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• Arachnid is a real-time programming environment from Paul Fray Ltd
(based on Spider for the BBC B). For £100 +VAT, you get a detailed
manual with tutorial section plus a program which can be used to respond
to external events such as switch closures, perform various timing tasks
and control external events via whatever I/O ports you have installed on
your computer. (Paul Fray Ltd’s phone number was wrongly quoted last
month − it should be 0223-441134.)
4.8
• Conform − NorthWest SEMERC have produced a concept keyboard overlay
generator. The main criterion of the software writers was that the
package should be easy to use so it should be ideal in the primary
sector of education. The price is £15 +VAT.
4.8
• Freddy Teddy’s Adventure − Topologika’s Freddy Teddy is off on his
adventures again. After his first trips released under the program name
“Freddy Teddy”, he is off again under the title, “Freddy Teddy’s
Adventure”. For £19.95 +VAT (£21 through Archive) you get a storybook
and a disc which provide counting games and puzzles that encourage
logical thought and help children gain confidence in using their
Archimedes computer.
4.8
• My World − This is an application produced by NorthWest SEMERC which
allows children to manipulate Draw files. It is said to be “unlike any
educational software on the market”. It costs £15 +VAT and comes with 20
example files to get users started. Simple Stuff Sampler (£7.50 + VAT)
is also available and provides a further 17 screens to be used with My
World.
4.8
• Primary WP − NorthWest SEMERC have produced a RISC-OS word-processor
called Phases#2 aimed at primary schools. It comes with its own outline
fonts, various sample documents, a keystrip and a double-ended manual −
one end starts as the User Guide and the other end as Starting to Use
Phases#2 and the two books meet in the middle. The price is £15 + £2.50
p&p plus VAT. Also available at £7.50 +VAT each are two Phases Support
packs − The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Phases Borders Disc 1.
4.8
• Shareware disc Nº39 − this contains a number of items of educational
interest and also some utilities: Algorithms (sorts, pattern matching,
routing, etc), A-level Chemistry tutorial, Draw files summarising the
RISC-OS applications, Compound interest and RPI calculators, BASIC FN’s
to help plot graph axes, BASIC V mathematical FN’s, Depth of field and
flash calculators for photography, Desktop backdrop, Disc copier
(updated from S/w 2), Compacted screen sequence creator, Desktop file
utilities, Converter from IBM WFN to outline fonts, Floating point
calculator, SoundTracker -> Rhapsody converter, Desktop !Help provider.
4.8
• Speech! − Superior Software have given the Archimedes a voice called
Speech! for just £19.95 (£19 through Archive). It uses the standard
sound interface leaving the computer free to do other things. No extra
hardware is needed. You can vary the pitch, speed, volume and voice
either directly or through your own programs. You can even sing the
words over a 4 octave range! It also comes with a program that will
allow you to change the dictionary yourself.
4.8
• Speech!! − DT-Talk is an allophone based speech synthesizer which can
synthesise any word in the English language. It integrates with the
computer’s own sound system and can therefore be used alongside other
sounds and music. It is available for £15 +VAT from Atomwide.
4.8
• Speech!!! − A third speech system is also now available from PEP
Associates. This again links in with the sound system and can be
programmed by the user. It uses phonemes to generate words (don’t ask me
if that’s the same as being allophone based!) and is available for £25.
It is called PEP Associates SpeechSystem but why they didn’t call it PEP
Talk, I’ll never know! They have given us a public domain demonstration
which we have put on this month’s program disc.
4.8
(All three speech systems have been sent to a reviewer, so watch (or
listen to) this space..)
4.8
• Spreadsheet MkV − Contex Computing have released a low-priced RISC-OS
compatible spreadsheet for just £15 +VAT. This is an initial price −
early purchasers will get a printed manual, while stocks last. Thereaf
ter, it will be available as a disc file.
4.8