A magician has stuffed all of the words from your
list in his Magic Hat. Each word rises from the hat in a puff of smoke (and,
optionally, is spoken) and then disappears. You spell the word from memory.
The program is run by selecting Magic Hat from the main menu screen. The game
uses all the words from your word list, in a random fashion. You play the game
until all words have been used or until you click Stop. Clicking Help or pressing
will bring up this screen of information.
You make a word rise from the magician's hat by
clicking the Flash Word button or pressing
. You can also have the computer
say the word (the list must have been recorded) by making the desired choice
within the Say Word? frame. You then must spell the word by selecting the letters
in order. You can press the letters on the keyboard to spell the word or use
the mouse (just click on the desired letter). You are given three tries to spell
each word. You can flash the word again, but this counts as a try. You can flash
the word three times before you have to try to spell the word. The fewer tries
you need to spell a word, the more points you score. After spelling the word
correctly or after using your three tries, the correct word spelling is given
to you. Click Next Word to go to the next word in the list.
The flash speed can be adjusted using the arrows
under the Flash Word button. The slowest speed shows the word for about 2 seconds,
while the fastest speed is about 0.05 seconds! The Magic Hat screen also shows
you how many words are left in the list and your current score. Once you have
finished Magic Hat (either by trying all words in the list or stopping the game),
your score will be given to you and a list of the words you had trouble with
will be provided. At this point, you will be returned to the Spelling Games
main menu. Here, you can play another game, load another word list, or Exit
the program.
Mixed Case Lists: If you use the mouse to enter
your answers, Magic Hat will convert your response to the proper case. If you
type in the answers from the keyboard, the typed letters must be of proper case
to receive credit for a correct answer.
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