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The Vocabulator (c) is a program which helps you overcome one of
the biggest problems in learning a new language -- the fact that
you have difficulty in learning pronunciation and structure
because you do not know enough VOCABULARY.
The Vocabulator (c) helps you overcome this problem by giving
you a "flip card" display of common words and phrases.
The Vocabulator (c) uses Industry Standard Menu Selection
and Navigation standards.
The Cursor (arrow) keys will move you around the screens
to edit and view data.
<F1> will invoke relevant help screens.
<Esc> will abort the current operation, and return you to the
previous higher level of the program.
The various Vocabulator (c) options are selected by a "Menu"
of options. You select the option by moving the highlight to
the option you wish to execute, and then press <Enter>.
A quick method of making this selection is also provided -
simply press the first letter of the menu option you wish to
execute, and the option will execute directly.
The various Vocabulator (c) options are described in more
detail below.
THE PROMPTING ROUTINES:
The Vocabulator can prompt with YOUR LANGUAGE WORD, where you
want to translate into the foreign language, or with the
FOREIGN LANGUAGE WORD when you want to translate back into
your own language.
You can speed up, or slow down the prompt speed as your
proficiency in the language improves. You do this by pressing
the up and down arrow keys while in the prompting routines.
As you begin to learn more words, you will find that some well
known words continue to prompt, which tends to waste time,
and make you feel frustrated. Press <Enter> when such a word
is displayed in the prompting routines, and the word will be
removed until you decide to restore it.
This "hiding" routine is also useful when you have just
started with the language - you may well find that there are
so many words that they are not repeated often enough for
you to learn them quickly. All you then do is press enter
when the more difficult words are displayed, until you have
a small enough list of words which you can learn quickly.
When you have learnt these words well, reinstate the other
words in order to learn them.
During prompting, you may often find that you are confused,
and wish to think about, or look at previous or similar words.
To do this, press <Space> in the prompting routines, which
will halt the prompting process. You can then look at the
previous few words which are still displayed on screen, or
browse through your vocabulary database by pressing <F1>.
ADD/EDIT WORDS ROUTINE
The Vocabulator (c) is supplied with databases of about 500
words for a number of common languages. This list has been
recommended to us as THE MOST USEFUL list for a beginner in
a language. If you develop your knowledge beyond the scope
of this list, this routine allows you to add, edit, or
delete words as you wish.
You can even generate your own new language database by
means of this routine as follows:
Exit to DOS, and log to the Vocabulator Directory
Type COPY BLANK.MAS <Name of your language>.VOC
Type COPY BLANK.ORD <Name of your language>.ORD
Reenter the Vocabulator (c), select your new
language, and build up a database of the words you
want to learn.
REINSTATE HIDDEN WORDS
If you have hidden words in the prompt routine, and now
want them to be returned to the prompting list, execute
this option to restore them
PRINT WORDS
If you want a hard copy of your Vocabulary database, use
this routine to print the words out.
You can choose to print out the database alphabetically
in either your language, or the foreign language.
CORRECT CORRUPTED FILES
In the unlikely event that you find that your data seems
to be corrupted, and words seem to be missing, or
duplicated, use this option to attempt to correct these
problems. NOTE: These problems should normally only
happen after a power failure while you are editing words.
BACKUP DATA
If you have made modifications to any of your language
libraries, you will want to make regular backups to floppy
disks. To do this, make sure you have a formatted disk
in drive A:, and then execute this option, which will copy
your selected Language Library to the floppy disk.