Re: [tlug] [JAPANESE_BEGINNER] Good Startup Tools/Tips?

[Tim Hurman <kano-tlug@example.com>]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 10:59:07AM -0800, Dennis Wheeler wrote:
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> From: Ben Gator [mailto:bengator@example.com]
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> > 1: 
> > I've just finished learning all Hiragana characters and will soon 
> > begin with Katakana. Are there any programms/tools to support or 
> > speed up this learning process for Linux? 
> > 
> 
> search for lrnkana.pl
> 
> Nice little perl script to drill learning kana
> 
> It makes you get them all right once before finishing. If you miss
> one, it'll keep adding it back to the list until you learn it.
> 
> 

A while back I wrote this:

http://www.kano.org.uk/learn/

just as quick flashcard style tests, it's a bit hacky but works. You will
need a jre version that supports swing though. You also need a Unicode
font installed on your machine. The only real problem that I found was
that I could read quite well, but my writing was bad. The source is there
as well if you want to play, it's quite trivial.

Tim.

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