eStroke Animated Chinese Characters v2.5 - iPad Edition

Description
You can download a copy of the manual from http://www.eon.com.hk/estroke/eStrokeIOS.pdf

Recommended by the Hong Kong Education Department for Stroke Order.
Traditional/Simplified Chinese all in one package. Learn them both to have a complete understanding of Chinese.

Best Teacher award recipient uses eStroke in classroom.
o http://www.worldjournal.com/view/full_news/7796990/article-%E8%91%89%E9%87%91%E6%83%A0%E7%8D%B2%E9%81%B8%E5%B9%B4%E5%BA%A6%E6%9C%80%E5%84%AA%E6%95%99%E5%B8%AB?instance=hof2

Review independently by educator at Carnegie Mellon University
o http://http://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~yanliu1/Courseware_evaluation_by_Yan.doc

Used by educators at Hong Kong University to make a difference to the lives of youths in Sichuan once ruined by earthquake via modern technology.
o http://www2.ed.gov/programs/iegpsugisf/funded09/p016a090050.pdf (search for e-Stroke).

Used by educators in SDSU to apply for U.S. Government Grant.
o http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsugisf/funded09/p016a090050.pdf (search for e-Stroke).

eStroke is a complete tool for you to study Chinese. Besides showing you the correct stroke order for every Chinese Character, eStroke also contains 3 Dictionaries, Flashcards of Frequently Used characters, Self Test functionalities, HSK Vocabulary and a sample HSK Basic Level Examination. In addition, there are many thoughtful features built into the application to facilitate the learning of Chinese.

Feature Summary

- No Internet connection required.
- Animates every Chinese Character, i.e. more than 20,000 characters.
-Multiple Rows/Columns animation.
o Pinch gesture on animation box to increase/decrease rows/columns.
o Setting in Preference>Miscellaneous>Clear before Animate.
- Audio for new HSK Level 1 Vocabulary
- Traditional, Simplified and Kanji Stroke Order (Setting in Preference->Bias)
- Double tap to animate at maximum resolution (768 x 768).
- Flashcards based on Frequently Used 100,500,1000,2000, 2710, HSK vocabulary and Hong Kong Grade 1 to Grade 6 characters.
- User can create their own hierarchy of flashcard lists.
- Flashcard can be backup to P.C. and Mac via iTune file transfer utility.
- Self Test functionality.
o Character/Meanings.
o Character/Pinyins.
o Meaning/Characters.
o Pinyin/Characters.
- Include a HSK Basic Level Exam.
- Show stroke order variants across Hong Kong, China and Taiwan.
- Pronounce Stroke Name.
- Shows Pinyin, Zhuyin, Jyutping, Radical and stroke count.
- Shows commonly used phrases
- Enables you to practice handwriting using the correct stroke order and direction by following the numbered stroke order.
- Contains 3 Dictionaries
o Chinese/English (CEDICT)
o Chinese/German (HANDEDICT)
o Japanese/English (EDICT)
- Dictionary searchable via Chinese, English, German, Japanese, Pinyin and Jyutping.
- Features fully customizable in Preference.

To animate

- Tap on Animation Box to bring up the keyboard or
- Select a character from the Grade button.

Quick Start

You will need to enable Chinese Input on your device via Setting->General->International->Keyboards->Chinese(Simplified) and enable Handwriting and/or Pinyin.
What's new in Version 2.5
Fix a bug relating to running on IOS 5.
CEDICT/HANDEDICT/EDICT are empty because database is opened in Readwrite mode. Needs to be opened in Readonly mode.

Version: 2.5
89.6 MB
Seller: Kuen Chau
© EON Media Limited
LANGUAGES: English
REQUIREMENTS: Compatible with iPad. Requires iOS 4.2 or later.

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