Torah Educational Software
{{Short description|Jerusalem-based Judaic software distributor}}
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Torah Educational Software (TES) is a distributor of Judaic software based in Jerusalem.{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |title=For the Oldest of Lessons, the Newest of Tools |url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/12/circuits/articles/31libe.html |date=December 31, 1998 |author=Jon Kalish}} Its product Let's Keep Kosher received a rabbinical endorsement.{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishsoftware.com/default.asp?page=category&id=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216023039/http://www.jewishsoftware.com/default.asp?page=category&id=4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-12-16 |title=Let's Keep Kosher}}
Software for Jewish texts
- A 1996 followup to a 1994 Davka-vs-TES (Torah Educational Software) comparison of Jewish texts on CD-ROM began by listing the winner: "The competition ... has led to an apparent winner: the consumer!"{{cite magazine |magazine=Jewish Action |date=Spring 1996 |url=https://jewishaction.com/science-technology/the-virtual-shtender |title=The Virtual Shtender |author1=Barry Simon |author2=Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein}}
- A University of California Press 34 page overview of tools for Talmudic study, especially related to Daf Yomi,{{cite web |url=https://content.ucpress.edu/chapters/10990.ch01.pdf |title=Authoritative and Accessible |page=8}} gives Artscroll top billing, but in the area of non-print and non-voice, TES is noted for its Gemara Tutor and Talmud Master software.
- Dagesh is the name of their multi-language wordprocessing program, including Hebrew, English, Russian, and Arabic;{{cite magazine |magazine=Jewish Action (OU) |title=Bytes & PCs Getting Your Words' Worth |date=Spring 1998 |author=Rabbi Yitzok Adlerstein |url=http://ou.org.s3.amazonaws.com/publications/ja/5758/spring98/adlerstein3.htm |accessdate=March 22, 2021}} Dagesh-Pro Translator is bi-directional for Hebrew and English.{{cite web |url=http://www.bmsoftware.com/tesdageshprotranslator.htm |title=TES Dagesh-Pro Translator |accessdate=March 22, 2021}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.torahtots.com/jerupost.htm Torah Tots' Parsha on Parade (an Oct. 2000 review of TES' CD)]
Category:Educational software companies
Category:Educational technology companies
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