MOSSMAN'S SPELLTESTER IS DESIGNED TO BE USED BY CHILDREN 3 AND UP. PARENTS SHOULD ASSIST DURING SETUP OF THE "GAME" AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO OFFER HELP DURING PLAY. PLAY GOES LIKE THIS: THE CHILD IS ASKED IF HE/SHE IS READY, RESPONDS WITH A KEY PRESS.HE/SHE IS GIVEN THE CORRECT NUMBER OF LETTERS IN THAT WORD,AND IS ASKED TO SPELL THE WORD ONCE THE WORD IS SPELLED, THE CHILD SHOULD PRESS ENTER. HE/SHE IS EITHER CONGRATULATED OR ASKED TO GIVE IT ANOTHER TRY. ONE MAY ASK FOR THE WORD TO BE GIVEN AS NEEDED BY PRESSING F6 THREE WRONG ANSWERS RESULTS IN THE DISPLAY OF THE CORRECT SPELLING. ONE CAN CHANGE FROM EASY TO HARD/HARD TO EASY BY EXITING THE SPELL SESSION AND CHOOSING SKILL FROM THE MENU. ONE MAY ADJUST THE SPEED OF THE SPEECH BY EXITING THE SPELL SESSION AND USING THE SPEECH OPTION (F4) TO CHANGE THE RATE OF THE SPEECH OR THE VOLUME