Comments on: iFlash Touch is now available!

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:49:12 +0000

Hi Davey,
After recommendation from a friend, I just got iFlash. I used to work with Vokker.net before, but I love iFlash already!
I actually use it to study Chinese, and I notice there are a couple of guys here that learn other languages with complex characters (Japanese…). The iPhone / iPod touch actually has one big advantage over conventional computers, and you could make a big advantage for your product out of it: Touch screen & character recognition. I think it would be of great value if you can enter the expected back side of a card by typing it using the iPhone keyboard, then have iFlash check if it’s correct. For english, this doesn’t make sense, but for Chinese it does, because this really forces you to know the shape / strokes of the character.
Other than that, score memory and back-syncing to the laptop would be highly appreciated. Thanks for the great work!
Chris

By: Franko

Franko — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:18:00 +0000

Just downloaded iflash for my itouch. Was thrilled to get it until I exported my cards from my macbook. It became obvious real fast that the software for Arabic hadn’t been developed or integrated yet. Is it in process or did I miss it somewhere? Would be a great addition.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:54:29 +0000

I’ll second that request for non-Latin fonts like Hebrew and Greek. That’s pretty much all I use iFlash for, and it would be outstanding to have it on my iPod Touch.

By: Cal Pincombe

Cal Pincombe — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:11:21 +0000

Love IFlash and recommend it for my college students.

I have a major problem in regard to the iPhone/iPod app teaching language. My Greek or Hebrew fonts do not show on the app. I use the Accordance Bible program (a Mac dedicated program; http://www.accordancebible.com) which uses the Helena and Yehudit fonts. What happens is that the face of the card only show English letters used to enter the letters and accents and breathing marks (various accents and markings are an essential part of these languages—the problem may lie here). Without the Greek or Hebrew fonts the app is no help in learning that language. My students would love this capability.

Thanks!

By: Martin

Martin — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:58:58 +0000

After playing a lot with my new iPod touch, I finally started using iFlash touch. Very nice within it’s limited functionality! In particular I like the possibility of tapping to flip a card and to get to the next one. One minor thing: sometimes I click the green button and then (just when the animation is about to start) I tap the card to go to the next card. The result is that the next card is flipped, which can be bit confusing. Maybe you can deactivate the possibility to flip a card by tapping while the animation is running.

Anyway, the feature I’m missing most is to reset all cards to unknown (for example a new menu item “Reset Cards to Unknown” in the study menu in addition “Study Unknown Cards” and “Study All Cards” and “Cancel”). The problem with “Study Unkown Cards” is that when I start this but have to leave the program, the information which cards I have reviewed already is lost when I want to continue. While this information would be kept when all cards were reset to unkown.

Apart from this: great work!

By: martin

martin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:16:09 +0000

@Xan. If you’re getting to the 12th box within 1.5 months then you might want to try setting your intervals a bit larger. Check out the intervals mentioned here…

http://www.flashcardexchange.com/docs/leitner

These are comparable to most leitner SRS systems and are based on scientific study on how long it takes an average person to forget a fact. I have been using this setup for 2-3 years with a 3000 card deck and and my most mature cards are still in box 10. I score on average 90% on my daily reviews and only have to review 20-30 cards per day. It’ll be another 5-6 years before my cards reach the end of the line and start looping on a 4 year cycle.

If you’re working with short interals then you’re probably giving yourself a lot of unnecessary work. You may even be preventing the fact from moving from your short term memory into your long term memory. Anyway, I don’t know what your specific needs are, but hopefully this is helpful to you.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:39:19 +0000

Any update on progress toward update with sound and images? weeks? months? any info will be much appreciated.

By: Xan

Xan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:09:59 +0000

Alright, I found out the 12th time interval just repeats. Any chance that a more expansive repetition spacing sequence can be allowed?

By: Xan

Xan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:51:13 +0000

I’m a little confused.. what happens after 12 consecutive right answers (like in a month and a half or what not), does the card become inactive, or does the interval still extend out over time? Does the card reset back to 0?

By: roger laporte

roger laporte — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:04:02 +0000

Thanks! I’m impressed! I’ve been using it for close to a week now. I love it.
I got the latest version Iflash 2.8.1 to fix the fact that the new decks replace the last deck intered and so I could only get 4 decks on my Itouch.
I’m still having problems getting more decks in. I’m now able to get 5 decks in.
What am I doing wrong? I’m using Mac OS X 10.4.11