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Vocabulary Trainer for GDocs

Vocabulary Trainer for GDocs

by Yan Matusevich on Mar 25, 2011 7:31:00 PM — read 2,508 times

Tested version: 1.7.1
Latest version: 1.8
Requires Android: from 1.5

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Summary

I’m sure every school kid knows what it’s like to sit at home on the couch and study vocabulary for an upcoming test. Not only is it boring, annoying, but it also takes a really long time.

I’ve been looking for a good app for vocab training to help keep up with my college classes. The Vocabulary Trainer for GDocs looked promising so I decided to give it a try.
 

 

Features & Use

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The app itself doesn’t allow you to add vocabulary lists. You have to import the data via Google Docs – which means that you have to export them from your vocabulary program in advance. Personally, I use VTrain (Vocabulary Trainer) 5.0. On my PC, I exported my entire vocabulary list as a .CSV file, created a new spreadsheet with Google Docs, imported my vocabulary – and bingo!

Unfortunately, the app isn’t really easy to figure out at start-up. Things start out with a short intro that’s more confusing than helpful because it’s hard to figure out how to get to the main menu. The secret is: press the Back button!

After that you have to enter your Google account information in the Settings. That really bothered me! I’m not comfortable with sharing my personal Google password with any random app.

Finally, it’s time to import the most important information: your vocabulary lists. Tap “Import new trainer”. The app takes a while to load your vocabulary charts from Google Docs. After that, you can select which specific spreadsheet you would like to open.

A clear and easy-to-use assistant helps you import the correct vocab content. After completing the assistant, you get redirected to the main menu. All the imported flashcards are displayed in a list.

Once you select a flashcard, the following options pop-up:

  • Start trainer
  • Start with switched sides
  • Power Learning
  • List-view training
  • Status / Progress
  • Update from Google Docs
  • Text-to-Speech
  • Search
  • Trainer Settings
  • Delete Trainer

Getting started couldn’t be any simple – just press Start Trainer. The app displays the front of the first flashcard. If your flashcards are for studying a language, you can’t type in a translation to guess the right answer. I actually thought that this made sense because a lot of languages require special keyboards that aren’t available (i.e. Chinese, French accents, Russian). The important thing here is to guess the right answer quickly in your head.
By swiping from right to left uncovers the correct answer on the backside of the flashcard. If you guessed correctly, the card is placed at the bottom of the pile. If you get it wrong, the same flashcard will come again at the top.

Selecting “Start with switched sides” simply switches the front and backsides of your flashcards.
Power Learning means that you have to get a flashcard correct several times in order to make it to the next level.

In all three learning modes, you can activate the auto mode, which allows you to automatically go through all the flashcards. You can adjust the time interval between each card.
In List-view training you can see all your flashcards in a single list.

You can also keep up with how you’re doing by selecting Status/Progress. Here you can see how many flashcards you’ve successfully memorized and adjust the time limits for your study session.

If you want to export your training status, it’s import to do so before refreshing your Google Docs. Otherwise your level status gets wiped – no questions asked!

In Tex-to-Speech you can adjust the language for listening to your flashcards out loud. The app uses whatever TTS is on your phone, which is usually the standard Google version.

Using the Search section, you can look for specific flashcards/vocabulary.

In Preferences you can adjust individual settings for each vocabulary list/training session.

In the General Preferences, you can allow importation of pictures from Picasa to help you with your study cards.

Bottom Line:

Vocabulary Trainer for GDocs is useful and boasts lots of helpful features. Not the most beautiful apple of the bunch, but definitely worth a look for obsessive studiers.
 

 

Screen & Controls

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Nothing fancy is an understatement when it comes to Vocabulary Trainer for GDocs – the app is really hideous and boring. Black, white and grey are all the colors you’ll see with this app. Not only is the app depressing to look at, but it stuns your drive and motivation to study for school. You can adjust the colors in the settings, but doesn’t the overall dreary look of the app.

Last but not least: the app is extremely confusing for the average user.
 

 

Speed & Stability

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Vocabulary Trainer for GDocs runs quickly and reliably. I didn’t experience any speed and performance-related problems.

 

 

Price/Performance Ratio

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Vocabulary Trainer for GDocs can be downloaded for free from the AndroidPIT App Center and the Android Market. 

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Review "Vokabeltrainer für Google Docs" from Mar 24, 2011 (German)

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Market Comments

Utz, Apr 14, 2012
Super-Lösung, die ich sehr gerne nutze. Leider ein Stern Abzug wegen den häufigen Abstürzen.
Paul, Mar 19, 2012
very impressive Great app, using google docs to generate the content makes it so easy. The only negative is due to using picasa for pics is a bit clunky and a fair bit of work. Would be awesome if there was some way to use google spreadsheet to link to the pictures somehow. Other then that I couldnt be happier, makes learning new content easy and I can always practice when I have a few minutes spare. cheers!
mirah, Feb 10, 2012
Clean, clear, useful This is the exact example of a piece of software for which I would pay if I could. Reasonable sum of course and using secure payment method. Can you please consider, in the future, to include the possibility to add extra info for the front page? It would be useful for pronunciation or extra meaning specication of the word (in case of ambiguous meaning).
Andrei, Feb 8, 2012
Fair Fairly good, but constantly stops in the middle and reboots. Please fix the glitch, or this is going to 1 star and uninstalling...
Peter, Jan 18, 2012
Sehr gut! Bestes App! Ein schöneres Icon wäre jedoch wünschenswert.
Mauri, Dec 12, 2011
great!!! I would love if I could keep the learning levels of each row even after updating, could be done using as id the row number
Aidan, Nov 30, 2011
Great! Only wish it'd allow pictures aswell!
Dani, Nov 4, 2011
Brilliant, I used to write paper cards, but this is better in so many ways.
Martin, Oct 22, 2011
Simple yet powerful and extremely reliable. I could not be happier with it. Danke schoen!
Soe, Aug 21, 2011
If I could give 6 stars, I would. Good free program that is useful.
vincentc, Jul 16, 2011
Easy to use I was looking for a good Android flashcard app that integrated with Google Spreadsheets since I switched from my iPhone (where I used to use gFlash+). This is it! Just pop all your data into two columns of a Google Spreadsheet and it'll import it as the front and back of your cards. Very nice.
Jason, Jul 15, 2011
Easy and simple. Just download from google. Has speaking function too. Jason
Robin, Jul 4, 2011
Flat out did not work on Samsung epic. Had to uninstall.
Kachan, Jun 17, 2011
Just fantastic. I wish I had it in my younger years.
Me, Jun 13, 2011
I would gladly pay for this. A job well done! I especially like that I can set my own frequency that the cards are displayed on each level.
Mao, May 13, 2011
Very useful!!
Guts, May 12, 2011
Very helpful and easy to use app! I love it!
Guillaume, Apr 21, 2011
it is very convenient to be able to sync with google doc, but the repetition algo is so bad that the app becomes useless. too bad
Jenny, Mar 15, 2011
Awesome app! Makes me a genius ;)
tekay, Feb 18, 2011
Best app for language learning. Supports kanji! I'd like multiple lines on front though. Author should make a donate version for a dollar or so.
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