Major Features:

1. Approximately 1500 words or phrases in standard categories. Each language has approximately 1500 words or phrases included with each WordBanker installation. These include only the kinds of words you are likely to use in every day conversation. Categories include verbs, food and eating out, first phrases, numbers, time etc
2. Timekeeping utility allows you to track the amount of time spent studying with WordBanker every day.
3. Import your own lists or those downloaded from our website.
4. Create restore points to quickly go back to different stages of your testing. Ideal for refresher courses.
5. All words can be edited. One of the frustrations of learning a language is that you can be sure when you learn a word, someone will use a different word for the same thing. With WordBanker you can easily change words to allow for local dialects.
6. Option to cover the multiple choices to remove the "visual clue". As you get more confident you may like to cover the multple choices and try and translate the word before shown the list of choices. The cover can be lifted after you press a button or after a set amount of time.
7. Audio samples of all standard categories.
8. All words in standard categories come with an audio sample spoken by a native speaker.
9. A fully customisable "Practice Mode". In practice mode you can select the number of words you want to practice , the gap between each word, whether to play continuously and many other variations. Just leave the practice running whilst you are doing something else and learn without even realising it.
10. Join your unbanked words to create single practice MP3's. Ideal for using with your portable mp3 player or burning onto MP3 CD's so you can practice on your way to work.
11. Record yourself and compare your pronuctiation with a native speaker
12. Print lists of your unbanked words
13. Create lists of your unbanked words and leave them around the house.
14. Create up to 3 categories of your own, easily adding, editing and recording your own words. The words including with your installation of WordBanker are those most used in everyday language but you might be in a situation that uses less common words. For example, if you are a nurse you might need to learn words common to nursing. With WordBanker you can create up to 3 custom categories and enter your own words to be tested on.
15. Send difficult words to a "Hotlist". Some words can be very stubborn to remember. During a test you can send words to a Hotlist and then at a later date test yourself only on those words.
16. A summary and "Banked Meter" to monitor progress.
17. 3 different methods of testing.
18. Multiple Choice - Select the correct translation to the word shown from a grid of buttons.
19. Hear Word - Listen to the word and select the correct translation from a grid of buttons.
20. Type The Answer - Type the correct translation to the word shown.
21. A "Type the Answer" testing method to improve your written language skills. Even fluent speakers of a language often have great difficulty in writing it. By choosing this (the hardest) testing method you can improve your written skills.
22. Banking words enables you to test yourself only on the words you don't now.
23. Don't waste time testing yourself on words you already know
24. A dictionary containing an up to date collection of all standard and custom words in your collection.
25. Can be adapted to test yourself on other subjects.

Requirements:

• Pentium 2,
• 32 MB RAM,
• SoundCard (For full funtionality)

Translate a word correctly three times in the first round and you will be given the option to bank that word. Once a word has been banked you will not be tested on it again. This way you only get tested on the words you dont know.

Major Features:

1. Approximately 1500 words or phrases in standard categories. Each language has approximately 1500 words or phrases included with each WordBanker installation. These include only the kinds of words you are likely to use in every day conversation. Categories include verbs, food and eating out, first phrases, numbers, time etc
2. Timekeeping utility allows you to track the amount of time spent studying with WordBanker every day.
3. Import your own lists or those downloaded from our website.
4. Create restore points to quickly go back to different stages of your testing. Ideal for refresher courses.
5. All words can be edited. One of the frustrations of learning a language is that you can be sure when you learn a word, someone will use a different word for the same thing. With WordBanker you can easily change words to allow for local dialects.
6. Option to cover the multiple choices to remove the "visual clue". As you get more confident you may like to cover the multple choices and try and translate the word before shown the list of choices. The cover can be lifted after you press a button or after a set amount of time.
7. Audio samples of all standard categories.
8. All words in standard categories come with an audio sample spoken by a native speaker.
9. A fully customisable "Practice Mode". In practice mode you can select the number of words you want to practice , the gap between each word, whether to play continuously and many other variations. Just leave the practice running whilst you are doing something else and learn without even realising it.
10. Join your unbanked words to create single practice MP3's. Ideal for using with your portable mp3 player or burning onto MP3 CD's so you can practice on your way to work.
11. Record yourself and compare your pronuctiation with a native speaker
12. Print lists of your unbanked words
13. Create lists of your unbanked words and leave them around the house.
14. Create up to 3 categories of your own, easily adding, editing and recording your own words. The words including with your installation of WordBanker are those most used in everyday language but you might be in a situation that uses less common words. For example, if you are a nurse you might need to learn words common to nursing. With WordBanker you can create up to 3 custom categories and enter your own words to be tested on.
15. Send difficult words to a "Hotlist". Some words can be very stubborn to remember. During a test you can send words to a Hotlist and then at a later date test yourself only on those words.
16. A summary and "Banked Meter" to monitor progress.
17. 3 different methods of testing.
18. Multiple Choice - Select the correct translation to the word shown from a grid of buttons.
19. Hear Word - Listen to the word and select the correct translation from a grid of buttons.
20. Type The Answer - Type the correct translation to the word shown.
21. A "Type the Answer" testing method to improve your written language skills. Even fluent speakers of a language often have great difficulty in writing it. By choosing this (the hardest) testing method you can improve your written skills.
22. Banking words enables you to test yourself only on the words you don't now.
23. Don't waste time testing yourself on words you already know
24. A dictionary containing an up to date collection of all standard and custom words in your collection.
25. Can be adapted to test yourself on other subjects.

Requirements:

• Pentium 2,
• 32 MB RAM,
• SoundCard (For full funtionality)

Learn to read and write 1000 Chinese Traditional characters

* Includes the 1000 most frequently used Chinese characters
* Both Simplified and Traditional Chinese versions available
* Writing stroke order animation
* Over 3000 examples of the use of the characters included
* Flashcard review and exercises to aid memorization
* Windows Mobile/Pocket PC version also available

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Main Page

The Main Page displays the character currently in Learning List - the subset of the total 1000 characters that are current being learned. The Learning List Status windows displays the Learning List statistics including the number of kanji successfully learned.

The Main Page also provides access to:

* the Learning List Manager;
* the Character Review Window;
* the six exercises; and
* the Stroke Order Window.

Interactive help is also displayed based on the position of the mouse.

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Character Details Popup

Double clicking on a Chinese character in the main window Learning List list brings up a popup displaying the details of the character including:

* Meaning;
* Pinyin Pronunciation;
* Strokes Details; and
* Radical Information

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Chracter Learning List Review

The Learning List Review windows displays all the details of each kanji currently in the Learning List. Details include:

* The Stroke Order of the character with animation;
* The characters meanings;
* The characters pinyin pronunciation; and
* Up to four examples of the use of each character.

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Exercises

After reviewing the Learning List, the hanzi are tested through a series of exercises. Only after each exercise is completed correctly for a character does it graduate off the learning list. The exercise include:

* Pronunciation MultiChoice
* Meaning MultiChoice
* Pronunciation Tones Exercise
* Grid Search Exercise
* Stroke Order Exercise

Requirements: Chinese Fonts

Traditional Chinese Fonts shipped with Windows XP use embedded bitmaps to provide legibility at small sizes on the screen. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) does not display these bitmaps but instead renders the outlines.

These outlines are not instructed (hinted) for good legibility and the results are poor. Microsoft JhengHei Regular and Bold Version 5.00 have been properly instructed for legibility at 9 point size and above in ClearType environments such as WPF. ClearType works best on LCD monitors.