WHAT is Let's Talk ?
Let's Talk uses your computer's ability to speak aloud whatever you or your students type. Let's Talk lets teachers easily construct talking lessons that provide Introductory comments, talking scripture, and talking quizzes. After creating them, you can then save them for later or immediate use.

Onscreen your kids will get a fun interface of your content, and animated characters which speak your words. Then your students will create responses to your questions/discussion using their own onscreen characters.

Let's Talk  has four modules:   
         1. Talk Now   -for quick responses to teacher's questions
         2. Conversation Now    -for quick student conversations
         3. Select a Lesson   -to access previously built lessons
         4. Create a Lesson   -to create talking lessons

1. Talk Now...
Create an onscreen character and type text for him or her (or it) to say aloud. Lesson Use: The teacher can pose a question to the class and have each student create a spoken response for the whole class to hear (and discuss further).

2. Conversation Now...
Two characters appear on screen which two or more students type "instant messages" for to carry on a conversation. USE: The teacher might ask two students at the computer to share their favorite part of the story, or ask each other about how they might have acted in the Bible story. "What would you have done," etc.

3. Select a Lesson... 
Student select lesson presentation which either the teacher or another student has created. See "Create a Lesson" below for more details.

4. Create a New Lesson...
Let's Talk features an extremely easy to use lesson editor to create basic talking presentations for either immediate or later use.
 

Here's how easy it is to create a talking lesson in Let's Talk:

1. Pick a teacher character, voice style and background picture for your lesson.

2. Create a title that gets spoken aloud.

3. Create Introductory remarks.

4. Type Bible verses or story content that talks aloud when played.

5. Add a 3 question quiz that talks aloud.

6. Add 3 questions which your students create spoken responses to using an animated character.

  Teachers can easily copy lessons to other computers using a diskette (where Let's Talk is installed).

  Students can make talking lessons for each other.

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Order Let's Talk Now Online
Single copy price is $22.00
2 to 4 copies are $17.00 each
A Site License copy for 5-10 PCs is $75
for 11-20 PCs the site license is $95
(Look for it about half way down our order form in the quizzes section.)

You'll notice we've really kept the price down on this program. The site license cost is our lowest ever. I'm excited by this new type of program and know it will be very useful to you.

Owners of version 1.0 who complete the feedback form sent with the CD will receive a FREE Upgrade of the program when we update Let's Talk . Notice I said "when".  We always improve our first editions, but with Let's Talk  we will be aggressively soliciting customer feedback to improve the program with your ideas. It's a new kind of program -and we want you to be comfortable signing on with us. Look for our feedback form shipping with the program.

System Minimum:
Windows 98se, ME, XP
300mhz, 64mb Ram, 6 mb videoram minimum. Will run faster on better computers.

Age Range is 5 to 80.
Non-readers can use this program because it can speak to them, and you can help them type their responses.

Students design their own onscreen character who does the talking.
Teachers and students select from a range of onscreen teachers and voices to speak their lessons.

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BACKGROUND:
The first time as a teacher that I heard a computer talk, I knew we had a tiger by the tail. The kids loved it. Since the early 90's I have been bringing programs into my computer lab which could TALK BACK to the kids. This is possible because of a built-in feature of both Windows and Mac PCs called "text to speech synthesis."  Whatever you type, the computer can say aloud.

Sometimes I wrote the scripts and let the computer tell the kids something I wanted to share with them. Way back in the early Soundblaster soundcard days there was a Talking Parrot I used quite effectively. Then creative writing programs such as Kidworks, Writing Blaster and now Kid Pix began incorporating "text to speech" capabilities in their drawing tools. The "Talking Bible Story Book" was born.

We've incorporated text-to-speech activities in Fluffy & God's Amazing Christmas Adventure CD, and experimented with "reflection construction" that speaks aloud in Awesome Bible Stories. Let's Talk is an evolutionary next step.

Questions?  Email me.  <>< Neil MacQueen, Sunday Software