Produced by Texas Instruments, the Magic Wand Reader (introduced in 1982 as the Magic Wand Speaking Reader) had a hand held "wand" that one would slide over the "Talking Tracks" to read along with educational books.
Bill Cosby was initially a spokesman for this device.
The Magic Wand Speaking Library
Skill Levels
Different levels of activities and short stories were available.
Level 1 Toddler. Level 2 Preschool. Level 3 Early Elementary.
Series
Green - Early Readers
Cyan - Letters, Numbers, Words *(Basics) Blue - Favorite Characters and Famous Faces *(Sprites' Adventures) Purple - Information Orange - Fun and Laughter Yellow - Classics, Folk Tales and Legends Brown - Magical Adventures *(Magic Creatures)
The series were listed slightly different on the back of the pack in book Mac's Big Surprise
Books
Mac's Big Surprise (Pack-in book)
In popular culture
The Magic Wand Reader's voice was sampled by C418 in the Minecraft Soundtrack, particularly a track named "Droopy likes your face". It was sampled for the voice heard in the song.