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I'm interested in any information on software which would allow
a user to build an interactive application for information
retrieval. 

The idea is to have a loop mode, with music, animation etc. until someone
comes up to the computer and hits a key. Then a dialogue with the computer
starts, and the person will be able to navigate in a tree of screens
with text,graphics,sound and animation associated with each screen.

Now my first idea is to write a kernel in C, and execute a director
script for each screen. (It sure would be a lot nicer if the director
had an Arexx port built in.)

But since the people who would be putting together the screens etc. aren't
necessarily technically oriented, I wondered if there are any 
"authoring systems" around out there? What I mean by "authoring system",
is something simple enough for non technical people to use it.

I have heard of a product called VIVA by Michtron. It can control a
video disk (which we don't have or need) and comes in three different
versions (from 50$ to 600$). It has an iconic programming language,which
is supposed to be relatively easy to learn. 

Now what I'd like to know, is : 

	Has any body heard of other similar products?
	Does any one know more about VIVA?

Any information is welcome and vastly appreciated.


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	Frank Anthes-Harper :  Bien le bonjour de la France
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