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AlphaBaby
AlphaBaby 1.8
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(5) 4.8

Allows your infant/child to safely play with your Mac.   Free
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    Laura Dickey
AlphaBaby lets even infants and toddlers have fun playing with the computer.

My kids love to play with the computer. Unfortunately, they also have the habit of renaming my hard drive to "axlfkaj". So, I wrote AlphaBaby so they could safely use the Mac without inflicting too much damage! Every time a key is pressed or the mouse is clicked, a letter or shape is drawn. Sounds can be played every time something is drawn.

Your own sounds and pictures can also be used. AlphaBaby helps kids to learn letters, plus provides a safe environment for kids to have fun "typing" on the
What's New
Version 1.8:
  • Added trapezoid shape.
  • Changed name of diamond to rhombus.
  • Fixed pronunciation of the letter "y" on Leopard.
  • Fixed pronunciation of "square".
  • Now support loading CAF audio files.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later.


Related Links
Version 1.51 for Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4.

Version 1.4 for Mac OS X 10.2 and earlier.







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AlphaBaby User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 1.x:
(5)
Your rating: Now say why...
Overall:
(5)

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MacGEEK19 reviewed on 30 Jun 2008
Brilliant. Simply put. It would be cool to integrate some of your own sounds instead of all those annoying Mac OS X beeps and dings.
[Version 1.7]


burypromote
+1

+4

/usr/bin/Paul reviewed on 27 May 2008
Thank you very very very much for this wonderful little app. Under Leopard however, there are several shortcuts my 18 mo old found quickly, like Spaces and enabling certain universal access items, but the fix was simple, just disable all the items under "Keyboard Shortcuts" in "Keyboard & Mouse" and disable "Spaces" and viola! Thank you again.
[Version 1.61]

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burypromote
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dbonser replied on 29 May 2008
My 13 month found a way to exit it as well: ctrl-esc. I'm not sure what this is a shortcut for but it exits AlphaBaby every time.

Otherwise, she LOVES this program. She even likes to use the mouse and draw trails of stars all over the screen.

Thanks for a great program!
burypromote
+1

+12

Multimago reviewed on 30 Apr 2008
I use this since 2004 and my daughter still use this app. Before with shapes only ( + sound ) and now she play with our photos wiht my macbook.
The Application seems planned to follow the children in variuos ages in the best way.

Thanks a lot from my family!
[Version 1.61]


burypromote
+1

-2

gabrielu reviewed on 26 Mar 2008
My 2 year old son loves it! The program serves its purpose.
[Version 1.6]


burypromote
+1

+1
thanasis commented on 03 Nov 2007
Many thanks for this fine application.

My 2 yrs daughter has spent hours on it viewing photos and learning colors, shapes, numbers and letters.
[Version 1.51]


burypromote
+1

+1

alexander69 reviewed on 04 Sep 2007
Thanks a lot for making AlphaBaby and for giving it for free...

It works without problems for me, I like the individual options (let it speek with own voice, etc.) and the only thing I would like to see added is an "interactive" option with simple mouse click "games".

But again, very use- and helpful as it is and a lot of fun for my baby.
[Version 1.51]


burypromote

+64
raddle commented on 26 Jul 2006
Hmm - looks interesting! I was gearing myself up to try to do something similar, but I think you may have saved me the time (and made it a good cooler than i would have).

The baby's currently in bed, so I can't give it the acid test, but will try that tomorrow and see how it pans out!
[Version 1.51]


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Downloads:6,520
Version Downloads:2,250
Type:Home & Personal : Arts
License:Free
Date:07 Nov 2009
Platform:PPC / Intel
Price:Free0.00
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AlphaBaby lets even infants and toddlers have fun playing with the computer.

My kids love to play with the computer. Unfortunately, they also have the habit of renaming my hard drive to "axlfkaj". So, I wrote AlphaBaby so they could safely use the Mac without inflicting too much damage! Every time a key is pressed or the mouse is clicked, a letter or shape is drawn. Sounds can be played every time something is drawn.

Your own sounds and pictures can also be used. AlphaBaby helps kids to learn letters, plus provides a safe environment for kids to have fun "typing" on the keyboard!

Both an application and screen saver version of AlphaBaby are provided.
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