Retro | Speak & Spell Electronic Game | Classic Retro Interactive Toy, Educational Learning System For Boys & Girls Ages 4+ | Basic Fun 09624

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Touch & Discover – An educational game [86] employing a position-sensitive membrane matrix keyboard. The Touch & Discover is considered the precursor to the Super Speak & Read. Disney licensed their characters to Texas Instruments for this toy, and Touch & Discover employed the "first-ever" synthesized voices of Disney characters. [106] Morley, Paul (7 November 1981). "Depeche Mode: Speak & Spell". New Musical Express. London. ISSN 0028-6362. Touch & Tell – A 1978 educational game [85] aimed at children of ages 2 to 5 employing a position-sensitive keyboard. [104] A synthesized voice asked children questions and kids touch the answers on the keyboard. The Speak & Spell was re-designed several times (the last time in 1992 for the Spanish market only), and Texas Instruments insists, “the basic learning principles and design concepts remain the standard for educational toys.” Speak & Spell Online – a Flash-based web application with partial functionality created by Jake Smith in 2002 [52]

Lazell, Barry (1997). "Depeche Mode". Indie Hits 1980–1989: The Complete U.K. Independent Charts (Singles & Albums). Cherry Red Books. ISBN 0-95172-069-4. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009 . Retrieved 10 May 2022. Bohlig, Dirk and Woerner, Joerg. Texas Instruments Speak & Spell Compact. Datamath Calculator Museum. 5 December 2001.The Speak & Spell is a teaching machine specifically in the tradition of B. F. Skinner, reflecting some of both Skinner’s design principles and his theories of learning, decades older than the popular Texas Instruments device. Rather than selecting the correctly-spelled word in a multiple choice quiz, for the example, the Speak & Spell prompts the user to construct the response. It praises; it corrects.

Speak & Music – A musical audio game allowing free-form and memory-based (rhythm memory, eidetic musical memory, etc.) gameplay. [102]The Speak & Math was very minutely redesigned in 1986, under the same name, with the new version representing nothing more substantial than a redesign of the faceplate graphics. [99] In 1990 the Super Speak & Math was released as a major redesign similar to the first version of the Super Speak & Spell. [100] As with the Super Speak & Spell, the display screen of the Super Speak & Math was changed to an LCD screen instead of the former VFD screen. The keyboard was also expanded and given more functions. The general structure of the console was also altered similarly to the Super Speak & Spell such that the handle which had come at the top of the screen in prior Speak & Math units was now found on the bottom of the toy and ergonomic features were added to the shape. The very first presssings of the first USA edition of the album did not have a UPC bar code on the cover. The album was issued before UPC codes were a necessity. A number of simulations of the Speak & Spell (not emulations, as they don't run the original code) have shown up online in recent years with varying degrees of functionality. Often programmed for Flash, [50] these are often the result of nostalgic sentiment for the 1980s. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.88. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

Teddy Touch & Tell – The next generation of the Touch & Tell game, [85] Teddy Touch & Tell is shaped like a bear and educates children on the topics of the alphabet, numbers, colors, animals, and music. [105] a b c d e f g h Woerner, Joerg. Texas Instruments Super Speak & Spell. Datamath Calculator Museum. 5 December 2001. Woerner, Joerg. Texas Instruments Super Speak & Spell (91). Datamath Calculator Museum. 5 December 2001. Woerner, Joerg. Texas Instruments Touch & Talkies "Shuttle Buddies". Datamath Calculator Museum. 5 December 2001.Also included was a 28-minute documentary about the making of the album entitled Depeche Mode: 1980–1981 (Do We Really Have to Give Up Our Day Jobs?) featuring interviews with the group (including Vince Clarke) and other relevant personnel such as Daniel Miller. There is various footage of the group's appearances on Top of the Pops including their very first appearance from 1981 performing "New Life". There is also vintage BBC footage of the Speak & Spell Tour from the same year. a b Christgau, Robert (9 March 1982). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. ISSN 0042-6180 . Retrieved 5 January 2014. This emulator began in 2002, as a personal project I started with the single aim of improving my Flash Actionscript skills.