Read, Write & Type is a 1995 educational video game from The Learning Company.[2] The game is for ages 5 to 9.[3]

Read, Write & Type
DeveloperPresage Software[1]
PublisherThe Learning Company
PlatformsWindows
Macintosh
Release1995
GenreEducational

Gameplay

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"Read, Write & Type" helps students develop phonics, spelling, and typing skills by associating sounds with keyboard letters. Players team up with animated characters to save storytellers from a villain, completing activities like naming pictures, identifying sounds in words, and using correct typing techniques. They also practice forming words, phrases, and sentences using a simple word processor.[3]

Development

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Read, Write & Type was developed by Presage Software, a company founded in 1986 and based in San Rafael, California.[4]

Reception

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Winston-Salem Journal said "Although I haven't found a fresh test subject for this, I've found so much -from this company valuable and loved by kids that I can recommend the program".[8]

References

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  1. "Presage Products - Read, Write & Type". Presage Software. Archived from the original on June 14, 1997. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  2. "Vexor the Virus spreads education". Pensacola News Journal. October 9, 1995. p. 15. Archived from the original on May 6, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 Holzberg, Carol (April 1, 1996). "Read, Write & Type". Booklist. Archived from the original on May 6, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025 via Gale Research.
  4. "The Company". Presage Software. Archived from the original on June 14, 1997. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  5. "Read, Write & Type 9x". Macworld. August 2003. Archived from the original on May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025 via Gale Research.
  6. Akin, Jim (December 1996). "The two dads". MacUser. Archived from the original on May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025 via Gale Research.
  7. "Reader Rabbit". Quad-City Times. March 24, 1996. p. 40. Archived from the original on May 6, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  8. McWilliams, Peter (December 4, 1995). "New software allows kids to while away the hours with Zoop or write a paper". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 18. Archived from the original on May 6, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
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