I hope you have as much fun
using this app as I did building it!
Play Mode
Delay Text
Pre-sets
Clear
Quick Start
There are 1160 words and phrases to look
through. Favorites can be used for your favorites (of course), but
can also be used for words that need practice, words that are
similar or whatever you might think of. A list can also be made by
searching for specific english words.
There are three preset modes. Each preset is geared toward a
different approach. The delay time is set to 30 seconds to give
plenty of time for anything you aren't sure of. Click or tap where
the hidden text is for it to appear ealy.
For listening autoplay is checked, but when you go to the 'Phrases' tab DON'T click [Start]. The phrase will play emmediately each time [Next] or [Back] button is
clicked. Click the sound button () at any time to hear the phrase. Use
this mode to build a vocalulary and to listning to how the pinyin
actually sounds.
For speaking and reading there is no need for the autoplay at all
since you don't want to hear the phrase before speaking (from
english) or reading (from characters) each word or phrase.
Extras
Double click (tap) the 'Phrases' tab to toggle the size of the
index number. This is the 'Index number / total in list'. Click
the index number part to enter a new index number. The index
number always reflects it's place in the current list.
He (他) or she (她) are both pronounced 'tā', so if you are in
listening mode be sure to look at the chinese characters as well.
When ther is an aterisk (*) in the play button () it means there is more than one vocal sample. Click the play button again to here a different voice.
Last but not least, click any of the Chinese characters to find a little about it's meaning. Right now I'm using a really lightweight Chinese dictionary I downloaded, so the meanings are not always helpful.