vok1_00

Short:        Helps to train vocabulary (german)
Author:       AR.Richter@tu-bs.de (Armin Richter)
Uploader:     AR Richter tu-bs de (Armin Richter)
Type:         misc/edu
Requires:     AmigaOS1.3, util/libs/pplib16.lha (powerpacker.library), util/libs/ReqToolsUsr.lha (reqtools.library), > 1MB RAM
Architecture: m68k-amigaos
Kurz:         Vokabeltrainer

This program helps you to train vocabulary
Released 30.12.97

necessities:
- needs powerpacker.library (util/libs/pplib16.lha)
  and reqtools.library (util/libs/ReqToolsUsr.lha) by Nico Francois et al. 
  (not included!)
- does not come with data (words) 
- totally in german, english translation on request

features:
- administrates multiple vocabulary/meaning tuples
- number of words only limited by available RAM
- number of meanings to one word only limited by available RAM
  (i.e. 1 word can have meanings that fill the rest of the RAM, 
   1000 meanings, for example)
- automatic link between words with (exactly) the same meaning, 
  every textually identical word is only kept once in memory
- search function is able to find similiar words 
  (percentage of similiarity can be given)
- can ask vocabulary -> meaning, meaning -> vocabulary, both alternating, 
  "in row" or "random choice"
- can show simple "statistics" (text only), even during test
- remembers six levels of "learning success" for each vocabulary 
  AND each meaning, number of correct answers to a word is saved 
  with vocabulary
- comes with program source
- GUI, totally supporting keyboard, font-sensitive (well, most of the time :-))
- runs on WB or on own screen
- comes with executables for 68000 and 68020/68881
- datafiles are optionally packed with powerpacker.library

disadvantages:
- files are not in clear text, so they cannot be edited with a normal editor
- uses lists, so really huge databases might cause slow search operation
- packing function needs quite some extra RAM
- modal dialogs, no multithreading
- unspectacular GUI
- quite old, so no special > 2.0 features 
  (except from features in reqtools.library
  and button mapping, of course)

comments:
- does not use MUI
- written with M2Amiga (Modula-2)