- Introduction
This package is suitable for children with or without learning difficulties and also for adults who wish to improve their reading skills.
The package can be used to support the high and medium frequency word requirements of 'National Literacy Hour'.
A composer is included for writing your own stories for use with 'Reading Assistant'.
More details can be found by selecting an item from the 'Contents' on the left, or click on one of the other packages to see details about it.

  - PC Requirements
The software is designed for PCs running Windows™ 3.1, 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP or NT.
The package is supplied uncompressed on a 1.4-mb floppy disk. You can install it on a hard drive or run it directly from disk, which is ideal for consultants using different PCs.
The package uses only 16 colours. It will work in monochrome but colour selection features will not be effective.
You must have a mouse, or other pointing device, as this is used to perform all the activities. The keyboard is only used with 'Composer'.
You need a printer only if you want to print stories.
If a PC can run Windows™, then it should have sufficient power for this software.

  - About the Package
The package comes with over 100 stories, with the earlier ones being based, in part, on the high and medium frequency word requirements of the 'National Literacy Hour'.
You can choose the colours you find best for reading the stories.
You can choose from a script, 2 cursive, a serif and a sans-serif font.
You can choose the speed at which a story is displayed.
Stories can be shown a page, a line or a word at a time, with or without tracking.
At the end of each story there is a comprehension test.
Using the 'Composer' you can add your own stories and comprehension tests.

  - Composer
Allows you to compose your own stories, with or without associated comprehension tests, and group them by degree of difficulty or any other way you choose.
Provides statistics of the story you are writing, including various word frequency counts and an estimate of the Fog index.
Allows you to print your stories in the form of work-sheets, in various fonts.
Allows you to see a list of   'National Literacy Hour' high and medium frequency words to help in maintaining a reading skill level.

  - Licences
Licences are available for 1, 5 or 10 users.
You may install the software on as many PCs as you are licensed for and at any one time you may run that number of versions, either from floppy disks or installed versions.
You must not sell or give, free of charge, any copies of the software in any form either in its own or under another name.
Spellwell Software takes no responsibility for any indirect damages or claims arising from using its software.

  - Ordering
Please send a cheque for the appropriate amount made payable to Spellwell Software.
Alternatively, please send your official order form requesting an invoice.
Please specify package(s) and type of licence required.
Please send orders to

Spellwell Software, 59 Oxgangs Road, Edinburgh, EH10 7BD.

  - Download Trial
The trial version contains only 10 stories and does not allow you to save stories from 'Composer'.
Click download 'Reading Assistant' (140 kb) for the trial version, but see below if you want all the packages.
If you want to download all three packages, click download all (893kb) to download all three at the same time and save download time.
'Unzip' into a folder of your choice, then run 'SETUP.EXE' to create Start Menu Entries for Windows 95/98, or Program Icons for Windows 3.1. If it does not run you most probably do not have 'VBRUN300.DLL'.
Click VBRUN300.DLL (225 kb) if you don't have it and 'unzip' it into the directory with the trial version or into '\WINDOWS' or '\WINDOWS\SYSTEM'.

  - Prices
 

Licence
1 PC 5 PCs 10 PCs
Reading Assistant £30 £120 £180

Prices include postage and packing.
VAT is not payable as Spellwell Software is not registered for VAT.