Product Comparison

"I can't tell you how impressed I am with this program. I just wish I had purchased HyperGASP before I had spent so much time learning and working with HyperStudio." - Eddie K. Evans, Brady Middle School, Pepper Pike, Ohio.

HyperGASP compared with HyperStudio

HyperGASP and HyperStudio(TM) (Roger Wagner Publishing) are multimedia authoring programs which target the education market. Both programs offer a point-and-click interface and multimedia features. Which should you choose?

HyperGASP, in general, is designed to provide greater flexibility, interactivity and power. HyperGASP offers a wider range of automatic authoring functions, such as hot text, automated stack creation, and the design of interactive, prompted quizzes. HyperGASP provides high level features that are essential for courseware design, e.g. custom report generation, as well as high-powered presentation-making options, including 3D textures and custom sound composition.

HyperStudio is less powerful and more expensive.

The following table briefly summarizes some differences in the multimedia features offered in each product:

	HyperGASP	HyperStudio
Imports Styled Text	Yes	No
Translates Word Processor Files Into Multimedia Stacks	Yes	No
Exports Text to a Word Processor	Yes	No
Can Add Hypertext Links to Any Media Item	Yes	Difficult
Generates Automatic Reports of Students' Test Performances	Yes	Very Difficult
Generates Self-tests Offering Branching and Immediate feedback	Yes	No
Prompted Interactive Quiz Design	Yes	No
Random Shuffling of Quiz Questions	Yes	No
Sound Recording	Yes	Yes
Sound Triggered Via Hot Text	Yes	With Buttons Only
Custom Musical Composition, Pitch, Duration and Tempo Control	Yes	No
HTML Authoring	Yes	Requires Plug-in
Produces Web-Exportable Image Maps	Yes	No
Allows for Control and Web-Export of QuickTime Video Display	Yes	No
Employs a Popular, well documented, easy to use scripting language	Yes	No

Conclusion: when it comes to ease of use and powerful features, HyperGASP stands out!

Other Advantages of HyperGASP

HyperTalk scripting language used with HyperGASP is far more flexible and powerful than the awkward and limited LOGO variant used in HyperStudio. HyperTalk offers the user a language which more easily permits customization and provides structures capable of producing a huge range of applications.

HyperGASP offers a more intuitive multimedia production environment (drag and drop, dialog-based, point and click card building, click away text and objects).

HyperGASP applications can easily be linked to other applications, offers flexible control of the object environment, supports 16-bit and 32-bit color, blending of graphics, Text and icon animations, and enforces minimum and maximum word limits. HyperGASP exists in a rich, popular scripting environment. Numerous existing HyperCard software extensions and examples are available.

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