ANDY'S LETTERS is meant to help a child learn the alphabet, but it must be used with common sense.
Using the program with a child who is too young, or who knows none or only a few of the letters, may result in frustration and may impede rather than help the child. Sitting with the child and giving some answers the first few times the game is played may help prevent frustration. Some children do not react well to losing.
In short, for best results try to keep a child challenged but not frustrated. If the game helps, use it. If it does not, do not use it. It is unlikely that a child will find the game as much fun as purely recreational games. Andy preferred other games to this one.
Be aware that this program teaches only a very low level of knowledge. Being able to point to a letter when its name is called does not mean that the child will be able to identify a letter when shown it. That is a slightly higher skill.
ANDY'S LETTERS is shareware. See details for paying the shareware fee below.
ANDY'S LETTERS is copyrighted 1993, 1996 by Robert Schenk.
Robert Schenk
bobs@kagi.com
Notes on version 1.2
Version 1 was released as shareware in 1993. Version 1.2 allows one to use the program to test lower-case letters as well as upper-case letters. When the splash screen appears on the screen, select OK for all upper case, Ok for a mix of upper and lower case, and ok for all lower case.
Version 1 was written to run on a classic Mac with a nine-inch, black-and-white screen. This version still works on those Macs, but on color Macs with big screens, it uses color icons to make the game a bit more visually interesting. (These can be customized by using ResEdit if you do not like them. Just keep the ids the same. The green monster was drawn by my son Matthew.)
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How to pay the shareware fee of $5.
Paying for Andy's Letters is fairly simple. Open the Register program that accompanies Andy's Letters. Enter your name, your email address, and the number of single user licenses you desire for each program you wish to purchase (or Site or Word-Wide licenses). Save or Copy or Print the data from the Register program and send the data and payment to Kagi Shareware. More specifics on the Register program to follow. Kagi Shareware handles my payment processing.
If paying with Credit Card or First Virtual, you can email or fax the data to Kagi Shareware. Their e-mail address is shareware@kagi.com and their fax number is +1 510 652-6589. You can either Copy the data from Register and paste into the body of an e-mail message or you can Save the data to a file and you can attach that file to an email message. There is no need to compress the data file, it's already pretty small. If you have a fax modem, just Print the data to the Kagi fax number.
Payments sent via email are processed within 3 to 4 days. You will receive an email acknowledgement when it is processed. Payments sent via fax take up to 10 days and if you provide a correct internet email address you will receive an email acknowledgement.
If you are paying with Cash or USD Check you should print the data using the Register application and send it to the address shown on the form, which is:
Kagi Shareware
1442-A Walnut Street #392-SB
Berkeley, California 94709-1405
USA
You can pay with a wide variety of cash from different countries but at present if you pay via check, it must be a check drawn in US Dollars. Kagi Shareware cannot accept checks in other currencies, the conversion rate for non-USD checks is around USD 15 per check and that is just not practical. If you have a purchasing department, you can enter all the data into the Register program and then select Invoice as your payment method. Print three copies of the form and send it to your accounts payable people. You might want to highlight the line that mentions that they must include a copy of the form with their payment.
Kagi Shareware can not invoice your company, you need to act on my behalf and generate the invoice and handle all the paperwork on your end.
Please do not fax or email payment forms that indicate Cash, Check or Invoice as the payment method. As far as we know, there is still no technology to transfer physical objects via fax or email and without the payment, the form cannot be processed. Payments send via postal mail take time to reach Kagi Shareware and then up to 10 days for processing. Again, if you include a correct email address, you will hear from Kagi Shareware when the form is processed.
