Brrrr.....I still find it spooky: Speak & Spell

[therev]

As a dislectic I've (obviously ALWAYS) had a problem with spelling (and numbers), which you can probably tell from 90% of my posts. I'm also too damn lazy to run everything I post through a spell checker first.

Anyway I was bought a Speak & Spell for Christmas when i was about 10.

I HATED THAT ****ing THING!
 
My parents used to make me sit and "play" with it for HOURS to try and help me learn to spell (the only thing it helped me to to was A) be reduced to tears B)Hate electronic voices).
A mate of mine just mailed me this link as he knows of my hatred for the "damn red box of humilation" as he now works with the bloke who wrote the original programme.
I intend to meet this man and beat the snecker within an INCH of his LIFE!

Link: http://homepage.mac.com/jakesmith/speaknspell/speaknspell.html" target="_blank">http://homepage.mac.com/jakesmith/speaknspell/speaknspell.html

[Matt Timson]

I assume that Stephen Hawking isn't your ideal narrator then?

;)

[Max Kon]

Wow, if you press enter it puts your score up once you finish (i got 8 cause i didn'y know what it was saying) I pressed enter and it said 9 out of 10, again and it said '10 out of 10' you could have cheated and always got full marks.

[raspberry reich]

i swear the speak and spell told me to spell incest.

[IndigoPrime]

Two things about that online version:

1. You can't always tell what it's saying (access vs excess).
2. It incorrectly spells "all ready" as "already" (which has become "accepted" to some extent, but is frowned upon by all major style guides).

[therev]

"..frowned upon by all major style guides" - Wot, GQ, Heat etc???
;-)