[[NASPA]]'s [[Web Committee]] offers web hosting space to software developers,
and works with them to develop standards. The [[Technology Committee]] evaluates software for use at tournaments and clubs.
Note: the Technology Committee does not evaluate or endorse the various study tools available, but has provided a list here for information purposes only.
== Tournament and club software ==
=== Word judge (software self lookup) ===
NASPA recommends that [[tournaments]] and [[clubs]] use laptops running word adjudication software to process
challenges in competitive games. The following Software Self Lookup (SSL) programs were evaluated by the [[Technology Committee]] and are approved for use in club and tournament situations as noted below.
; [[Zyzzyva]]
: developed by [[Michael Thelen]], is used at all major events, including the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]], [[National School SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]
: Requirements: Windows or MAC
: Acceptable for tournament and club play
; [http://www.wolfberg.net/what/ '''WHAT''']
: developed by [[Mike Wolfberg]]
: Requirements: Windows
: Acceptable for tournament and club play
; [http://www.metagrams.com// '''WordJudge''']
: developed by [[John Babina]]
: Requirements: Requires bootable floppy drive
: Acceptable for tournament and club play
; [[Lexpert]] (No longer available but previous versions exist)
: developed by [[M.G. Ravichandran]]
: Requirements: Windows, Windows CE
: Acceptable for club play only
=== Tournament management ===
Tournament management software assists the director in pairing players, recording game results, generating pairing reports and standings for printing, and generating final tournament data for submission to NASPA for rating of tournaments.
; [[Director!]]
: developed by [[Marc Levesque]], in 2009. Runs on Windows.
; [[tsh]]
: developed by [[John Chew]], is used at all major events, including the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]], [[National School SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]. It has a very rich set of features, but most directors need some help at first learning to use it. tsh runs under OS/X, Linux, DOS and Windows.
; [[TourneyMan]]
: developed by [[Jeff Widergren]], formerly used at the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]] and still widely used in the United States. It has a limited set of features but is relatively easy to learn. TourneyMan requires Windows.
; [[TMENU]]
: developed by [[RA Fontes]], is also widely used in the United States but no longer distributed. TMENU requires DOS or Windows.
== Study tools ==
Note: the Technology Committee does not evaluate or endorse the various study tools available, but has provided a list here for information purposes only.
=== Game analysis ===
: Dictionary: OSPD4/OWL2
: System: standalone device.
== Tournament and club software ==
=== Word judge (software self lookup) ===
NASPA recommends that [[tournaments]] and [[clubs]] use laptops running word adjudication software to process
challenges in competitive games. The following Software Self Lookup (SSL) programs were evaluated by the [[Technology Committee]] and are approved for use in club and tournament situations as noted below.
; [[Zyzzyva]]
: developed by [[Michael Thelen]], is used at all major events, including the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]], [[National School SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]
: Requirements: Windows or MAC
: Acceptable for tournament and club play
; [http://www.wolfberg.net/what/ '''WHAT''']
: developed by [[Mike Wolfberg]]
: Requirements: Windows
: Acceptable for tournament and club play
; [http://www.metagrams.com// '''WordJudge''']
: developed by [[John Babina]]
: Requirements: Requires bootable floppy drive
: Acceptable for tournament and club play
; [[Lexpert]] (No longer available but previous versions exist)
: developed by [[M.G. Ravichandran]]
: Requirements: Windows, Windows CE
: Acceptable for club play only
=== Tournament management ===
Tournament management software assists the director in pairing players, recording game results, generating pairing reports and standings for printing, and generating final tournament data for submission to NASPA for rating of tournaments.
; [[Director!]]
: developed by [[Marc Levesque]], in 2009. Runs on Windows.
; [[tsh]]
: developed by [[John Chew]], is used at all major events, including the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]], [[National School SCRABBLE Championship]] and [[Canadian National SCRABBLE Championship]]. It has a very rich set of features, but most directors need some help at first learning to use it. tsh runs under OS/X, Linux, DOS and Windows.
; [[TourneyMan]]
: developed by [[Jeff Widergren]], formerly used at the [[National SCRABBLE Championship]] and still widely used in the United States. It has a limited set of features but is relatively easy to learn. TourneyMan requires Windows.
; [[TMENU]]
: developed by [[RA Fontes]], is also widely used in the United States but no longer distributed. TMENU requires DOS or Windows.