Picword 1.8

• License:

  Free to try; $29.95 to buy (Buy it now)

• Editor's Rating:

  3.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  5.0 stars (out of 2 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  2,661

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP

• Limitations:

  Limitation in words

• Date Added:

  February 25, 2005

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Picword 1.8 Picword 1.7 Picword 1.42

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Publisher's description of Picword

From Kroxus Software:

Learn written and verbal English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, and Uzbek--visually. When information is presented visually, you learn best. Picword has about 1,000 nice and funny pictures, all carefully selected so your mind can "picture" the word. Any of the languages can be selected as your source (native) or target (secondary) language.

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Editor's review of Picword

• 3.0 stars

• "Picword"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Picword 1.8

Jack-of-all-trades, master of none. This program, though it exposes you to many foreign words and pronunciations, doesn't offer the best method for mastering a foreign language. Picword covers more than 1,000 words in six languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Russian, and, surprisingly, Uzbek), connecting each word to a picture and pronouncing each for you to repeat. The pictures are childish and poorly compressed, and as such are difficult to identify. Though it's often tough to understand standard Microsoft speaking software for English, just try to imagine the voice pronouncing Uzbek words. The whole program centers around flash-card practice, and tests build on the same theme with multiple-choice or fill-in-the-blank options. At best a decent tool for learning how to spell foreign words, Picword isn't the best software for mastering foreign vocabularies.

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• 5 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Picword 1.8

  "Nice programm."

  by miceuzb on February 27, 2005

  Pros: Nice programm with simple interface and more joyful pictures. It is helping me to memorize words. I liked typing.

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• 5 stars

  Version: Picword 1.8

  "Interesting methods of learning"

  by MALKS on March 26, 2005

  Pros: The software has pictures of all the words. You will hear the pronunciation when you click on the word. Also you will learn how to type the word. I liked the "Shooting game". Highly recommended

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