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Quizzer

Quizzer is a Palm OS application that allows you to save lists of vocabulary and quiz your knowledge of them.

(Also available in Dutch 🇳🇱)

Features

• Store an any amount of words per quiz;
• Easily import tests made with 'Overhoringsprogramma Talen' or any third party program that creates quizzes in the right format;
• On screen keyboard for easy input of words;
• Save your mistakes in a new quiz;
• Navigate through vocabulary files using the device's scroll buttons;
• Test in both directions (e.g. French → English and English → French);
• Beam (send) vocabulary via an IrDA unit;

Screenshots

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Downloads

Please note: 'Quizzer' is Palm OS software. It cannot be run on Windows Mobile, Symbian (Nokia) or Apple iPhone devices without a Palm OS emulator, such as StyleTap.

Download the program (version 3.1)

Importing .ovr files

Quizzer —and its Dutch counterpart Overhoren— can import word quizzes as generated by the program Overhoringsprogramma Talen. Sadly, this has since been discontinued. However, its .ovr file format can easily be reproduced in plain text:

The document header looks like this:

language 1      -- e.g. "French"
language 2      -- e.g. "Dutch"
session setting -- note: " 0 " or " 1 "; ignored
session setting -- note: " 0 " or " 1 "; ignored
session setting -- note: " 0 " or " 1 "; ignored
session setting -- note: " 0 " or " 1 "; ignored

This is followed by a sequence of words and their alternatives:

word in language 1\n
word in language 2\n
alternative word in language 2\n
alternative word in language 2\n
case sensitivity marker -- is expected to be "0"

Note that Quizzer only supports one-on-one word-pair mappings; alternatives are ignored at import time.

What follows is an example of such an .ovr file with four translation pair.

Frans
Nederlands
 0
 0
 0
 1
je vais
ik ga
0
tu vas
jij gaat
0
il va
hij gaat
0
elle va
zij gaat
0

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