[Bug 199771] Re: Half the words in KTouch aren't real words or are incomplete

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On 2008-07-08T18:41:46+00:00 Mackenzie Morgan wrote:

Version:            (using KDE 4.0.5)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

Many of the words in the upper levels of the auto-generated English lessons are not real words, are misspelled, or are incomplete words.  Often they look like German.
Examples:
salesladie
latencie
se
distinctivel
syllabicatin
amazo
fizze
pygm
summariz
metaphysicall
psychoanalyticall
heavyse
fraye
mestizo
yashmak
yukk
hygromete
glamoriziatio
synthesi

The expected behaviour is that actual words are used for spelling
practice.

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On 2008-07-08T18:50:53+00:00 Mackenzie Morgan wrote:

Er, I meant to say "typing practice" but oops.  The point is, practicing
mistyping words just makes it habit, which is the opposite of the point.

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On 2008-07-08T18:52:38+00:00 Mackenzie Morgan wrote:

Also, this bug is in both KTouch for KDE4 and the older KDE 3.5.9
version.

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On 2009-04-20T11:14:31+00:00 Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:

Not sure what to do about it, the file should be all redone but I am not
qualified to do so.

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On 2009-06-22T15:07:45+00:00 Jiri Palecek wrote:

I see a similar issue in the Czech dictionary, where some of the words
are German. Also, some of the words are Czech dirty words (eg. prdele
and proser).

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On 2010-03-28T22:34:35+00:00 Trash-block wrote:

In addition a lot of inappropriate words are included for an educational
product: Words such as ASS, JACKASS, SCANDAL, CATCALL, ENEMA, CRACKHEAD,
HORNY, SATANICAL.  Some are misspelled, but it is obvious both by sound
and the large quantity of inappropriate words.

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On 2010-04-15T09:38:19+00:00 Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:

If I remove the English file there will be no English training anymore which makes the program useless for English.
Isn't there a replacement or a patch for it instead? Same for Czech?

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On 2010-11-26T13:04:05+00:00 Jarl Arntzen wrote:

The same applies for the Norwegian file. My 9 year old son started
complaining about the incomplete words in lesson 4 or 5, I think. Like
others have mentioned, both because of the incomplete and the
inappropriate words (both in terms of content and relevance), I somewhat
regret having enthusiastically recommended Ktouch to his primary school.

Also, it makes the windows-based applications look so much better, since
they make you type real words that are more relevant and fun for pupils
at a primary school.

Now, since editing the training .xml-files is pretty easy, I'll simply
go through and modify it by hand before submitting a patch. :)

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On 2010-11-26T13:12:20+00:00 Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:

Thanks Jarl! You can attach the new file in this bugreport or send it to
me. I encourage the other reporters to do the same with other files
which have problem, thanks. annma

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On 2010-12-01T19:46:10+00:00 Jarl Arntzen wrote:

Created attachment 53949
Added 300 words, corrected incomplete words, removed inappropriate words

- Added 300 most frequently searched words from the dictionary at sprakrad.no (Norwegian Language Advisory).
- Completed incomplete words.
- Replaced inappropriate words with better words. Ktouch can now be safely recommended to Norwegian primary schools.
- Spellchecked entire file.

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On 2010-12-01T19:53:36+00:00 Jarl Arntzen wrote:

BTW: The Danish training file seems really good with regards to use in
schools or by students.

Not only does it cover punctuation and upper-case letters but it has
some interesting facts-based lessons where you can learn about topics
like the ice-age and practice speed-typing at the same time. I'll
consider translating the whole thing to Norwegian.

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On 2010-12-01T21:39:16+00:00 Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:

SVN commit 1202668 by annma:

improved Norwegian training file, thanks a lot Jarl!!! I'll backport to 4.5 branch as well
CCBUG=166071


 M  +217 -174  norwegian.ktouch.xml  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1202668

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On 2010-12-01T21:43:58+00:00 Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:

SVN commit 1202670 by annma:

backport of 1202668
CCBUG=166071


 M  +217 -174  norwegian.ktouch.xml  


WebSVN link: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=1202670

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