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iKana is a Japanese learning aide which helps to teach you the two Japanese phonetic alphabets Hiragana and Katakana. iKana can also be extended to teach other alphabets and Kanji.

iKana has three main learning components - flash cards, speed recognition and a Romanization test.

Flash cards are the starting point for beginners new to kana. Use the flash card viewer to help you memorize the different kana. The flash card viewer can be controlled with an Apple Remote.

The speed recognition test helps to reinforce your memory and improve your reading speed with an 'against the clock' multiple-choice test. The speed recognition test can also be controlled with an Apple Remote.

The word Romanization test helps you practice reading whole words by translating them from kana into Romaji. This test helps you learn some Japanese vocabulary as well as improving your translation and reading skills.

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WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.6.1:

New Features

  • Full screen mode for kana flash cards.
  • Word of the day feature in the welcome screen.
  • Updated design for Leopard.
  • Improved speed recognition test user interface.
  • Various other small improvements.
Fixes
  • Apple remote can now be used with iKana under Leopard.
  • Vocabulary sets are deleted now when removed inside iKana.
  • Minor error in the dictionary corrected. Restore the built-in dictionary to get the fix.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later, Optional Apple Remote.

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Developer:ThinkMac Software
Downloads:2,828
  - Version d/l:826
Education:Language
License:Shareware
Date:15 Nov 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$21.00
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iKana User Reviews (2 posts)Write A Review
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Nov 7 2007

MACNERD1984  A really nice app visually and is well worth the price. Trying to learn Japanese is difficult for me so this really helped me out and you can't argue with the value it offers.

Could use a few small changes here and there just to make it even better than it already is (printing flash cards perhaps, scaleable window), IMHO, which I suggested to the developer as politely as I could - Totally unresponsive (not even a quick or automated reply) which kind of sucks, but there you go. Not an unusual situation with a lot of developers these days....  
(Version 1.5)

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Feb 13 2007

SAGO  very nice application, easy to use and definitely useful for those who wants to start study hiragana and katakana (like me).

Flashcards with editable hints are perfect.

It would be perfect if it had a writing recognition system asking for the romanji and checking the ideogram (forgive my english), there is a video on youtube abaout an hombrew for nintendo DS, try searching "prog ds hiragana katakana".  
(Version 1.0)

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