This is a simple software that can be used to pratice english alphabet. It will randomically find a word to spell, and you have a input text to write what you hearded. It's possible to repeat the spelling or check the word.Design to IELTS exams.
To download it: click here and get the latest version.
See all the screenshots here.
You can also report a bug, ask a new feature, ask for support or just send a patch. The code can be found in SVN, follow the instructions to checkout it. You can leave a testimonial, I would love it.
First of all, verify if you have java installed. In windows, normally it's in 'C:/Program Files/Java''. You need Java 6. You can verify it executing in a prompty:
$ java -version
It must return something telling you the version of java installed.
To download java, go to http://www.java.com/getjava
To run the program, download the jar. To execute, double click it. If it doesn't work, or open winzip/winrar, you will need to execute in prompt:
$ java -jar IELTSSpell.jar
Any problems to run, please contact me. I'll improve it as soon I have some feedbacks. You can ask for support directly.
See all the screenshots here.
The first thing you will do is starting the first spelling. Type 'Alt+R', enter'' or click in 'Start' button. The application will choose a word on an intern dictionary and the sound will start.
You can type what you hear in a text field if you want. You can repeat the spelling typing 'Alt+R' or clicking in 'Repeat' button. You can show or hide the word spelled typing 'Alt+H' or clicking in button 'Show original word'/'Hide original word'.
To go to next word, type 'Alt+N' or click in 'Next' button.
If you want to try a different dictionary, create a file in the same directory named 'WordList.txt'. Put a word per line, the words must have letters only (no punctuation nor white spaces).
It's a totally free software, and open source (GPL).
But the sound is CC.
It was barely tested, but it works in my machine!
To report a bug, please send me a printscreen, the version of the program and the brand-new-files stdout.txt e stderr.txt.