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Talking Time Tutor Copyright (c) 1994 KidStuff Software 6490 Dubois Rd. Lewis Center, OH 43035 614-548-5043 Compuserve 71043,3706 "Talking Time Tutor" will have your child telling time in no time! Your child will hear the time spoken using high quality digitized speech. TTIME provides a variety of different time activities each with three skill levels. Activities include setting the analog clock to match the digital watch, setting the digital watch to match the analog clock, setting the analog clock to the spoken or written time, and setting the analog clock to a future or past time. Additional features are provided to entertain your child as he/she learns. Each analog clock has it's own animation routine. For example the eyes in the owl clock move back and forth. The colors of the wrist watch may be changed. A bear on the screen tells time-related jokes or asks your child questions about time. Isn't it about time you invested in "Talking Time Tutor" for your child? "Talking Time Tutor" was developed with the help of my daughters - Lisa (7), Kristy (4), and Julie (3mos.), (well I don't know how much help Julie was!) I hope your children enjoy our program as much as we have. Your registration fee makes it possible for us to continue producing programs like "Talking Time Tutor". If you continue to use this program, I hope you will decide to become a registered user by sending in the following registration form. Shareware Registration Form - TTIME 2.2 Benefits Of Registering: *** Receive 5 additional analog clocks for use in TTIME - Cat, Bear, Santa Claus, Dinosaur, and Cuckoo clocks. * Sound Blaster/Adlib sound card support. * Removal of the initial shareware screen on TTIME. * Notification of and discounts on program upgrades or new programs. * Support via phone or mail. [ ] $10.00 "Talking Time Tutor" Registration Fee [ ] $2.50 shipping & handling for orders outside the U.S. or Canada [ ] Sound Blaster/Adlib Version Disk Size: [ ] 3 1/2" [ ] PC Speaker Version [ ] 5 1/4" (Shareware versions of the following programs are available. See descriptions of these programs at the end of this file.) [ ] $3.00 "Sounds Like A..." [ ] $3.00 "Talking Number Machine" [ ] $3.00 "Preschool Pack" [ ] $3.00 "Masterpiece Menu" [ ] $3.00 "U.S. Geography" [ ] $3.00 "Ms. Piggy Bank" [ ] $3.00 "Kinder-Carton" [ ] $3.00 "My Reading List" Payments may be made by VISA, Master Card, check or money order (checks must be for U.S. funds on a U.S. bank) to: KidStuff Software 6490 Dubois Rd. Lewis Center, OH 43035 Credit Card Information: [ ] VISA [ ] Master Card Credit Card Number: ___________________________ Expiration Date: ______________________________ Signature: ____________________________________ Name: _________________________________________ Address: _________________________________________ _________________________________________ Phone: ________________________ I received the shareware disk from: ________________________ Comments or suggestions: _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ DISTRIBUTION BBS Name: TTIME2A.ZIP TTIME2B.ZIP (disks 1 & 2) "Talking Time Tutor" is a shareware product and may be freely copied and shared with other computer users. Continued use beyond a reasonable evaluation period requires registration. TTIME may be copied and distributed by shareware distributors or posted to Bulletin Board systems. Distributors, please include all files listed below when distributing this product. DISTRIBUTION FILES TTIME may be distributed on a single 720K disk, or two 360K disks. SINGLE DISK DISTRIBUTION (720K or 1.2M) INSTALL.EXE * installation program INSTALL.FIL * installation script TTIME22.001 * split file 1 TTIME22.002 * split file 2 TWO DISK DISTRIBUTION (360K) *** Disk1 INSTALL.EXE * installation program INSTALL.FIL * installation script TTIME22.001 * split file 1 *** Disk2 TTIME22.002 * split file 2 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS "Talking Time Tutor" requires 640K RAM, a hard drive, and an EGA or VGA color monitor. A mouse is optional. *** The speech routines require at least a 286 system and are not compatible with Microsoft Windows. The program must be run strictly from DOS (not the Windows shell). INSTALLATION Insert disk 1 into the floppy drive and type A:INSTALL (or B:INSTALL). Once installed you should have the following files: TTIME.EXE TTIME.DOC TTIME.GXL TTIME.RSC RUNNING "Talking Time Tutor" Change to the "Talking Time Tutor" directory and type TTIME. For example: CD \TTIME TTIME If you experience incompatibility with the speech option of "Talking Time Tutor", you may disable the speech by pressing F10 to set program options. Remember that the speech routines will not function correctly if the program is run from Microsoft Windows. The program must be started from the DOS prompt. "TALKING TIME TUTOR" INSTRUCTIONS Click on the stoplight or press ESC to exit TTIME and return to DOS. You will be asked if you want to quit the program. Click on 'Yes' or type 'Y' to quit. Click on 'No' or type 'N' to return to the program. Program Options (F10) Press the function key F10 to set the program options. These options will be saved to disk and remembered in subsequent program sessions. Press ENTER to move to the next option field. The two options include: Speech On Y/N The speech may be turned on by entering 'Y', or off by entering 'N'. Time Mode 1-4: 1 = Hours and Half Hours 2 = Fifteen Minute Increments 3 = Five Minute Increments 4 = One Minute Increments Enter the number to select the time mode used in the four activities. The mode will determine the random times selected for each activity. Speaker 1 or Sound Card 2: Enter a 2 if you have a Sound Blaster compatible sound card installed in your system, otherwise enter a 1 and the computer will use the internal PC Speaker for sound output. Speech Level (1-15): Enter a number from 1 to 15 to adjust the sound card volume from low to high. This option will have no effect on the PC Speaker and may not work with some sound cards. "Free Play" Mode When you first start TTIME you will be in "Free Play" mode. You may move the hour or minute hands of the analog clock, set the hour or minutes on the digital watch, hear the time of the analog clock spoken, switch analog clocks, animate the analog clock, change the color of the wristwatch band, or make the bear "talk". In Free Play mode the digital and analog clocks are synchronized. Changing the time of one clock will automatically update the other clock to the same time. Younger children, especially, may use the program in Free Play mode to become familiar with time and number concepts. ANALOG CLOCK OPERATION You may use any of the following commands to manipulate the hands on the analog clock. Forward 1 Hour: - click the black Hour Hand Up icon (right or left mouse button). - press the 'H' key. - press the Right Arrow key. Back 1 Hour: - click the black Hour Hand Down icon (right or left mouse button). - press the Left Arrow key. Forward 1 Minute: - click the red Minute Hand Up icon (left mouse button). - press the 'M' key. - press the Up Arrow key. Forward 5 Minutes: - click the red Minute Hand Up icon (right mouse button). Back 1 Minute: - click the red Minute Hand Down icon (left mouse button). - press the Down Arrow key. Back 5 Minutes: - click the red Minute Hand Down icon (right mouse button). Spoken Time: You may hear the time shown on the analog clock by clicking on the Lips icon, or by pressing the 'T' key. In addition to speaking the current time, the time will be displayed on the screen in word format. (For example - "a quarter after twelve"). For each time, (except the o'clocks), there will be more than one time expression. Leave the clock at the same setting and activate the Spoken Time option repeatedly to cycle through each expression. The following expressions are used for each time range: Time Range: Time Expression(s) ----------- ---------------------------------- 1:00 one o'clock 1:01 to 1:09 one oh one, one after one 1:10 to 1:14 one ten, ten after one 1:15 one fifteen, fifteen after one, a quarter after one 1:16 to 1:29 one sixteen, sixteen after one 1:30 one thirty, half past one 1:31 to 1:44 one thirty one, twenty nine till two 1:45 one forty five, fifteen till two, a quarter till two 1:46 to 1:59 one forty six, fourteen till two DIGITAL WATCH OPERATION If using a mouse, the four arrows at the sides of the digital watch are the icons used to manipulate the hours and minutes of the digital watch. Forward 1 Hour: - click the black Right Arrow icon (right or left mouse button). - press the Right Arrow key. Back 1 Hour: - click the black Left Arrow icon (right or left mouse button). - press the Left Arrow key. Forward 1 Minute: - click the black Up Arrow icon (right or left mouse button). - press the Up Arrow key. Back 1 Minute: - click the black Down Arrow icon (right or left mouse button). - press the Down Arrow key. ADDITIONAL OPTIONS (FREE PLAY MODE) Change Analog Clock (SpaceBar) Click on the center of the analog clock, (or press the SpaceBar), to switch to a different clock. In the shareware version there are 2 analog clocks, the registered version contains 6. Animate Clock - Pocket Watch - Fives Display (F5) Click the area near the stem of the pocket watch or press F5 when the pocket watch is displayed. The computer will display the count by fives just outside each clock number. For example a 5 will be displayed outside the one, 10 outside the two, 15 outside the three, etc. If Speech and Say Fives are set to Y in the program options window, the clock numbers will be highlighted as each 5's digit is displayed. If you click the stem area a second time the 5's display will change to show the numbers 5 to 30 outside the clock digits 1 to 6 and the numbers 25 to 5 outside the numbers 7 to 11. This display will help your child understand the "till" times, i.e. when the minute hand is on the 7, it is 25 minutes till the next hour. Click the stem area a third time to erase the 5's display. These options are also available when inside one of the activities (F1-F4), if the pocket watch is displayed. Animate Clock - Other Analog Clocks (F5) Each of the other analog clocks have an animation associated with them. Activate this option by pressing F5 or by clicking in the top area of the clock, for example - on the owl clock, click on the owl's head. For each clock, except the pocket watch described above, this option will set the clock to the current time and activate the animation routine. The clock will remain in this mode, maintaining the current time, until any key is pressed, or a mouse button is clicked. When the bear clock is displayed, you may notice a delay as the bee must complete part of its loop before stopping. Clock Action ------------------------------------------------------------ Pocket Watch Display minute count by fives. Owl Eyes move left to right. Bear Honey bee flies around. Santa Christmas tree with blinking lights. Cat Eyes move up and down. Dinosaur Munches on grass. Cuckoo Cuckoo bird Bear Talk (F6) Click on the bear in the lower left corner, or press F6 to activate the bear. The bear will ask various questions related to time, or will tell a time-related joke. Click or press any key to move on to the next portion of the question or joke. Change Watch Color (F7/F8) The color of the top or bottom bands of the digital watch may be changed by clicking on the top or bottom sections of the band or by pressing F7 for the top band, or F8 for the bottom band. A series of colors may be cycled through. TIME ACTIVITIES (F1-F4) There are four different activities which involve setting one of the two clocks to a specified time. Select an activity by clicking on the appropriate icon or pressing the corresponding function key (F1-F4). The number of correct answers for all activities is maintained and displayed beside the bear in the lower left corner of the screen. Selecting the "Say Time" icon while in any of the four activities will always speak the time displayed on the analog clock. When you have set the clock to the time specified by one of the four activities - click on the "OK" button, press the letter 'O', or press the ENTER key. If you are not able to set the clock to the correct time, click on the "Show Me" button, press the letter 'S', or press ESC and the clock will be updated to the correct time for that activity. SET ANALOG TO MATCH DIGITAL (F1) In this activity a randomly selected time will be displayed on the digital watch. The analog clock must be set to match the time displayed on the digital watch. Move the hands of the analog clock as described in the Analog Clock Operation section. When the time on the analog clock matches the time on the digital watch, activate the OK button and you will hear a beep and the number of correct answers will be incremented and displayed. You will then return to Free Play mode, where you may select this or another activity. SET DIGITAL TO MATCH ANALOG (F2) In this activity a randomly selected time will be displayed on the analog clock. The digital watch must be set to match the time displayed on the analog clock. Set the digital watch as described in the Digital Watch Operation section. When the time on the digital watch matches the time on the analog clock, activate the OK button and you will hear a beep and the number of correct answers will be incremented and displayed. You will then return to Free Play mode, where you may select this or another activity. SET ANALOG (F3) In this activity a randomly selected time will be displayed in words at the top of the screen. If speech capability is not disabled, the time will also be spoken. The analog clock must be set to match this time. For example - you may be asked to set the time to "twenty five till eleven". Move the hands of the analog clock as described in the Analog Clock Operation section. When the time on the analog clock matches the spoken time, activate the OK button and you will hear a beep and the number of correct answers will be incremented and displayed. You will then return to Free Play mode, where you may select this or another activity. ANALOG PLUS OR MINUS (F4) In this activity a box will appear showing the current time. You will be asked either - what the time will be in a given number of hours and minutes, or what the time was a given number of hours and minutes ago. For example - if the current time is 1:30 and you are asked what the time will be in 1 hour and 15 minutes, you would set the time on the analog clock to 2:45. Move the hands of the analog clock as described in the Analog Clock Operation section. When the time on the analog clock matches the correct future or past time, activate the OK button and you will hear a beep and the number of correct answers will be incremented and displayed. You will then return to Free Play mode, where you may select this or another activity.