New in Version 3.0:
★ Added a “Phonetic Spelling” option to each word in the word list. This allows you to enter an optional spelling of the word in a way that the computer voice can pronounce it more clearly.
★ Added a “Usage Phrase” option to each word in the word list. When a Usage Phrase is present, iSpeak and Spell will announce the spelling word and then follow it with “AS IN...” and then it will speak the Usage Phrase. This feature is especially funny to use when you use Urban Dictionary to create your spelling words and examples.
★ Added high resolution support for iPhone 4 devices
★ Improved the appearance of the information and configuration dialogs.
★ Added new controls for adjusting the talking speed of the computer voice.
iSpeak and Spell
A multilingual text-to-speech application styled to emulate the original Speak & Spell.
Enjoy hours of fun listening to iSpeak and Spell use voices and dialects from around the world to read aloud anything you type.
iSpeak and Spell lets you enter your own list of words (simulating the “expansion modules” of the original) or you can use it with the over 200 words built right inside.
Custom list of words also includes:
★ Phonetic Spelling option for each word in the word list. This allows you to enter an optional spelling of the word in a way that the computer voice can pronounce it more clearly.
★ Usage Phrase option for each word in the word list. When a Usage Phrase is present, iSpeak and Spell will announce the spelling word and then follow it with “AS IN...” and then it will speak the Usage Phrase. This feature is especially funny to use when you use Urban Dictionary to create your spelling words and examples.
iSpeak and Spell will announce the words youve chosen and will incorporate those words into the same fun and challenging activities the original icon of the early 80s offered.
iSpeak and Spell presents all of the word challenge games in rounds of 10 words each. Before and after each round, you are in “Free Play Mode” where you can type anything you want and listen to iSpeak and Spell say it.
After each round of word challenges, iSpeak and Spell reports your results and then uses that information as it creates new word lists for each new round.
iSpeak and Spell will detect which words seem to be giving you the most trouble and will repeat those intermittently through each round.
A useful learning tool that’s fun and entertaining.
iSpeak and Spell will speak in any of the following dialects:
English (US)
English (UK)
English (Lancashire)
English (Scottish)
English (West Indies)
English (West Midlands)
Spanish
Spanish (Latin American)
Czech
Danish
German
Finnish
French
French (Belgium)
Hungarian
Icelandic
Italian
Latin
Norwegian
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Romanian
Slovak
Swedish
Turkish
** Note that because iSpeak and Spell is retro-styled for the nostalgic at heart, it does not support international keyboard characters.