By Alice Hill
RealTechNews

I was never good at spelling, and frankly that has not changed much over the years. Maybe it was because I never had a Speak & Spell growing up. Whatever the reason, I found a website offering up an emulated and 100% free version here.

Here’s what Jake the developer had to say about his project:

“As with any good personal project, you need a focal point, and mine was the Speak N Spell. I’d just bought one off Ebay, to go with the rest of my retro toys, and more importantly, I stumbled across a full set of sound files ‘blown’ or sampled from a Speak N Spell.

“I thought it’d be cool to create an emulator using the sound files, and since I’d been working with Flash for a while, including being part of the beta test teams, it seemed like a good mix of idea and execution to improve my knowledge of Flash. At the same time, I was on a Freehand (R.I.P.) beta too, so all the artwork was done using a pre-release version of Freehand (note the bevelling around the red plastic? My first use of filters in Freehand). Again, having a focus and goal makes it easier to set about with your software tools.”

We Say: Spell T-H-A-N-K Y-O-U J-A-K-E