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T A L K I N G A B C W O R K B O O K
VERSION 1.0
Three Delightful Games
Color ABC
Trace ABC : 5 Levels
Write ABC : Freehand
Recommended for ages 3 and up.
Requires an IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or compatible
with 100K RAM, MOUSE, CGA,EGA,or VGA color display.
Authors: Ramesh and Anita Kushwaha
Copyright (C) 1993,
MEDCOM
3757 Helen Ave., Ypsilanti, MI 48197, USA
T A L K I N G A B C W O R K B O O K
INTRODUCTION
This program was designed for JUHI KUSHWAHA by her parents
after learning that she was enjoying a program to learn A,
B,C on computer. Later on it was discovered that there is no
such program for learning to write alphabets for children.
Hence, it was decided to market it through shareware at
very minimal cost so that other children can also benefit
from it.
With that in mind, the program is made very simple so that
children have no difficulty in using it. They should not need
any manual to operate the program. Most of the instruction is
provided on-line. Parents of very young children (age 4 and
below) need to guide them once or twice what to do and then
kids will enjoy it.
This program is for writing capital letters. The program for small
letters is underway & will also be available through shareware.
INSTALLATION
There is one disk. You can run the program from either floppy
disk or from hard disk. Speed will be faster if you you run it
from a hard disk compared to a floppy disk. You may make a
backup copy of the disk.
INSTALLATION ON HARD DISK
1. Turn the power on to the system and wait for the C:> prompt
to appear.
2. Place the disk in drive A: and type the following command :
A: and Press "ENTER" key.
3. At the A:> prompt type the following command :
Install and Press "ENTER" key.
It will create ABCWB subdirectory on your hard disk and
will copy all required files to ABCWB subdirectory.
4. Type the following command:
C: and press "ENTER" key.
The Installation is complete. Take your disk out and save.
NOTE: If you use B: drive, replace A: with B: in the steps above.
Page 1
INSTALLATION ON FLOPPY DISK
You do not need to do any thing for installing it on floppy disk.
You may make a copy of it and save the original. Use the copy
disk to run the program.
STARTING "TALKING ABC WORKBOOK" PROGRAM
FROM HARD DISK
1. Turn the power on to the system and wait for the C:> prompt
to appear. If your computer is already on, you do not need
to the above step.
2. Type the following command :
CD ABCWB and Press "ENTER" key.
3. Type the following command at the C:>\ABCWB\ prompt :
ABCWB and press "ENTER" key.
This will take you to the main MENU of the program. Highlight
any one of the three games or "QUIT" option by choosing one
of the boxes with mouse.
STARTING "TALKING ABC WORKBOOK" PROGRAM
FROM FLOPPY DISK
1. Turn the power on to the system and wait for a prompt
to appear. If your computer is already on, you do not need
to the above step.
2. Insert your operating disk in the drive (A: or B:) and type the
following command :
ABCWB and press "ENTER" key.
This will take you to the main MENU of the program. Highlight
any one of the three games or "QUIT" option by choosing one
of the boxes with mouse.
Page 2
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM
The program then displays the main MENU of 3 games and QUIT option.
COLOR ABC
TRACE ABC : Level 1
TRACE ABC : Level 2
TRACE ABC : Level 3
TRACE ABC : Level 4
TRACE ABC : Level 5
WRITE ABC
QUIT : To EXIT
GAME 1 : COLOR ABC
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The program asks you to press a letter. When you press a letter,
it displays the letter made with blank rectangles. It verbally
asks you to color the letter and pronounces the letter displayed
on the screen. You are free to move the mouse by using the
LEFT BUTTON and color the inside of the letter. The program does
not let you color outside the letter. You may press another letter
any time you wish or press "ESC" key to go to the main menu.
GAME 2 : TRACE ABC
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There are five levels in this game. The levels are different
based on how close the dots and dashes are that make the letter.
They are in order of low to high level of difficulty. The first
level makes the letter with solid line and the last (5th) level
makes the letter with no lines.
Once you choose this option, it will ask you to press a letter
by visual & voice both. Once a letter is pressed, it displays
the required number of dots that make the letter and line
connecting them. Lines will be dashed or dotted according to
the level you chose. You are supposed to trace the letter with
mouse joining dots or dashes from begining point to the end point.
It will draw a solid black line only if you connect the right
dots. If you try to trace at wrong positions, the lines will
disappear. After the letter is complete, it will display and
verbally pronounce the word "GREAT". You will be asked to press
another letter. You may quit the program and go to the main menu
at any time by pressing the "ESC" key.
Page 3
GAME 3 : WRITE ABC
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It is assumed that if you have played enough games one & two,
you should be able to play game three easily and should be able
to write capital English letters. This game let you trace the
letter freehand and does not put any constraint as in game 2.
However, it tells you when you are right and wrong after
you complete a letter. only restriction it puts is that you
have to draw a particular letter with certain fixed number of
lines.
Once you press a letter, it displays the required minimum no.
of dots that make the letter. It does not pronounce the
letter in the begining as in games 1 & 2. The program te