creativity by using kaleidoscopes and collages (the child will recognize various objects , letters and words hidden in the graphics). (For only $ 25.00) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OTHER PRODUCTS WITH TALKING TEACHER ----------------------------------- COLORS and SHAPES - Designed for children 1-7 years old. (cost only $19.50) ADDITION and SUBTRACTION - Designed for children 4-9 years old. (cost only $24.50) MULTIPLICATION and DIVISION - Designed for children 7-11 years old. (cost only $24.50) WORD GAMES GRADE 1-3 - Designed for children 6-9 years old. (cost only $29.50) WORD GAMES GRADE 4-6 - Designed for children 9-12 years old. (cost only $29.50) EARLY SPANISH - Designed for children 4-12 years old. (cost only $29.50) PC-TALK (THE VOICE LIBRARY) --------------------------- The VOICE LIBRARY is a NEW product for business and personal applications. The library consist of words and phrases the can be used in all sorts of possibilities. There is no special hardware need to run the VOICE LIBRARY (works thru the PC speaker). The voice commands can be put in any batch file (*.bat) and added to your programs/menus. This package is very easy to use, you simply need to type PC-TALK at the dos prompt, followed by the words you would like to say (example: to say happy birthday, type in "PC-TALK happy birthday"). Also included in this package is a PCX display program that can be used to display pcx pictures. This will give you a TALKING SLIDE SHOW capability. (This package contains over 1,000,000 bytes of SPEECH, MUSIC and SOUND EFFECTS (3 disk) for only $29.50) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SW-TALK (THE VOICE LIBRARY for programmers) ------------------------------------------- The VOICE LIBRARY is a NEW product for SHAREWARE AUTHORS/PROGRAMMERS. The library consist of over 100 words that can be used to give your programs a more professional touch and help increase your registrations. Excellent voice quality That works thru the PC speaker. The voice commands can be added to any batch file (*.bat) and/or added to your programs (shell command). This package is very easy to use, you simply need to type SW-TALK at the dos prompt, followed by the words you would like to say (example: to say PLEASE REGISTER YOUR SHAREWARE, type in "SW-TALK REGISTER"). Also included in this package is a PCX display program that can be used to display pcx pictures. This will allow you to design a fancy intro. screen for your programs. (For only $ 25.00) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHOW TALK (THE SHOW STOPPER) ---------------------------- Did you ever see the candid camera show where there is a guy hiding in the mail box talking to people as they walk by - well that is what this product is. It is intended to be used to attract people to the computer (your show booth or retail store), IT'S A REAL HEAD TURNER. This program will draw fancy collages and about every 30 seconds it will say catch phrases (in real human speech), to try and catch the persons attention. Some of the phrases are: HELLO - IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE, HEY THERE GOOD LOOKING (FEMALE VOICE), HEY YOU OVER THERE, COME ON OVER HERE, PLEASE GET ME OUT OF HERE, TRY PRESSING A KEY and many more. When the person presses a keyboard key, SHOW TALK will say a joke or sing a song or play name that tune. This is a great CUSTOMER CATCHER for your next show. You can also use this in a retail store or to play jokes on your friends. (For only $ 15.00) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GOTCHA !! --------- GOTCHA is a NEW ARCADE ACTION/STRATEGY GRAPHIC GAME. This game is CHALLENGING, very ADDICTIVE and lots of FUN. GOTCHA has high speed Nintendo style graphics, arcade sound effects and voice output, multiple skill levels and VGA graphic support. The object of the game is to move your sphere on the playing grid in such a way that you outlast and/or entrap the computer's sphere. The computer uses ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE based decision making to move it's sphere. There are four rounds in this version, each round is more difficult to beat and use different tactics to entrap your sphere. When you complete all four rounds, a wild graphic screen will entertain you. We feel this game is a new and exciting interactive graphic game. First there was PAC-MAN, then there was TETRIS, now there is GOTCHA !!. (For only $14.50) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JOKE TALK --------- JOKE TALK is a new type of HUMOR program with real human speech that will say several jokes. Some of the nifty funnies are : computer jokes, phone rings, greetings, on-liners and the CANDID CAMERA SHOW. This product will give you hours of entertainment and is suitable for playing practical jokes on your friends. (For only $20.00) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VII. Shareware Distribution --------------------------- Shareware is a growing concept for now and the future. This gives YOU the chance to freely obtain and try out this software to see if it fits your needs or provides you child with entertainment. Shareware means that you try it, and if you like it, you should BUY it.... If you continue to use this Shareware program, after trying it out, you are expected to register your copy with C.E.S. Inc. and pay the registration fee. What you get in return will be the latest version of this program , PLUS A FREE second program. Please support the Shareware concept. This will enable us to continue to support our software and create new and exciting educational programs. Considering the price of a comparable commercial software package, it's obvious that Shareware is a good deal for everyone. There are real advantages to the Shareware system. You get to try out software to make sure it's compatible with your system and that it fits your needs before you "buy" it. C.E.S. Inc. saves the expense of advertising, packaging and distribution and passes the savings on to you. Plus, We are much more accessible than commercial software sources, so your questions and suggestions are much more likely to be responded to. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes finding software easier, because you can try before you buy. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. Shareware Dealers ----------------- If you are a Shareware dealer and plan on adding this program to your library, please send us a letter so we can add you company to our database. This will allow us to send you any updates to this program and all future Shareware programs that we develope. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY ---------------------- THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS," THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED. NEITHER C.E.S. Inc. PRODUCTS NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE . THIS DISCLAIMER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF MARYLAND. Distribution restriction ------------------------ The files and programs on this disk may not modified or deleted. Please do not arc or zip these files. Disk vendors, those who sell Shareware for a profit shall not charge more then $10.00 per disk. The programs cannot be sold as part of some other package, without written permission from C.E.S. Inc.. The distribution disk cannot contain any other programs. If you plan on adding this program to a CD-ROM package, please write us for approval. When distributed via a modem link all files must be transferred in a archive format. We recommend that you use the ZIP or ARC format when you would like to transfer this program over a telecommunication link. VIII. Ordering Information --------------------------- To order the new version of 123-TALK plus a FREE 2nd. program, send $25.00 U.S. dollars (Free shipping in USA, $2.50 shipping for foreign orders) to the address below. Make your check or money order payable to C.E.S. Inc.. If you would like to use your VISA, MASTER CARD or AMERICAN EXPRESS credit card, Please call our toll free order line at (800) 847-0309. C.E.S. Inc. 3005 Glenmore Ave. Balti., MD 21214 If you have any comments or suggestions, please send us a letter or reach us on CompuServe [70461,3520]. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT --------------------------