At Sun, 5 Oct 2003 13:40:45 -0400 (EDT), Andrew Perrin wrote: > > On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, Bengt Thure'e wrote: > > > Thanks, but it sort of demands an internet connection. I hope > > I can use a very old laptop (Pentium 100), and no internet > > connection... Just to put her somewhere and she can hack and > > slash at the keyboard... :-) > > > > My son has loved emacs for just this application since he was > about 11 months old.
For helping teach my kid to read I used emacs running emacspeak. The robotic language, via the eflite speech synthesis server, was sufficient to get the words' pronunciation across. Type "D-O-G-<space>" in a buffer and you get the audio feedback "dog." I used to set the xterm to the most massive font size available (by adjusting the font and screen sizes) to make reading, or so I assumed, easier for preschool eyes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
