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Katanakana! (カタナカナ!)
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Katanakana is an Android application built using the **[Phonegap Mobile Framework](http://www.phonegap.com/)** that
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aims to teach people one of the Japanese alphabets, Katakana. Katakana is often noted to be one of the more useful
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languages to have some sense of if you're visiting Japan, as it's largely used on menus and for words that aren't
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of Japanese origin.
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It aims to teach through a somewhat algorithmic approach; what this basically entails is a simple formula that watches
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for how often a character is incorrectly identified by the user, and will adjust its "resurfacing" time based on the average
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amount of seconds it seems to take a person to commit a character to short term memory. This app is built to try and use
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short term memory as a jumping off point; **[for more information on the approach used here, consult the initial release article](http://venodesigns.net/2011/03/06/hacking-the-human-brain/)**.
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Something to note is that this application was built over the course of roughly 3 hours; it's an initial first shot/attempt
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that may or may not be 100% beneficial to people, but with refinement could be quite interesting. Katanakana is released under
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an MIT license in the hopes that others might find the approach interesting, and further extend it to the benefit of any party
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interested in learning Japanese.
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The Version of Katanakana in the Android Market...
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The version of this application is listed on the Android Market, and priced at 99 cents USD. The original author keeps it on
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there for the hell of it, but anyone is free to repurpose this and upload it to the market for themselves, just give proper
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attribution as the MIT license specifies. :)
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**[Katanakana on the Android Market](https://market.android.com/details?id=com.phonegap.Katanakana)**
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Questions, Comments?
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Email: **ryan [at] venodesigns _dot_ net**
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Twitter: **[@ryanmcgrath](http://twitter.com/ryanmcgrath)**
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Web: **[Veno Designs](http://venodesigns.net/)**
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Requirements for Compiling
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**[Android Development Environment](http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)**
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**[Ant, if you're using a Terminal]()**
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**[Eclipse, if you're a Java-head who uses IDEs](http://www.eclipse.org/)**
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Compiling This Yourself (Eclipse)
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Eclipse has an Android plugin to facilitate this. I don't use it because
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Eclipse and IDEs just get in my way (what this basically means is that I don't even
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know where to begin with this). Documentation should be abound, though, as it's an official
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Google supported method for Android development.
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If you work with this enough, feel free to submit a pull request for this section of the README,
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other Eclipse users would surely appreciate it!
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Compiling This Yourself (Terminal)
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To compile/run on a phone/device in debug mode, run (in the root directory):
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ant -v debug install
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To compile/store a signed version, **[generate an application keystore](http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/app-signing.html)** and run:
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ant release
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It should ask you for a keystore password/etc; if you did the generation step, you should know them. ;)
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