Frequently Asked Questions.

A Windows desktop platform connecting spelling learning, practice, assessment, competition management, live presentation and reporting.

Learners, parents, teachers, tutors, schools, organisers, adjudicators, programmes, sponsors and partners.

Learning Edition supports preparation; Competition Edition adds formal event operation; Partner Edition supports approved branded programmes.

Yes. Learning Edition can be used independently without running a formal competition.

Yes, when users provide validated word content and suitable installed voices or a human pronouncer.

Use the Microsoft badge on the Downloads page to open the official Microsoft listing.

The desktop application supports local-first operation after installation. Internet may be needed for Store installation, updates and online support.

Confirm the Windows user, activity, timer, voice, WordBank and any Advanced Filter.

Verify participant order, approved WordBank, rules, audio input, extended displays, privacy settings, storage and report folder.

Open the User Guides page or the application Help menu where available.

No. The name identifies the session and leaderboard entry; it does not create a separate private database.

Statistics belong to the signed-in Windows user database. Use separate Windows accounts for separate private learner records.

Names entered under the same Windows account contribute to that account database.

No. WordBank and filter selection determine the actual words and practical difficulty.

Yes. Learning continues normally; the field is used for leaderboard grouping.

Learn → Practice → Test → Individual Speed Round.

Learn Mode presents spelling, pronunciation, definition, sentence, part of speech and origin before assessment.

A guided unscrambling activity that reinforces letter order and records PRACTISED status.

An independent assessment that hides the approved spelling and records CORRECT or INCORRECT.

A timed learning activity using one countdown for successive words.

Use it after accuracy is established; compare correct words as well as attempted words.

Flashcards support structured review and retention using word information.

Yes. Select Silent - Manual when Text-to-Speech is not required.

A named collection of complete word records used for learning or competition.

Yes, more than 10,000 starter words are included to help users begin.

No. Organisers must validate and approve the exact competition list.

Yes. Use the supplied structure and review spelling, meaning, sentence, pronunciation, origin and part of speech.

The prefix identifies the main spelling convention used in that collection.

Yes. Delete unneeded collections carefully to reduce selection errors.

Remove wording that reveals the target word or an obvious variant.

It removes learning progress and statistics and can remove Competition Edition records. Retain required reports first.

A recurring pattern that helps explain or predict spelling; rules still have exceptions.

A one-syllable word ending in one vowel plus one consonant commonly doubles before a vowel suffix.

Silent final e is commonly dropped before a suffix beginning with a vowel.

Consonant + y commonly changes to i before a suffix, except before an i suffix.

It creates a dynamic study set using length, structure, WordBank, origin, part of speech and status.

Yes. Set Status = INCORRECT and combine other conditions if required.

Yes: equal to, greater than, greater than or equal to, less than, or less than or equal to.

A reusable combination of conditions designed for a rule, level or weakness.

UNATTEMPTED, LEARNT, PRACTISED, CORRECT and INCORRECT.

LEARNT comes from Learn Mode; PRACTISED comes from guided Practice Mode.

An independent Test Mode attempt.

Highest correct-word total first, then highest percentage where totals are equal.

Results, timing and the actual spellings entered during the session.

Create a focused recovery session using Advanced Filter.

Up to 999 participants using the supplied spreadsheet workflow.

The sequence assigned during registration is used automatically throughout the event.

Affected spellers are reinstated and continue in the original sequence.

No. Disqualification is an exceptional official action requiring a factual reason.

An end-of-round function that restores an eligible participant eliminated during the round that just ended.

No. The restored participant returns within the original order.

It adds authorised extra time when competition rules allow.

Review the end-of-round state, resolve eligible challenges and use the round-advance control.

Yes. Use the computer for compact adjudication or rehearsal.

Adjudicator control plus either a dedicated Speller or Audience display.

Separate Adjudicator, Speller and Audience views.

Extend creates independent desktops; Duplicate mirrors one image.

Normally no. A splitter duplicates one signal.

A powered dock explicitly supporting the required independent display count and resolutions.

No. Confirm that the host port carries the video technology required by the dock.

Use an active, optical or HDMI-over-Cat solution for venue distances beyond reliable passive cable limits.

No. Competition audio can be recorded with Text-to-Speech or a human pronouncer.

Select the intended Windows input, confirm Microphone Ready and verify meter movement.

Check mute, gain and the selected Windows input device.

The complete round is stored as one audio file.

Yes. Show only authorised information and use approved event content when necessary.

Yes. The application includes an on-screen report viewer.

Use the separate Learning and Competition Privacy pages in the Resources menu.

Visit the website User Guides page or Contact Support.