13 projects tagged "English"
Artha is a handy thesaurus based on WordNet with distinct features like global hot key look up, passive desktop notification, regular expression based search, etc. Artha may be used as a free open-source replacement/clone to the proprietary WordWeb Pro thesaurus (which is also based on WordNet) on Unix-like and Windows operating systems.
eduMagnet can search and access different online video sites (YouTube, Blip, TeacherTube, RSS, German public TV, etc). Students and pupils can create playlists of lectures and talks and play educational content using an embedded video player (MPlayer). As an OLPC project eduMagnet is developed for the sugar OS, but can also be used in any Linux environment using GTK. Students may synchronize playlists to the online platform eduMagnet.org so that other users can subscribe to their playlists. Access to new online video sites can easily be added using python plugins ("Magnets").
TextCite is a program for organizing and commenting textual citations from texts (books, articles, or other published works) for use in producing scientific or academic publications. You can organize by publication, author, category, or outline. It works with bibliographic management programs like Citation, EndNote, RefWorks, and BibTeX, providing important text/citation management capabilities that these programs lack, while still allowing for rapid footnote and bibliography generation by means of your favorite bibliography manager. It also exports to PDF and Word (RTF).
MCU 8051 IDE is a fully featured integrated development enviroment for MCS-51 based microcontrollers. It consists of a compiler, an advanced text editor (with highlighting, validation, and completion), a simulator, a scientific calculator, a hex editor, and many other things. Currently, this program supports only assembly language and a few microcontrollers.
AbulEdu Calcul Mental is a software tool that trains children in mental calculation as stipulated by the French Ministry of Education for primary schools. Activities include addition, subtraction, multiplication of integers, addition tables (+2 to +9), times tables (x2 to x9), additional additives (to 10, to 100, to 1000), multiples (of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 50), and orders of magnitude (with additions, subtractions, and multiplications). There is also an editor and selective launcher.
Sugar provides a simple yet powerful means of engaging young children in the world of learning that is opened up by computers and the Internet. With Sugar, even the youngest learner will quickly become proficient in using the computer as a tool to engage in authentic problem-solving. It promotes sharing, collaborative learning, and reflection, developing skills that help children in all aspects of life.
ERDexpert is a interface to an Erlang expert assertion engine. ERDialog is an application framework using Yaws. Multiple applets can be loaded into the framework. The existing applets include a file launcher, mpd audio interface, and wiki. This is the full release and only needs Erlang and Yaws installed.
Vocatra is a console-based vocabulary trainer. It takes one or more vocabulary files, queries you for each word, and lets you try to give the correct answer. You can enable different learning modes. If you prefer to learn sequentially it has an order mode. Otherwise, there is also a random mode available.
eXaminator generates multiple choice exams for use with LaTeX. A collection of questions in a simple plain text format must be supplied. After specifying how many questions should be taken from each collection file, it will choose from them randomly and maintains a history (in a hidden file in the local directory) to guarantee that questions are reused as seldom as possible. Questions can also include pictures.