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Try AlphaBaby - Version: 2.1.6, 4/1/2004 05:18AM PST
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DonSL777
I'm not going enter a star rating here, but I would strongly urge people looking for another alternative to Baby Safe II to try AlphaBaby instead. It's a rock-solid application without any technical flaws.
AlphaBaby is literally the ONLY application I have ever seen on VersionTracker with more than 3,500 downloads with a five-star rating. It seems that everybody needing an application like AlphaBaby loves it (including me).
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19998
Oh, one more thing. AlphaBaby is freeware, unlike this one at $20.
AlphaBaby is literally the ONLY application I have ever seen on VersionTracker with more than 3,500 downloads with a five-star rating. It seems that everybody needing an application like AlphaBaby loves it (including me).
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19998
Oh, one more thing. AlphaBaby is freeware, unlike this one at $20.
Expose BIG Big 
- Version: 2.1.6, 3/31/2004 02:24PM PST
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Capt. Mac
Agree with the post below. I installed and it seems to rewrite expose prefs. I would MUCH rather have it leave expose alone, if I want to disable it, let me do it. Don't rewrite our prefs for us. I understand the author is trying to disable it so the kid users doesn't have a way out but I will disable it if I want to please.
Do not install! It hosed my system - Version: 2.1.5, 3/30/2004 08:09AM PST
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wplate
I installed it and tried it, I wasn't too impressed so I deleted the application.
But now I'm in a situation where if I Command-Delete in the Finder, Exposé is invoked. If I Command-K in the Finder, Exposé. If I Option-Arrow in Final Cut Pro, Exposé. I don't know what Baby Safe did to my system, but Exposé is constantly being invoked! I can hardly get any work done.
ARGH! Thanks a lot Baby Safe.
But now I'm in a situation where if I Command-Delete in the Finder, Exposé is invoked. If I Command-K in the Finder, Exposé. If I Option-Arrow in Final Cut Pro, Exposé. I don't know what Baby Safe did to my system, but Exposé is constantly being invoked! I can hardly get any work done.
ARGH! Thanks a lot Baby Safe.
Neat but.... - Version: 2.1.0, 2/20/2004 06:40PM PST
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Beto1
This is a pretty neat program - it has kids voices when a key is pressed on the keyboard. My two year old daughter however LOVES AlphaBaby and it is F$EE. I understand not everything in life is free but AlphaBaby is cool.
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bcsdtech - Version: 2.0.6, 1/16/2004 08:24AM PST
BCSDTech
My two year old son seems to enjoy this application a lot. He can sit at the computer with me and press keys and hear the numbers and letter spoken back to him. He is able to identify most of the pictures now, and is able to say lots of numbers and letters back as the app "speaks" them to him. I think this is a great product. I'm also glad to see that it became an application, rather than a screen saver like it used to be.
BabySafe offers a much richer experience:
- letters and numbers the child hits on the keyboard are displayed on the screen and spoken with charming sampled childrens' voices
- photographic images of people, animals, and objects of interest to toddlers are displayed on the screen
- if so configured, pictures from your iPhoto library will also be displayed on the screen, as well, a particularly nice feature
BabySafe II has been stable for me, and my daughter loves it. I like to use it as a learning tool, naming the pictures displayed or (now that she's older) asking her to name them. My only complaints would be:
- it can run sluggishly on my PowerBook G3/400, getting far behind on processing keystrokes, and making me wait to exit the protected mode
- it is certainly not impossible that a toddler will at random type one of the many supported words for exiting the protected mode
- at times it can be too compelling; I can't get my computer back!