These programs require a physical keyboard. This means they will not work with a tablet or mobile phone unless you have a Bluetooth keyboard.
ECLIPSE is total deletion. You have to
rebuild a text that has been completely masked out. Impossible? Well no, much
easier than you might think. You can see the word shapes and the punctuation,
and you see a title. Guess a word that might be in the passage, and it will be
filled in everywhere it occurs. Start with common words like THE or AND. Try
all the words of the title. If you are really stuck, you can ask for a hint--a
free letter.
Almost all of these are stories about Nasreddin, a figure from Middle Eastern folk lore, strongly
associated with Turkey. Stories about Nasreddin are
said to be addictive; if you hear one you will not be happy until you have
heard six more. For that reason I have included seven Nasreddin
stories above, as well as one recent newspaper item.
SEQUITUR is about putting words, phrases or
sentences in order. You see a title of a text and three possible continuations.
Pick the one you think is right and it will be added, and then you get three
more possibles. Here are two more Nasreddin
stories.
These versions of the programs have been
created by Martin and Nik Holmes of Creative Technology and
are marketed as TexToys.