<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Hi Everyone.... A couple of things: Re: Future of Zero Sugar [snip] > I think I've found proper way - instead of decentralising technical > aspects in core development, decentralise method of sharing changes > between users/doers - here Zero Install[1] integration[2] - integration > not to shell UI or other technical aspects but to sugar community. For us not-quite-so-techie folks, what is a Zero Install? Re: sounds in Speak [snip] > > This afternoon, I had an interesting conversation with a Montessori    > > teacher, about Speak. She asked me why Speak says "a" when "a" is > >pressed and not the *sound* of the letter "a". Montessori teachers     > >teach the shape and sound of letters first, and then the name of the   > >alphabet. I did not have an answer for her, but I wondered if it would  > >be possible to have an option in Speak to do so. Montessori is a special case and maybe a special Phonics Activity for them would be a good idea.  Other teachers might want to try it as well. About the correct pronunciation of "a," I have noticed that in my speech and that of others,  the sound of the a seems to vary with the sentence and how it is used and sometimes even how I feel!   Caryl </body> </html>