Short: multiplication tables practice drills Author: Ernest Unrau Uploader: Ernest Unrau Type: util/rexx Version: 1.0 Requires: ARexx L:speak-handler DEVS:narrator.device LIBS:translator.library DEVS:DOSDRIVERS/SPEAK Architecture: generic Short: ----- Series of ARexx scripts to provide multiplication tables practice drills. Requirements: ------------ This distribution ARexx server must be active (likely the default on most classic Amiga systems) L:speak-handler DEVS:narrator.device LIBS:translator.library DEVS:DOSDRIVERS/speak If you have not owned earlier version of AmigaOS, such as 1.3, you may not have the above components on your system. In that case you may be out of luck unless you can find another source, such as Aminet, for a substitute or replacement. I suspect it may not be legal for me to supply these files with this distribution. Check on Aminet for the "SoftTalk.lha" distribution by R.Altmann (http://aminet.net/util/misc/SofTalk.lha). I haven't tested it, and these scripts may need modification to work with it, but it looks promising from the description posted: "SofTalk is a new speech synthesizer that can be used on all Amiga operating systems. No hardware is required. SofTalk replaces the narrator device and translator library on Amiga operating systems v1.0 thru v2.04, and should be compatible with most application programs that used the original Amiga speech capability." Full Description: ---------------- This series of ARexx scripts was created to provide multiplication table drill practice for our children. It helped them to increase their skill with the "times tables". They loved to hear the audio feedback and perception of artificial intelligence from the computer, which turned a chore into a game :^) These scripts should work on most any version of AmigaOS, certainly up to OS3.9, as long as you have the components above. Provided you have the components noted above, just double click on a script to run it. If you find on lower versions of AmigaOS that you can't run the ARexx scripts by doubleclicking on the icons, you can always run them from the shell with syntax, rx Example: rx TimesTables_4 SPEAK: must be mounted. If you don't have this DosDriver file available, then drag the supplied dosdriver file into the DEVS:DOSDRIVERS drawer, and then it will mount automatically at boot time. If you are running OS3.9 then you can simply leave the SPEAK dosdriver file in SYS:Storage/Dosdrivers and the script(s) will automatically mount SPEAK when needed. This is because the Dos "mount" command includes SYS:Storage/Dosdrivers in its search path. I didn't know that before today; you learn something every day! I haven't tested to see whether this works on a lower version of AmigaOS, but give it a try. Alternatively, simply drag the dosdriver file to some convenient place, then mount it by doubleclicking when you want to run the times-table practice scripts. Have fun!