The Reading Machine provides paced reading and computer-generated tests for electronic literature. Whether a student's reading speed is ten words per minute or 500, The Reading Machine displays text at a steady rate in the font, size, and colors desired.
Left-to-right eye training, vertically scrolling text, and book-style pages offer different reading environments for different needs and preferences. Reading aloud is also supported with Macintosh speech technology.
Tests about any text are created with one click; the software analyzes the text and makes questions on-the-fly with no need for teachers to enter questions and answers! Other features include voice and balloon help, light-duty file utilities, style shortcuts, and a context-sensitive user guide.
Shareware, $20 USD.
Snakey Math combines classic arcade action with mathematical drills. One to four players can play and learn together at one computer with lots of color, sound, and voice action at any screen resolution. Computer-controlled opponents eat any nearby number, keeping players on their toes and getting the screen crawling with a total of up to eight snakes in motion.
Snakey Math provides superior math drills with gradual elimination of incorrect choices, rather than simply flashing the correct answer and moving on. This design creates a more complete learning experience, allowing students to continue looking for the correct solution to each problem.
A wide variety of math problems are possible with flexible settings of operations and operands, including negative numbers and decimals. The math settings offer mixed drills for more variation, and even multiple operations per problem are supported to help students practice the order of operations.
Shareware, $12 USD.
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