Help Edit Flashcards - Step 3 (Spelling)

The edit screen will display a green text field for each flashcard with each card's information. At the end of all the flashcards is a blank green text field where you can add additional flashcards to your set.

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Sound files are needed for spelling words, otherwise, how would you know what to spell. If the sound file is not in MindPal's sounds directory (you can view all of MindPal's sound files on the Setup > Sound Files > View screen, you can create your own sound files and upload them or you can request free sound files from MindPal by email.

Card: This is NOT an input field. It just lets you know what card number you are adding.

Clear Card: If you press this button, the data will be cleared from the card. If you press the Update Flashcard Set button with the data cleared from one or more cards, the card(s) will be deleted from the flashcard set.

Text Box : This is where you enter the spelling word on the flashcard.

Case Sensitive: If you check this box, then the word will be case sensitive. For example, if the flashcard's word was created with an upper case 'W' in Wednesday and the case sensitive box was checked, if the user types in 'wednesday', it would be counted as wrong. The reverse is also true. If the flashcard's answer was created with a lower case 'w' in wednesday and the case sensitive box was checked, if the user types in 'Wednesday', it would be counted as wrong. If the box is not checked, the user can type in either 'w' or 'W' and it would be counted as correct.

Sound File: If you checked the Attach Sound Files box in Step 1,  you will see this field on the screen. If you want to link a particular sound file to the flashcard, enter the name of the sound file. It must be a .wav file and must be less than or equal to 25 KB. Input the file name either with or without the extension (DO NOT ENTER DRIVE LETTER OR PATH).

If you do not enter in a sound file name when the flashcards are played it will look for a sound file named the same as the word on the flashcard. For example, if the word is 'Wednesday', the program will look for 'Wednesday.wav' and 'wednesday.wav' in the user's sounds directory. If it is not found there, it will look in MindPal's sounds directory. As another example, if you have a flashcard that has the word 'St. Patrick's Day', you would need to enter the name of a sound file that would be linked to this card since the file name St._Patrick's_Day.wav does not meet the requirements because of the '.

Requirements:

• File names cannot contain:
  • spaces (unix requirement)
  • * ? ! | \ / " { } < > ; , ^ ( ) $ ~ (unix requirement)
  • : (Windows requirement)
  • # or & (html requirement)
• File names cannot start with a . (period) (Windows requirement)
• File names are case sensitive (unix requirement)
• Since the space character is not allowed in a file name, you can replace the space with a _ in the sound file name. If you leave the sound file field blank, the flashcard program will use the flashcard's word with the space replaced with the _ for sound file name. As an example, let's say the answer was "one hundred". The program would automatically look for one_hundred.wav, first in the user's sounds directories and if not found, it would look in MindPal's sounds directories. Of course, if your word needs the _ , you will need to name the sound file a different name and enter the sound file name in the sound file field.
• Since the ':' character is not allowed in a file name, you can replace the : with a @ in the sound file name. If you leave the sound file field blank, the flashcard program will use the flashcard's word with the : replaced with the @ for the sound file name. For example, if the word is 12:30, the program would automatically look for 12@30.wav, first in the user's sounds directories and if not found, it would look in MindPal's sounds directories. Of course, if your word needs the @, you will need to name the sound file a different name and enter the sound file name in the sound file field.
• Since file names cannot start with a . (period), if the word must start with a period then precede the answer with a 0 (zero) for the sound file name. If you leave the sound file field blank, the flashcard program will precede the flashcard's word with a zero for the sound file name. As an example, let's say the word is .25. The program would automatically look for 0.25.wav. Of course, if your word needs to start with 0., you will need to name the sound file a different name and enter the sound file name in the sound file field.

Add Card: Press this button to add each new card to the set.

Update Flashcard Set: You must press this button to update your database or any new cards added or any changes you made will not be updated in your database.