chalimac Posted May 23, 2009 at 01:42 PM Report Posted May 23, 2009 at 01:42 PM Today I found this free software. http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/ssb22/gradint/ It is fantastic, you just enter the words or sentences and through the use of text-to-speech or recorded audio the program will make your own personalized lessons: it introduces the prompts, it spaces the repetitions, everything automatically. It includes some basic TTS, but you can use your own SAPI voices. Virtually unlimited Pimsleur! Configuration is a bit tricky but well worth it. Install lame in the same directory than Gradint to create mp3s: http://www.rarewares.org/files/mp3/lame3.98.2.zip 1 Quote
Radial Posted May 24, 2009 at 01:43 PM Report Posted May 24, 2009 at 01:43 PM Looks interesting... will have to give it a try... Quote
Radial Posted May 29, 2009 at 04:33 AM Report Posted May 29, 2009 at 04:33 AM This is not bad... still have to change the voice so it is not so mechanical... and have not figure out how to run multiple lists... you sort of have to work on its own schedule... but great for creating verbal SRS... Does not seem to be any discussion group about the program. Quote
chalimac Posted May 29, 2009 at 10:15 AM Author Report Posted May 29, 2009 at 10:15 AM Some tips: - You can create multiple users for multiple study fields. - If you mess up some lesson, delete the files progress.bin and progress.txt" and the program will revert to lesson 1, i.e. all vocab will count as new. - Make sure you create the lesson when you have enough new words, even an spoken and not mp3 lesson will count as a lesson already done. - The first lesson wil have some pauses and some beeps until 3rd or 4th lesson when there is enough review material to fill the 30 mins. - If the program running automatically everyday is bothersome, run msconfig and unclick Gradint from Startup tab. Quote
danmey Posted April 4, 2010 at 08:59 PM Report Posted April 4, 2010 at 08:59 PM It is a great (free) software. Configuration is somewhat cumbersome for the average computer user. I use as English narration the e-speak backend, and for actual Chinese words to be recited - sounds recorded by a native speaker. It works very well. To emphasise the program uses a special algorithm based on some research to create lesson layouts, to increase the learning ratio. I would recommend it to everybody who learn Chinese! 1 Quote
erduoteng Posted April 9, 2019 at 08:32 PM Report Posted April 9, 2019 at 08:32 PM I tried the '3800 chinese sentences' link from youtube. That seems like a very good one to listen to while out walking around. downloaded it.https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=3800+chinese+sentences Thanks for pointing me in the direction of the 'melnyks' lessons. I will try the first 100 lessons, then maybe buy the full course (another 176 lessons for $96). That one looks very good. I will take some time to check it out. https://www.melnyks.com/learn-chinese/ Gradint might be good but you must input your own content, writing out dictionaries and so on. I may use this further down the road. http://people.ds.cam.ac.uk/ssb22/gradint/ Heres a link to 'wordtracer'. This app seems to be the best and easiest way to learn to write characters so far, although it only has simplified characters. I found it very relaxing with the use of a touch stylus. iOS only, no android version unfortunately. http://www.nanaimostudio.com/wordtracer 1 Quote
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