Words Reminder

With all the variety of cultures in the entire world, it becomes incredibly difficult to learn a foreign language, especially since it takes time, and a lot of practice. To help you out, Words Reminder wants to assist you in this regard, without interfering with any computer activity you’re performing in the meantime.

You can use the application on both your home, and work computers, especially since it requires no installation, and allows you to carry it around on a USB flash drive. The target PC’s health status is kept intact, because registries are not modified, but you do need to make sure Java Runtime Environment is on the computer you use it on.

On launch, a compact text field shows up so you can start learning directly. However, unless you’re Polish, there’s a high chance you end up scratching your head for a while. This is because the application comes with poor, rather non existent support for other languages, apart from polish.

The text field you’re put up against needs to be filled in with the correct translation of the shown words. There’s a configurable timer to write the response, at the end of which the right answer is shown, and then jumping to the next item on the list.

This functionality is based on a dictionary found under a TXT file. Luckily, you’re free to edit it. However, creating a new one requires you to know both languages, since the dictionary file must be filled in with both the original, and translation of words.

An additional component can be launched for some advanced lessons. Without the timer, it functions in a similar manner, but this time requirement fields are related to verb conjugation. A check button lets you know how many you got right, while hitting help shows what had to be done.

In conclusion, Words Reminder comes with good intentions, aiming to help you learn foreign words a lot easier by simply showing up on your screen from time to time, asking for the translation dictionary words picked at random. Unfortunately, adding new dictionaries means having other TXT files built in the same manner, automatically implying to know both languages.