Children's Software Revue

" Leapfrog announced what it hopes will be the next big thing in interactive learning -- the 'FLY pentop computer.' The talking pen -- about the size of a fat cigar -- has an optical sensor in its tip (enabling it to know where it is on a special 'dotted media' paper) and a built in speaker that can say 70,000 words.

So if you write a word, in clear block letters, you can hear it read aloud, either through the onboard speaker, or an optional ear bud. This write it, hear it utility alone could make FLY a breakthrough language learning tool. "