FlashCan

As someone learning to speak Cantonese, I've found one of the hardest aspects is trying to remember the vocabulary. (As a musician, the tones seem to come somewhat more easily.)

To that end, I wrote a flashcard program. Right now it isn't much and the dictionary file has all of 295 entries, but that will change over time. I'm adding the vocabulary to it as I work through the Teach Yourself Cantonese book, and as of January 2010 the program also supports searching although only at a very basic level.

You can download the Windows standalone binary, the Tcl/Tk source code and the dictionary file. You only need the dictionary and either the Tcl source or the Windows binary. The dictionary is a separate download as it can be updated independently of the application.

I have a Mandarin dictionary file donated for use with this app, but I cannot support it or update it. Updates are welcome though!

The program is currently at version 0.7.2 and the dictionary file only includes the vocabulary from the first six chapters of the book. Whether you're running the Windows binary or the Tcl/Tk source on Windows or other platforms, the program expects to find the flashcan.dat file in the same directory. Detailed technical information is over here.

Requirements: The Windows binary should work with Windows 98/NT4 and later. Running the Tcl/Tk source as a script requires Tcl/Tk 8.3 (or later) for your platform.

Updates:
29 January 2010: Ver 0.7.2 (at long last!) New almost tone-insensitive search (still matches 'h' though) and romanised searches now show the romanisation properly.

FlashCan: Cantonese Electronic Flashcards