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    Thread: Read More or Die reading contest
Post: Read More or Die reading contest

Thanks everyone:) Thanks for pointing out the rules page, I completely missed that part! But 11 screens seems about fair, for the smaller textboxes. Well, I made a twitter account :D So I'm going to...
socks Group study 18 4,623 2012-03-22, 11:28 am
    Thread: Read More or Die reading contest
Post: Read More or Die reading contest

This sounds really fun to try:D Where can you sign up? (I tried looking for it on the blog...but..I can't seem to find it) And, if you read visual novels... can you add that as well? (I guess you'd h...
socks Group study 18 4,623 2012-03-22, 2:57 am
    Thread: Capture2text, Omnipage or Readiris?
Post: Capture2text, Omnipage or Readiris?

is there any major difference in the accuracy of these, when it comes to OCR-ing texts? I'm thinking about getting an OCR program so I can scan some novels and easily make some wordlists for Anki, in...
socks Learning resources 7 3,885 2011-11-30, 11:18 am
    Thread: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here
Post: Post Your Recent Milestone Achievement Here

I now have 600 kanji in my kanji koohii deck^_^ only 3/4th left! hopefully this time I can complete rtk1 without RSI getting in the way:( I cant believe I got to 1700...and then had to stop lol. Bu...
socks General discussion 1,389 294,715 2011-10-29, 11:06 am
    Thread: Introduction to Modern Japanese + Basic Technical Japanese
Post: Introduction to Modern Japanese + Basic Technical ...

Well, I managed to get a copy of "Japanese for Everyone" to look at. It does seem to go at a nice, fast pace. The only thing I really dislike about "Japanese for Everyone" is the cartoons and the fact...
socks Learning resources 17 8,205 2011-10-15, 12:22 pm
    Thread: Post your *ambitious* goal here!
Post: Post your *ambitious* goal here!

I know this thread is really, really old. But I felt it was a really adorable thread. So I hope it's okay if I revive it. If not you can yell at me. My short-term Japanese related ambitious goals ar...
socks General discussion 96 18,438 2011-10-14, 11:42 am
    Thread: Introduction to Modern Japanese + Basic Technical Japanese
Post: Introduction to Modern Japanese + Basic Technical ...

jishera, I don't think I get bored with textbooks that fast, I mean I managed to make it to chapter 7 of "Japanese for busy people"(doing the regular textbook and the workbook), even though I wanted t...
socks Learning resources 17 8,205 2011-10-14, 11:11 am
    Thread: Introduction to Modern Japanese + Basic Technical Japanese
Post: Introduction to Modern Japanese + Basic Technical ...

I'm totally fine with any keigo questions ;-) as my potential internship in Japan nears, I will probably need books on that as well. So discuss away! :D jishera , Well, if you're just beginning with...
socks Learning resources 17 8,205 2011-10-13, 3:04 pm
    Thread: Introduction to Modern Japanese + Basic Technical Japanese
Post: Introduction to Modern Japanese + Basic Technical ...

I've been studying Japanese for about one and a half years. I started with "Japanese for Busy People", but soon found out that I really dislike that method. Then I found out about "Genki". And while...
socks Learning resources 17 8,205 2011-10-13, 10:21 am
    Thread: Japanese speech recognition software
Post: Japanese speech recognition software

Thank you for your reply. I just tried Dragon dictation for the iPad and it's actually pretty good! In case someone else is interested in downloading it and trying it out, I'll post a little snippet o...
socks Learning resources 3 5,266 2011-08-30, 11:35 am
    Thread: Japanese speech recognition software
Post: Japanese speech recognition software

Since I have a pretty bad case of tendinosis (it took the G.P. and physiotherapist three years to give me a proper diagnosis and treatment program >:0) , but type in Japanese quite a lot (e.g. S...
socks Learning resources 3 5,266 2011-08-19, 12:13 pm