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-----> WHERE ?

Homepage: http://clay.ll.pl/kanatest


-----> WHO ?

Programming:
     Tomasz Maka <pasp@users.sourceforge.net>

Graphics:
     Piotr Maka <sill@ll.pl>
     Maja Kocon (http://ironya.ll.pl)


-----> WHAT ?

Kanatest is a Japanese kana (Hiragana and Katakana) simple flashcard tool.
You can learn, or remind yourself about kana chars in quick and easy way!

Kanatest offers three drill modes:

    * Hiragana mode (Hiragana charset only)
    * Katakana mode (Katakana charset only)
    * Mixed mode (both charsets)

and following lessons:

    * All kanas (all 104 chars)
    * Basic kanas (46 chars)
    * A-I-U-E-O (5 chars)
    * KA-KI-KU-KE-KO (5 chars)
    * SA-SHI-SU-SE-SO (5 chars)
    * TA-CHI-TSU-TE-TO (5 chars)
    * NA-NI-NU-NE-NO (5 chars)
    * HA-HI-FU-HE-HO (5 chars)
    * MA-MI-MU-ME-MO (5 chars)
    * YA-YU-YO (3 chars)
    * RA-RI-RU-RE-RO (5 chars)
    * WA-WO-N (3 chars)
    * Combo letters (part 1)
      GA-GI-GU-GE-GO-ZA-JI-ZU-ZE-ZO-DA-DI-DU-DE-DO
      BA-BI-BU-BE-BO-PA-PI-PU-PE-PO (25 chars)
    * Combo letters (part 2)
      KYA-KYU-KYO-SHA-SHU-SHO-CHA-CHU-CHO
      NYA-NYU-NYO-HYA-HYU-HYO-MYA-MYU-MYO
      RYA-RYU-RYO-GYA-GYU-GYO-JA-JU-JO
      BYA-BYU-BYO-PYA-PYU-PYO (33 chars)
    * User-defined lesson
      From 2 to 104 kanas can be selected by user 
      in the preferences dialog.

During test the Kanatest displays randomly selected kana char (respecting
mode and lesson) and waits for user answer expected as romaji equivalent.
This process continues until all questions will be answered or all questions
will be answered correctly (depends on options). At the end of test a short
info about drilling time and correctness ratio is displayed. 
The results are stored and user can review his performance in any time.

List of key features:

    * Fifteen lessons (groups of kana chars)
    * Lesson can be fully customizable by user
    * Repeating wrongly-answered questions mode
    * Built-in kana chart
    * A number of correct and incorrect answers, correctness ratio, date 
      and time of test, lesson type are stored between program sessions 
      and can be viewed in statistics window.
    * Colors and kana font are configurable

The most important thing you need is font supporting kana chars for 
displaying questions during test. If you don't have japanese-friendly fonts 
(check kana chart in Kanatest) you can download one of these font packages:

    * FreeSans - http://www.nongnu.org/freefont/
    * DejaVu - http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/

After download, unpack font archive and copy all *.ttf files to $HOME/.fonts 
directory. Don't forget to restart Kanatest after font installation.

Any suggestions, patches, criticism are kindly welcome.

Happy drilling!


