VTrain (Vocabulary Trainer) for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffJuly 14, 2015

If you're willing to learn your way around the interface, this application makes a nice Spanish-language tutor. The program comes with a small deck of Spanish vocabulary flash cards that open as a cardfile, a quiz format.

Quiz cards appear in the first cardfile box. Answering correctly will send the card to the next box, while answering incorrectly or giving up sends it back to the first box. Scheduling options on the Cardfile menu let you set intervals for when you should go through each box to refresh your memory. You can download decks from the company's Web site or create your own. We downloaded several decks looking for multimedia content, but didn't find anything beyond images.

The New cards into cardfile at once option on the Compose menu lets you open any deck in quiz form. A radio button sets the cardfile to ask you for the front or the back, so you can use one deck to study Portuguese/English or English/Portuguese. The new version makes it a breeze to enter Unicode characters. With some effort learning how to use the program, users should be able to use VTrain (Vocabulary Trainer) to study many foreign languages.

What’s new in version 5.2-build-107

Version 5.2 build 107 includes unspecified updates.

VTrain (Vocabulary Trainer) for Windows

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GENERAL

Release: January 14, 2008

Latest update: July 14, 2015

Version: 5.2-build-107

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows XP
Windows ME
Windows Vista
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows 95
Windows NT
Windows 10

Additional Requirements: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista

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Total Downloads: 14,345

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User Reviews

4.3/5

13 User Votes

Mnemosyne is better...
abcinchinaJuly 28, 2008
Pros
Has more functions that CueCard.
Cons
Check out "The Mnemosyne Project" with a Google search to find a free flashcard software that uses spaced repetition to help you remember a foreign word forever. There's also pre-made decks that can be downloaded from the homepage for Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, etc.
Summary
Recommended but the user interface isn't too easy.
Rockon38February 27, 2008
Pros
This software is definitely recommended if you want to get a flashcard program. <p>- I like the boxes, they're a must have. <p>- Haven't tried the whol algorithm aspect of it.
Cons
Definitely needs to be more user friendly. It's just not intuitive enough. <p>- It could also use a little chornograph in the corner of the program.
Summary
The Mnemosyne Project - A better & free flash card software program!!
abcinchinaOctober 10, 2007
Pros
If you guys want a free flashcard program that is better than Vtrain (IMO), has spaced repetition, HTML, and can have the answer section with on different lines, then check out "The Mnemosyne Project" with a Google search.
Cons
I've tried out Vtrain and it is just too complicated to use. Mnemosyne can do everything Vtrain can and is also more efficient to use.
Summary
A must for demanding users
niseteocFebruary 2, 2005
Pros
You save a lot of study time with VTrain because, unlike other flashcard-based solutions, it schedules your repetitions is such a way that after only a few reviews are necessary, you get any foreign word into your long-term memory. The authors claim that VTrain has been registered by many universities. No surprise...
Cons
First-time users can get scared when they that VTrain uses two files at a time (one for the cards bearing the teaching materials, one for sorting out those cards). Read the tutorial and you'll overcome this blemish. In fact, I think this (admittedly odd) feature is actually necessary to make VTrain so powerful.
Summary
janvdsNovember 20, 2004
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Unique in its field
June 30, 2004
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Cons
Summary
What I like most of this program is that draws up a timetable of spaced repetitions and reminds you when a flashcard has to be reviewed again. This way, you can beat the so-called ''forgetting curve'' with minimum effort. Although its interface is nothing for school children, adult users will find VTrain is an elegant and convenient solution to an often urging problem. --- BTW I do not agree with the C|Net reviewer when he says the help file was translated poorly. Admittedly, the language used sounds weird at times, but the Help file of this application is loaded with useful information for language learners.
Have had no bad experiences with this product.
January 25, 2004
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Summary
I have never experienced a crash from this product. It didn't seem to leave a bunch of useless junk in the registry. I have been able to transport the dictionary files with no problems. Some of the features were not very intuitive.
great product
April 1, 2003
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Summary
Something i missed in similar programs - it uses separate files for editing and for training. Useful for me as a teacher, since I can amend the lessons while my students are drilling on them over a LAN. Files are synchronized all along!
Read this
March 30, 2003
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--Selinaquinn, read this-- You can work around the lime green default bug just by saving a newly created deck of flashcards before inputting any data. VTrain is overloaded with features I did not know I needed! Groovy :-)
great product
December 10, 2002
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Summary
it's a lot easier then writing the cards but for some reason the font is defaulted at lime green and i can't figure out why or how to change it.

Developer’s Description

Learn a foreign language with a fully customizable vocabulary and flash-card trainer.

VTrain helps you learn any foreign word forever with only 7 repetitions per year. It supports multilanguage edition, multimedia, and networking. The website offers free vocabulary cards in 40 languages. VTrain has been adopted by 50 universities. Version 5.2 build 107 includes unspecified updates.