The toy was originally developed as a learning tool to help young children learn to spell and pronounce over 200 words. Antonella owned these games as a child, but lost them over time. She wanted ...

Before it became the darling of circuit benders the world over, the Speak & Spell was a marvel of modern technology. Complete with a microprocessor and voice synthesizer, the Speak & Spell was ...

For some of us, the Speak ‘n Spell evokes pleasant memories of childhood as our first computer, along with one of those Merlin things. For others, it’s the ultimate circuit bending victim.

In this genuinely diabolical plan, the kids will never know they're actually learning while playing with toys until it's too ...

“Last but not least,” Paddock said, “the Texas Instruments Speak & Spell, an ’80s educational toy, can be sold for anywhere between $50 and $300, proving that vintage doesn’t always mean outdated.” ...

These smart toys can learn from and speak with the user, change their behavior, provide interactive actions, and customize learning lessons. Most smart toy developers aim their products at kids aged ...

Rewiring audio toys to make new sounds. It involves exposing the circuit board in a device such as a Texas Instruments "Speak & Spell" toy and short circuiting leads until an unusual sound is ...

Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases used ... and that's 'throwing your toys out of the pram' or 'throwing your toys out the pram'. Feifei, I thought it might ...

And why is language “prejudice” harmful? If we speak a very ‘standard’ variety of English (even linguists have trouble defining exactly what ‘standard’ means), it might be harder for ...

But dyslexia is even more common than those learning disorders and "can significantly impact daily life in various ways, ...