Search Mac Software Downloads
|
  Main     Education     Genius  

Genius User Reviews (23 posts)Write A Review
sort: smiles | time
Mar 22 2009
*****

ASPARTAMEMSGSUCK  Great application! Make it work (sync) with an iPhone application and it would be perfect!  
(Version 1.7.250)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Dec 5 2008

GSUGGESTION  You can make the font bigger by going to Genius --> Preferences --> Document Window --> List Text --> Very Large  
(Version 1.7.250)

praisebury
0
[ 1 Reply - Reply ]
Replies:
Dec 5 2008

RPSX  hello. that is just for the list text, but does not make the flashcard text bigger. there is no option for that - yet.   
(Version 1.7.250)

praisebury
0

Dec 1 2008
*****

RPSX  just a quick review, as i am in the heat of cramming for the basic standard japanese test. given that, i thought i would try some other flashcard apps. i have to say, genius is the best. doesn't have some of the fancy features - but for me, the interval recall algorithm at work in genius is perfect. i learn more and learn faster. other apps i tried seemed to have too many options, approaches or features. genius is spot on. as i mentioned before, if ONLY, specifically for learning japanese kanji (or chinese characters i suppose), there was a way to increase the font size. that said, you cannot learn kanji with genius - its just too small to see all the strokes for most characters. please! i beg you! and, maybe an iphone version! :-)  
(Version 1.7.250)

praisebury
0
[ 1 Reply - Reply ]
Replies:
Dec 5 2008

GSUGGESTION  From the Genius Menu click Preferences, under Document Window select Extra Large list text. Does this help?  
(Version 1.7.250)

praisebury
0

Nov 26 2008

RPSX  i agree - if the font size could be a choice, this would be perfect. i tried provoc recently - but, i think genius integrates "interval recall" in a better way - i am switching back already, as i seemed to retain faster with genius. but, for japanese, yes way too small... please!  
(Version 1.7.250)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Oct 23 2008

FLASHYWORDZ  Great application!

One small problem: I use Genius mainly for studying Japanese, and sometimes the Kanji (those complicated characters, also used in chinese) are too small to read when I'm quizzing! Is there a way to increase the font size / change the default Japanese font for quizzes?  
(Version 1.7.250)

praisebury
+1
[ Reply ]
May 1 2008
*****

LAUGHINGUNDERASAKURATREE  I'm a freshman in high school. So I have a lot of studying to do. I was looking for a program that would help me study, especially for French. I downloaded this program, and immediately began using it for my French vocab.

I was amazed. I learned more within the first ten minutes of using the study feature, then I would have in two class periods. It was especially helpful because I am a very visual learner.

However I found that a feature that would allow me to fill in all the "Group" and "Note" area would have been useful.I also realized that the program isn't meant for audio, which is very important in language learning. However the great features of the program outweigh the bad. It took me n time at all to figure out how to use the features.

I can't wait to use Genius next year when I'm in Honors Chemistry! Thanks so much for making a great program, it's worth giving a donation! Can't wait to see how they will improve the program...

  
(Version 1.7.250)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Apr 14 2008

ZANGIEF  You might want to update the poll to include Leopard, as I cannot vote.  
(Version 1.7.250)

praisebury
0
[ 1 Reply - Reply ]
Replies:
Apr 23 2008

EMT1  The poll has nothing to do with Genius..it's site wide.  
(Version 1.7.250)

praisebury
0

Apr 14 2008

BAHA  Everything is cool, except the program doesn't wrap long lines in the study/learn mode. The worst of it, it doesn't even have scroll bars: neither horizontal, nor vertical.  
(Version 1.7.228)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Oct 28 2007

MEOISWA  AWESOME PROGRAM! i've got a 20/20 in chelmistry studing radicals with this program, have an awesome intuitive GUI and its much more eficient than plain memorizing since it repeats you questions that he asked before!  
(Version 1.7)

praisebury
+1
[ Reply ]
Oct 20 2007

EDDIE22487  Fantastic product. I use it all the time. My only suggestion would be is that you could allow the ability to type in different fonts into the question/answer sections. I'm studying Greek, and I know anyone who has downloaded fonts for a language they are studying, would much rather be able to type them in, than sit for 3 hours clicking through the symbol window.

This is a fantastic product though, if you can, I would definitely drop this guy a few bucks.  
(Version 1.7)

praisebury
+1
[ Reply ]
Aug 28 2006

KRIS  Wow,

This is great! I'd love my kids in class to use this. Now, a question to the developer: I am a music teacher.

1. Can this be adapted to symbols, too?

2. Can you add music that changes as you successfully memorize more items? To be used as an indicator? Almost "game-like" in quality? It would keep my classroom on their toes!  
(Version 1.6)

praisebury
+1
[ Reply ]
Aug 9 2006

GREGSABO  Hello, from what I've seen, Genius seems to be a well-implemented learning tool, one that I would love to use, but it crashes frequently under Rosetta (a known issue).

I hope that a universal binary will be possible sometime in the future! I wish I could help, but I'm of no use :(  
(Version 1.5.4)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Apr 6 2005
*****

JAIME  Wonderful, easy-to-use program that is absolutely effective. This has been an enormous help in allowing me to memorize vocabulary, dates, important people, etc.  
(Version 1.5.4)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Jan 4 2005
*****

ANONYMOUS  Very useful application for not only quizzing yourself but organizing your notes and thoughts. Easy to find topics within "quizzes" with built in search option.

I often work on multiple areas at once and have multiple genius windows open to input things as they come up. Once I organize all notes I can then quiz myself. No need to transpose data!

Wonderful!  
(Version 1.5.4)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Dec 8 2004
*****

SEAN  Extremely Useful for all!!!

Not only looks good, it works like charm!!  
(Version 1.5.3)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Oct 25 2004
*****

W8TEE  i love this app! it's the best i've found for my studying needs. glad to see that it is being updated!  
(Version 1.5.3)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Oct 20 2004

ANONYMOUS  To the author: why not set up a Blogger account for your announcements, and allow trusted list-compilers to join up?  
(Version 1.5.3)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Oct 19 2004
*****

ANONYMOUS  This is the best of it's kind!!!

I think you should get some people to input lists and sell it together with the lists of stuff to study.

Thank you!!!!  
(Version 1.5.3)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Mar 12 2004
*****

SOON TO BE GENIUS  I've been using this product to learn french and it works great. Easy to use and intellegently laid out. However, it would be great to have a site with different imports that have been compiled by users. Also, being able to manually control the font placement would be good. Other than that, it works great. Thanks to the developer for a great application.  
(Version 1.5.2)

praisebury
0
[ 1 Reply - Reply ]
Replies:
May 29 2004

ALBY  Great product, works perfectly! Totally selfish request here: if anyone's got any Genius files for French could you send them to me please ? It'd be awesome if we could get some exchanges of files going, I'm sure people are out there learning all kinds of cool stuff.  
(Version 1.5.2)

praisebury
0

Feb 17 2004
****.

JON   I love this program. It works very well-- but like many other I would like to see images supported as well as a community built around this... for instance I am learning french on my own. This program would be great, but there isn't a set for french. I would be willing to help build such a set, but the task seems daunting for one person-- not to mention there would be no one to double check my entries... a person could memorize incorrect material.

So, I would say YES! to this program but feel that unless the developer starts creating a way for user to band together and share this program will probably go on to a dusty shelf in my computer.  
(Version 1.5.2)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Feb 16 2004
*****

ANONYMOUS  This application does exactly what it says it does - helps you memorise things.

I'm currently studying medicine and am finding it better than any other technique I have used in the past 4 years for remembering things such as drug names and side effects. Thanks to the developer!

Something that would be useful to me would support for images in the 'question' field which would open up a lot more learning capabilities for me

Thanks again for a great free program  
(Version 1.5.2)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
Feb 15 2004
****.

LL2  Based on only a brief evaluation, I am so far very impressed by the direct simplicity and power of this product. In fact, I was able to succeed at learning the state capitals example in no time, which for an ADD-type like me is saying a lot!

Although I can't yet comment on stability, I would definitely be willing to donate to this product's developer, assuming there is more documentation/help for easy creation and importing of new content. Also, is there a community of interest to share knowledge bases?  
(Version 1.5.2)

praisebury
0
[ 1 Reply - Reply ]
Replies:
Aug 11 2004

ANONYMOUS  Hey that is what I was planning on learning first to test this out.

Maybe you can share you set of data you created on a .mac acct or website.

Well, if I get around to it, I will try to post my data.  
(Version 1.5.2)

praisebury
0

Jan 28 2004

ANONYMOUS  Sounds nice... if only the OSX folder wasn't empty! This is really poor.  
(Version 1.5)

praisebury
0
[ Reply ]
 

The opinions expressed in the reviews are not necessarily those of MacUpdate.
MacUpdate waives any legal binding related to the comments and opinions expressed in the reviews.
Please contact MacUpdate politely if you wish for a comment to be reviewed by MacUpdate for removal.