iKanji release due Thursday
iKanji is a tool for anyone learning Japanese, and combines meaning, reading and writing training and tests. Over 2,000 Kanji characters and 20,000 example words are included. This is an app for advanced learners who already have a grasp of the hiragana and katakana characters (which are covered in Rory's existing iKana app).
Until release, iKanji is still in beta and Rory is still accepting beta testers, with priority given to students. If you're interested, let him know sharpish. Pre-orders are also being taken, and they qualify for a 10% discount on the standard price of €20 (about $30).
Rory also makes photo gallery maker InstantGallery, and news reader NewsLife.
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Indie developer Rory Prior expects to release version 1.0 of his iKanji application this coming Thursday, he announced today.iKanji is a...
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Kanji Flip is my app for the iPhone/iPod. It is out today. Here's the blurb from the AppStore...
Kanji Flip is a learning tool similar to flash cards, but with an intelligent progress tracking system that helps you learn faster. After you "flip" to the answer, you pick if you were Right or Wrong.
The program remembers which kanji you have trouble with, and which you have learned well. It focuses on the problematic items, while using longer spans of time between repetitions of learned material.
Features include:
- Progress tracking with stats & auto save
- 2230 kanji from the Japanese Language Proficiency Test
- Four difficulty levels as in the JLPT
- Meanings in English, Readings in Katakana & Hiragana
- "How To" Guide inside the program
C'mon, what's in the icon is Chinese.
In fact these characters are what japanese stole from china long time ago, if you must say they are japanese.
I was hoping for there to be an iPhone component too, as that's something I really want! Unfortunately I already spend enough time on the computer for my job, so I mostly study Japanese away from the computer. Please somebody develop one, and I'll pay money for it.
Are you kidding me? 20 Euros? For doing nothing more than wrapping a shiny application around Jim Breen's free edict and kanjidic? Besides, learning kanji in isolation is useless. You need sentences that provide context. Do yourself a favor and just use:
WWWJDIC:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi
Yahoo! Dictionary:
http://dic.yahoo.co.jp
Handwriting Interface to WWWJDIC:http://kanji.sljfaq.org/draw.html
Absolutely.
See also...
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ik2r-myr/kanji/ for kanji drilling
and the app JEDICT; $25 shareware but the eval version is just fine:
http://jedict.com/
How sad, kanji is Chinese, now everyone says it's Japanese.
July 23 2008 at 2:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe Chinese word is "Hanzi". "Kanzi" is Japanese.
July 23 2008 at 2:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply@Rhywun
you are right, just like "English" is english, and "Anglais" is french
This app (and its beautiful icon) waked-up my desire to learn Japanese!
July 22 2008 at 11:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyCan get them both in a $40 bundle. Great deal, iKana is a terrific App.
July 22 2008 at 10:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyhey, i was excited to find a useful new app here that ISN'T just for iPhones. yeehaa!
July 22 2008 at 8:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLooks like a nice app. Can't wait to give it a try.
July 22 2008 at 7:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyCan I just say, that icon is gorgeous!
July 22 2008 at 6:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYes, but I thought the inkwell was an iphone at first, so I was disappointed to see that there is no iphone component to the App. The flashcard testing seems ripe for use on the go.
July 22 2008 at 6:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThere probably won't be for Japanese because the iPhone 3G character recognition software is for complicated/traditional and simplified Chinese character sets. While Japanese uses both traditional and simplified Chinese characters, there are some characters that have been simplified differently in Japanese, e.g. è®ï¼èªãï¼ï¼éï¼é¢ï¼ï¼è¦ºï¼è¦ï¼ï¼é»¨ï¼å
ï¼ï¼æ«»ï¼æ¡ï¼.
They could implement their own inkwell in the iPhone. Some software vendors have made their handwriting recognition code available to developers, including IAcces. (http://www.iphone.org.hk/wiki/index.php/IAcces)
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