Njstar Japanese and Learn To Speak Software for Windows

NJStar Chinese Pen
$59 - NJStar Software Corp.

>> Chinese Handwriting Recognition:
Now you can input Chinese by writing it - no need to memorize input strings in various Chinese input coding scheme. With your mouse or an electronic pen/tablet, you can write Chinese just like writing on paper.

NJStar Chinese Pen has a fast and accurate recognition rate, which allows the program to output the character immediately as soon as you finish writing it. And you can set the recognition speed to suit your handwriting speed. You can even set the program to manually start the recognition process, which can be very convenient for a beginner.

You can also configure NJPen to display a list of similar words for you to choose the right one.

>> Read Chinese:
NJStar Chinese Pen not only allows you to WRITE Chinese but also READS Chinese back to you.

The program can read the recognized character aloud while you use handwriting input metod. It can also read back a highlighted Chinese sentence/paragraph.

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Learn To Speak Japanese
$29.95 - Aaresoft inc

Learn To Speak Japanese is specially developed for the people who are learning Japanese. It includes 245 scenes of common conversation and 850 words of basic vocabulary that will be only presented in small screen with pronunciation, therefore, you can remember all while doing other things, the software will make every second of your time useful. Learn To Speak Japanese mainly comes with a conversation kit, vocabulary builder, and Reader Angel.

Practical and ease of use make Learn To Speak Japanese stand out among the likes. No matter what your Japanese level is, you will find that Learn To Speak Japanese is very useful in improving your spoken Japanese and building your vocabulary. Future releases/editions will include more learning material for your different needs, and more powerful functions to make your learning easier. Learn To Speak Japanese is an essential tool for you in learning Japanese.

Conversations learning tool, includes the most ordinary scene conversations, there are 245 scenes of common conversation like traveling, shopping, making calls, greetings etc., it can also show in the upper of the screen at the time when you are using you computer, as well as read out by Microsoft TTS, then you can familiar with these conversations unconsciously.

Vocabularies learning tool, it collects 850 words of basic vocabulary, it can also show in the upper of the screen for you to remember the words unconsciously. And you can also personal management with adding or deleting the relevant words you like.

Reader Angel provides reading function for the whole article. you only need to copy the wanted article in the textbox, then use Microsoft TTS to read it out.

Learn any Japanese words, expressions, idioms, phrases, etc. easily.

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NJStar Chinese Calendar
$38 - NJStar Software Corp.

Sorting out your daily To-Do plans has never been easier with the help of NJStar Chinese Calendar.

You can treat this software as your electronic secretary, because it does all the chores for you - on time and on schedule - ranging from reminding you to "pick up kids from school" to automatically emailing the finished report to the boss on next Monday.

Depending on the way you utilize the "remind-me" alarm settings, you can be cleverly reminded of various important tasks minutes/hours/days/weeks ahead, giving you ample preparation time to be on top of everything. For reoccurring schedule - such as birthday, salary and/or mortgage payment day - the reminder setting can repeat itself well into the future.

Also included in the program is a World Clock with a clickable word-map, so that information on international 24 hour timezone difference, country telephone area code and flight distance is literally just 2 clicks away!

And finally - as a "calendar" - this program displays, prints and converts Chinese-Lunar/Western calendar dates, as well as both Chinese and western Horoscopes. The new release also includes "Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches" information.

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Declan's Japanese FlashCards
$34 - Declan Software

Declan's Japanese FlashCards is a fully configurable audio-based Japanese vocabulary flashcard system. The software has been designed to help students learn a large number of Japanese words as quickly as possible in a systematic but fun & simple way. The software incorporates an audio feature that uses a native speaker's voice recordings of a word's pronunciation to aid the learning process. There are currently Word Files comprising over 4000 of the most frequently used Japanese words and phrases, each with a native speaker's voice recording of its pronunciation, all available for free download.

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Audio FlashCards (Japanese)
$32 - Declan Software

Audio FlashCards is an audio-based Japanese vocabulary flashcard system for Windows Mobile / Pocket PC. The software helps students learn a large number of Japanese words as quickly as possible in a systematic but fun & simple way. The software incorporates an audio feature that uses a native speaker's voice recordings of a word's pronunciation to aid the learning process. There are currently Word Files comprising over 4000 of the most frequently used Japanese words and phrases, each with a native speaker's voice recording of its pronunciation, all available for free download.

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Declan's Japanese Dictionary
$16 - Declan Software

Fully searchable 23,000 word Japanese-English dictionary

* A full 103,000 version available to registered users
* View pronunciations in Romaji (English script)
* Mark words and create wordlists for import into Declan's Flashcard

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