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ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC

Adding Words to Tutor Dictionaries
Creating Cards in ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC
Adding Words from ABBYY Lingvo Dictionary Entries
Adding Words from ABBYY Lingvo History

Creating a Tutor Dictionary

Technical Support

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About the Program

ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC is a convenient mobile tool for learning new words. This application provides an interactive and entertaining learning environment which includes games and exercises of varying levels of difficulty. Tutor exercises will help you to build your vocabulary quickly and easily.

The vocabulary-building process is based on a flexible and efficient learning pattern: the program allows you to select words that you would like to learn and group these words into Tutor dictionaries.

Key Benefits

Various training modes
Small exercises of varying levels of difficulty will help you to memorize both translations and pronunciations.
Ability to create your own Tutor dictionaries for any language
You can create your own dictionaries of words you wish to learn and expand them to include new items.
Ability to fine-tune the learning process.
You can easily set up ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC to suit your learning needs.

System Requirements

1. Microsoft® Windows Mobile™ 5.0/Mobile 2003 SE/Mobile 2003.

2. 4 MB in the main memory to run the program

3. Free space in the main memory or on memory cards:

3 MB to store the files
Up to 3 MB to store standard Tutor dictionaries

4. Microsoft® ActiveSync 4.1 (for Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0) or Microsoft ActiveSync 3.7 for earlier operating systems

Note: You can update Microsoft ActiveSync at http://www.microsoft.com/.

Installing the Program

To install ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC:

Install ABBYY Lingvo on your personal computer and connect your Pocket PC to this computer.
Make sure that Microsoft® ActiveSync is active and the two computers are communicating.
Run the PDA Setup Manager (Start>Programs>ABBYY Lingvo 12>PDA Setup Manager>Pocket PC, Smartphone (Windows Mobile®)).
In the Custom Setup dialog box, make sure the ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC component is selected.
Important! ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC can only be installed together with ABBYY Lingvo 12 Pocket PC.
Follow the setup program instructions.

Note: You can update Microsoft ActiveSync at http://www.microsoft.com/

Launching the Program

To launch ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC, select ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC on the Start>Programs menu.

Removing the Program

You can remove ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC from your device by running the PDA Setup Manager on your desktop computer.

To remove ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC from your device:

Connect your Pocket PC to your desktop computer.
Make sure that Microsoft® ActiveSync is active and the two computers are communicating.
Select the Pocket PC, Smartphone (Windows Mobile®) command on the Start>Programs>ABBYY Lingvo 12>PDA Setup Manager menu.
In the Program Maintenance dialog box, select Modify and then click Next.
In the Custom Setup dialog box that opens, select This feature will not be available for ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC.
Follow the setup program instructions.

Important! If you remove ABBYY Lingvo 12 Pocket PC from your device, ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC will also be removed.

Learning New Words

ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC helps you learn new words by displaying flash cards with words from Tutor dictionaries.

A flash card contains a word and its translation. A lesson contains 10 cards which are selected at random from the current Tutor dictionary. If you translate a word in a card correctly several times, the card will be marked as "learnt" and will no longer be displayed. Another card will be randomly selected and displayed. The Intro stage allows you to preview the cards which will be displayed during exercises.

A flash card with the same word will be displayed several times during an exercise so that you can memorized the word well. By default, a card is marked as Learnt after you have correctly translated its word 10 times. You can change this threshold on the Training tab of the Tools>Options... dialog box.

A lessons consists of several exercises:

Intro
At this stage, you are introduced to the list of words which are to be memorized.
Match-Up
Two lists are displayed, one containing the words to be learnt and the other their translations. You need to match the words with their translations.
Multiple Choice
A word is displayed. Select its translation from the multiple variants suggested.
Memory Jog
A word is displayed. Recall its translation.

By default, all the above exercises are included into each lesson. You can set up the list of exercises for a lesson on the Lesson tab of the Tools>Options... dialog box.

To select a dictionary, tap Select Dictionary... on the Dictionaries menu.

You can stop any exercise at any moment and move on to the next one by selecting Stop Exercise on the Tools menu.

To view your statistics for a particular lesson, select the Show statistics after lesson option on the Lesson tab of the Tools>Options... dialog box.

In the default mode, ABBYY Lingvo Tutor displays words to be translated from language A to language B. You can select the required translation direction on the Training tab of the Tools>Options... dialog box.

Exercises: Intro

This exercise introduces you the words that you will learn during the lesson.

If you have translated a word correctly several times, the word is marked as Learnt (the exact number of correct translations required to mark a word as learnt is set in Tools>Options>Training). Cards with learnt words are replaced with new ones and are no longer displayed during the lesson. Each time new cards are added to a lesson, the Intro exercise starts so that you can review the newly-added words.

The dialog box of this exercise is divided into two sections. The word itself is displayed in the top section of the dialog box, whereas its translation is displayed in the bottom section. To view the next card, tap Next >.

Note: You can translate words from language A into language B, from language B into language A, or in both directions. Select the desired option on the Training tab of the Tools>Options... dialog box. In the default mode, ABBYY Lingvo Tutor displays words to be translated both from language A to language B and from language B to language A.

Viewing an answer:

Tap Show answer
Use this method if you wish to see the translation of a particular words, or
Select the Always show answer option
Use this method if you wish to see the translation of whenever a card is opened.

If the Play recorded pronunciations option is selected (Tools>Options...>Training), a word will be pronounced whenever its card is opened. You can also listen to the recorded pronunciation of a word by tapping .

You can stop any exercise at any moment and move on to the next one by selecting Stop Exercise on the Tools menu.

Exercises: Match-Up

When you do the Match-Up exercise, two columns are displayed, one containing the words to be learnt, the other containing their translations in random order. You need to match the words with their translations.

You can start by matching the pairs of words that you know well, and then try and guess the translations of the less familiar words.

Doing the exercise

Use your stylus to select a word.
The selected word will be highlighted in blue. To remove the blue highlighting, tap the word again.
Similarly, select a word in the other column.
- If you have correctly matched a word with its translation, both words will be highlighted in green and removed from the screen. The card will be displayed below the table.
- If you have matched a word with the wrong translation, both words will be highlighted in red. Try a different translation.
Note: You can listen to the recorded pronunciation of a word by tapping .

You can stop any exercise at any moment and move on to the next one by selecting Stop Exercise on the Tools menu.

Exercises: Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice is a simple yet very effective exercise. The upper section of the window displays a word and you must select its correct translation from among the several variants displayed in the lower section of the window.

Doing the exercise

Use your stylus to select the translation which you think is correct, or
Using the arrow buttons, place the mouse pointer over the translation which you think is correct, and then press the centre of the navigation key to select the translation.

If you have selected the correct translation, the word will be highlighted in green, and the next card will open. If the translation is wrong, it will be highlighted in red.

You can stop any exercise at any moment and move on to the next one by selecting Stop Exercise on the Tools menu.

Exercises: Memory Jog

Memory Jog is the most difficult exercise in a lesson. When you do this exercise, you must recall the correct translation of a suggested word. No tips are available, and you have to evaluate the correctness of your answers yourself.

Doing the exercise

A word is displayed on the screen. Recall its translation.
Tap Show Answer.
If the translation that you have recalled is correct, tap Right. Otherwise tap Wrong. The program keeps statistics of correct and incorrect answers.
After you have tapped Right or Wrong, a new word will be displayed.

You can stop any exercise at any moment and move on to the next one by selecting Stop Exercise on the Tools menu.

Checking Learnt Words

With ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC, you can commit new vocabulary to long-term memory in a variety of ways.

When you do the exercises, some cards are marked as Learnt. This happens if you have translate a word correctly several times. By default, a word is marked as Learnt after you have correctly translated it 10 times. You can change this threshold on the Training tab of the Tools>Options... dialog box.

You can check how well you remember the words you have learnt by doing a test (Tools>Test). By default, the test includes all the words that are marked as Learnt, and these words are tested in all the exercises which you have selected. You can change the list of exercises on the Lesson tab of the Tools>Options... dialog box.

The test will finish after all words from cards marked as Learnt have been displayed. Then you will see your test statistics: the number of correct and incorrect answers.

You can stop the test at any moment by selecting Stop Test on the Tools menu.

Note:

When you do the test, the Intro exercise is unavailable.
If you translate a word incorrectly, its card is automatically assigned the To learn status. "To learn" words are returned into the training process and will be displayed in the exercises.

Card Statuses

The status of a card determines how it will be used for training purposes. Depending on its status, a card may be included in/excluded from the learning process, or it can be used only in tests. The status of a card changes automatically during exercises, but it can also be changed manually by the user. A card may have one the four statuses:

Edit
Cards which have not yet been provided with translations have Edit status. This status is assigned automatically.
To learn
Cards which can be used in exercises have To learn status. This status can be assigned automatically or manually.
Learnt
Cards which have been displayed in an exercise and to which the user has given the specified number of correct answers have Learnt status. By default, a card receives Learnt status when you have correctly translated its word 10 times. You can change this number on the Training tab of the Tools>Options... dialog box. This status can be assigned automatically or manually.
Postponed
Cards that have been postponed by the user have Postponed status. This status can only be assigned manually.

Automatic Change of Status

ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC automatically changes the status of a card during an exercise. The following statuses can be assigned automatically:

To learn
- When you add a translation to a card that has Edit status
- When you reset the statistics (Tools>Dictionary Statistics...) of cards with Learnt and Postponed statuses
- When you fail to provide a correct translation for a Learnt card during the test
Note: You can also change card status to To learn manually.
Learnt
A card receives Learnt status when you correctly translate its word 10 times. You can change this threshold on the Training tab of the Tools>Options... dialog box.
Note: You can also change card status to Learnt manually.

Manual Change of Status

ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC allows you to change the statuses of some cards manually. This may be useful in the following situations:

You have learnt a card, but you still wish it to be displayed during exercises. To do this, change the status of the card from Learnt or Postponed to To learn.
You wish to temporarily exclude a card from the lesson. To do this, change the status o the card from To learn to Postponed or Learnt.

To change the status of a card:

In the Dictionary dialog box (Tools>Edit Dictionary...), select the card whose status you wish to change.
Do one of the following:
- Tap the headword of the card in the list, or
- Select Edit... on the shortcut menu.
  Note: You can change the status of card by selecting a required item on its shortcut menu.
In the Dictionary Card dialog box that opens, select the required status in the Card Status drop-down list and tap Save.

Statistics

When you do exercises, the program keeps track of your correct and incorrect answers. The following statistics are available in the program:

Card statistics
If you wish to see the statistics of your correct and incorrect answers after the lesson, select the Show statistics after lesson option on the Lesson tab of the Tools>Options... dialog box. Card statistics will be displayed once the lesson has ended.
Dictionary statistics
In the Statistics dialog box (Tools>Dictionary Statistics...), you can view the total number of cards in the selected dictionary and the statistics of card statuses. You can change the card statuses from Leant or Postponed to To learn. To do this, tap Reset Statistics.

Program Settings

ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC provides intuitive and flexible settings that you can change to make the vocabulary-building process more efficient and enjoyable. You can:

Change the number of cards which will be displayed during one lesson. Use this option to change the number of words to be learnt in one lesson.
Change the number of correct answers to treat a card is treated as learnt. By default, a card receives Learnt status when you have correctly translated its word 10 times. You can adjust this threshold to pace yourself.
Listen to recorded pronunciations to improve your pronunciation skills
Select a translation direction for your exercises
Select exercises which will be included in a lesson

Selecting Exercises

To select exercises for a lesson:

Open the Options dialog box (select Tools>Options... in the lesson window).
On the Lesson tab of the Options dialog box, select the exercises that you wish to be included in the lesson.

See also:
Program Settings
Training Options

Training Options

To change the training options:

Open the Options dialog box (select Tools>Options... in the lesson window).
Open the Training tab. On this tab you can:
- Change the number of cards to be displayed during one lesson
- Change the number of correct answers to teat a card as learnt
- Enable/disable recorded pronunciations
- Select a translation direction for your exercises

Adding Words to Tutor Dictionaries

ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC allows you to add new words to Tutor dictionaries. When adding new words, you can assign To learn status to new cards only, so that only these words are displayed during exercises.

To add new words to Tutor dictionaries, you need to create cards for these words.

A Tutor flash card contains a word or phrase, its translation, examples, and pronunciation. Every flash card is assigned a status.

Important! The translation direction of the dictionary from which you will add cards to your Tutor dictionary must be the same as the translation direction of the Tutor dictionary.

The following methods of creating Tutor flash cards are available:

Creating Cards in ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC

To create a Tutor flash card:

Select Tools>Edit Dictionary... in the lesson window.
In the dialog box that opens, on the Tools menu, select Create Card...
In the Dictionary Card dialog box, fill in the necessary fields and tap Save.
The button allows you to look up the translation of the word, provided there is a card with the same headword in ABBYY Lingvo for Pocket PC.
Note:
- When filling in the Translation field, you can enter multiple translations separated with a semicolon. For example, you can specify the following translations for the word "Sun": "солнце; солнечный свет; год". All these translations will be added to the card.
- You can enter several examples in the Example field. Each new example must start a new line. The text of an example must be separated from its translation by the sequence space-hyphen-space: " - ".
Important!
- A new card is always added to the current dictionary of the lesson.

Assigning a status to a new card

Card statuses can be assigned automatically:

To learn status is automatically assigned to a card after you have filled in the Translation field. If required, you can change this status manually.
Edit status is automatically assigned to a card if you have not filled in the Translation field.

You can also assign some statuses manually:

In the Status drop-down list of the Dictionary Card dialog box
On the shortcut menu of the Dictionary dialog box

Important! You cannot change the status of a card manually if its Translation field is not filled in.

Adding Words from ABBYY Lingvo Dictionary Entries

If a word or phrase you wish to memorize can be found in ABBYY Lingvo, you can add it to your Tutor dictionary from ABBYY Lingvo.

To add a card to a Tutor dictionary

Open the entry of a word or phrase in ABBYY Lingvo and do one of the following:

Tap Add to ABBYY Lingvo Tutor on the card toolbar or select Add to ABBYY Lingvo Tutor on the shortcut menu of the card.
The Dictionary Card dialog box will open. The Word field will contain the headword of the ABBYY Lingvo entry and the fields Translation, Transcription, and Example will contain the first item from the respective fields in the ABBYY Lingvo entry.
Important! The text of comments is not imported into Tutor flash cards.
Make the necessary changes and tap Save. The card will be added to the current dictionary of the lesson.
If the translation direction of a card being created is not the same as the translation direction of the current Tutor dictionary, the Select Dictionary dialog box will open. Select a Tutor dictionary with a matching translation direction.

Note: If an ABBYY Lingvo entry contains a transcription or recorded pronunciation, the same features will also be available in a Tutor flash card created from this entry.

Adding Words from ABBYY Lingvo History

To add a card to a Tutor dictionary:

Select Edit Dictionary... on the Tools menu of the lesson window.
On the Tools menu of the dialog box that opens, select Add Cards from ABBYY Lingvo History...
In the Add Cards from ABBYY Lingvo History dialog box that opens, select the words that you wish to add to the Tutor dictionary.
Tap Add to Dictionary. The new card will be added to the current dictionary of the lesson.
If required, you can edit a flash card that is being added:
- Tap the headword of the card in the Dictionary dialog box and in the dialog box that opens, make the necessary changes and tap Save.
You can add several cards with different translations for the same word.

Creating a Tutor Dictionary

In ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC you can create your own Tutor dictionaries.

To create a Tutor dictionary:

On the Dictionaries menu of the lesson window, select Create Dictionary.
In the New Dictionary dialog box that opens, do the following:
- Enter a name for the new dictionary
- Select a translation direction
- Specify a location for the new dictionary
Tap OK.

The created dictionary will become available in the Select Dictionary dialog box (Tools>Select Dictionary...). The new dictionary will automatically open.

Technical Support

Should you have any questions about the installation or use of ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC, please first consult the ABBYY Lingvo documentation which contains a detailed description of the ABBYY Lingvo Tutor for Pocket PC features, and visit the technical support pages at http://www.abbyy.ru/.

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