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VOCATUDE 2.0
Copyright (c) 2002 Vocatude

Study foreign language vocabulary. Add the words from your course book to a word
list and start a test. You can choose from open questions and multiple choice
questions and from exercises and exams. Pronunciations enable listening tests
and dictations. The program includes functions to ease recording pronunciations
and typing foreign characters. Foreign scripts are also supported.

Features:
* specify direction and exercise level for each word separately 
* view scores for individual words 
* scores are preserved until you reset them 
* open questions and multiple choice questions 
* answers in multiple choice questions fit together 
* exercises and exams 
* set an exercise time 
* add contexts, parts of speech and lessons 
* filters for testing only words of a particular part of speech or lesson 
* record pronunciations 
* automatically detect speech in a recording 
* pronunciations enable listening tests and dictations 
* specify font and character set for a language 
* easily insert foreign characters 
* view and print keyboard layouts 
* print a word list 
* find/replace and sort functions 


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EXTENSIVE DESCRIPTION

Are you learning a foreign language and do you need an efficient way to learn
new vocabulary? Then Vocatude may be something for you. People often memorise
vocabulary lists by going through the words over and over again, always in the
same order and including the words they already know well.

With a computer you can learn vocabulary faster. Vocatude lets you build a word
list, select some words for a test and then you can start. The words will pass
in random order and you will see difficult words more often than easy words. You
can compare a test with a pile of cards. Each time you take a card and you try
to translate the word on it. Then you look on the back to check your answer.

Vocatude has many extra options. You can choose from open questions and multiple
choice questions and for each word you can choose a direction: do you want to
test it from the foreign language to your own language, the other way round or
both. You can also choose how intensively you want to practise a word and when
you've finished practising, you can take an exam.

When you build a word list, you can add different kinds of useful information to
each word: a context, the part of speech, a lesson number and the pronunciation.
You can also use this information in a test. For example you may like to
practise nouns only, or you want to take a listening test. In multiple choice
tests Vocatude uses the part of speech and lesson to select answers that fit
together.


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INSTALL, LAUNCH AND UNINSTALL

Vocatude includes easy setup software. This is how you install the program:

* Close all programs you have opened.

* Open Setup.

* Follow the instructions that are given in the setup program.


If you have installed the program according to the default settings, you can
launch it at any moment by clicking Start and then choosing 
All Programs | Vocatude | Vocatude.


You can remove Vocatude from your computer through the control panel.

* Close all programs you have opened.

* Click Start and open the Control Panel.

* Open Add or Remove Programs.

* Select Vocatude in the list of currently installed programs.

* Click Change/Remove.

* Follow the instructions that are given in the uninstall program.


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COSTS AND DISTRIBUTION

The latest version can be downloaded from the Vocatude website:
http://www.vocatude.com/

Vocatude is freeware. You may freely use and distribute the program, but make
sure that you distribute the complete original setup software.


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CONTACT

For any questions or comments, you can contact Vocatude at one of the following
addresses.

E-mail:
info@vocatude.com

Website:
http://www.vocatude.com/


Dennis Hofs, 1 January 2002
