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Basic Fun Speak & Spell Electronic Game
Speak & spell is back and it’s just like you remember! One of the earliest computerized learning Systems from the 70S and 80S, speak & spell was the first educational toy designed to help children learn to spell over 200 commonly misspelled words using a speech synthesizer. Now, a whole new generation can enjoy this
Categories: Kids Electronics
$29.95Amazon.com Price
(as of February 17, 2020 6:21 pm GMT+0000 - Details)
Added on: February 17, 2020 - More: Comments & Reviews
Product Description
Speak & spell is back and it’s just like you remember! One of the earliest computerized learning Systems from the 70S and 80S, speak & spell was the first educational toy designed to help children learn to spell over 200 commonly misspelled words using a speech synthesizer. Now, a whole new generation can enjoy this classic toy with friends and family for years to come. With multiple play modes and challenge levels, kids will have fun and learn at the same time! For ages 7 & up. Includes 3 AA batteries.
Product Features
- Retro play – classic 80’s graphics, sounds and gameplay
- Speak & spell was the first educational toy designed to help children learn to spell over 200 commonly misspelled words using a speech synthesizer.
- For ages 7 & up. Includes 3 AA batteries.
- At any point, if the Speak & Spell does not “turn on” reactivate by pressing the tiny “Reset” button on the back of the tablet (near the Try Me Pull tab). Ensure batteries are inserted first.
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Exactly Like the Original (for good and for bad) This brings back SO many memories! It is exactly like the Speak & Spell I remember using for hours. Ah, nostalgia! My kids went right to it, and much like me as a kid, like the “Mystery Word” (aka Hangman) game the best. So in that way, it’s a hit. I’m sure there’s a $0.99 app that would do the same thing – however this will be a cool thing to keep in the car or to pull out when I don’t want them lost in the screen time vortex.That being said, I think this needs some updates for…
Nostalgia! Take note of the RESET BUTTON on the back. Brings back so many memories.NOTE – Mine was seemingly DOA (dead on arrival) as well, but then I noticed that there is a tiny RESET BUTTON next to the slot where you pull the white tab from in the back. I used a small screwdriver and pushed the button in for a few seconds, turned it back around and pushed the ON button and it worked. Neither the instructions nor box it came in made any mention of this. Hope this helps someone else.
A Comparison To The Original. Like every other vintage game or toy Basic Fun re-makes, they go 90%. The front is identical in look, feel and size. But the new version is a full quarter-inch thicker. The digitized voice is different (but no clearer), and starting phrase is different than the original. The display is a real failure though. It’s a backlit green LCD with much larger digits, instead of the vacu-florescent display in the old one. If you don’t look directly at it you can’t read it. Why they re-recorded and…