alan_h

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   Benford's law and the decreasing reliability of accounting data(econerdfood.blogspot.co.uk)

   3 points by alan_h 14y ago|0 comments
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   MandarinTap - Is it Native? What is the tech stack? Questions answered.(blog.alanhampson.com)

   1 points by alan_h 14y ago|0 comments
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   by alan_h 14y ago

   Good point, feature/bug fix backlog is full for the next two weeks but I'll implement something like that in the version to follow. Some like "Exam Mode" where it retests you on everything you have studied so far. Could also have a another
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   by alan_h 14y ago

   Good point, expect this feature a week on friday. (11th Jan)
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   by alan_h 14y ago

   The logo/icon is weak, it does need to be replaced. (and will be)
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   by alan_h 14y ago

   Nope definitely not computer generated. I seriously recommend getting professional voice overs. Originally the demo was narrated by myself, but having a professional do it makes a HUGE difference. If I showed you the same video with my voic
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   by alan_h 14y ago

   I outsourced the voice over on elance.com. Lots of voice-over providers to choose from. (any language/accent you want)
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   by alan_h 14y ago

   Thanks for the purchase and the feedback. I'll resolve the issues you've raised. I've tested it on iphone 4 and 5, but not 4S. It would be a big help if you identified the iOS version you are using.
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   by alan_h 14y ago

   Cool, I'll add in a animal wordset. I'll do the animals of the chinese zodiac (pig, dog, tiger, horse, monkeys etc). I'll also do another for the zoo (penguins, eagle etc) Please feel free to suggest new word sets. Next major release will h
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    by alan_h 14y ago

    There shall be more lessons in the future :) If you have suggestions for what high-level word/phrase sets you would like, let me know. Unfortunately, at the moment I'm just guessing as to what people want.
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    by alan_h 14y ago

    Agreed, it does need a little more hierarchy for navigation. Too much scrolling at the moment. #1 I outsourced all the translations (and audio recordings) on www.elance.com #2 The goal was to spend 3-4 months playing/experimenting with pr
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    by alan_h 14y ago

    Excellent video btw, I will read into spaced-repetition.
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    by alan_h 14y ago

    Thanks for the feedback, this is something my test users also suggested. I'll prioritise this when I add new features.
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    by alan_h 14y ago

    Thank you sir, your thoughts after using the app would be very interesting to me :)
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    by alan_h 14y ago

    Thanks for point that out! Correcting it promptly! (I renamed the app, as I prefer the name MandarinTap)
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    by alan_h 14y ago

    Thanks for the feedback, it should be able to support sentences up to about 7-8 characters in length. Device width is the constraint here. I'll bear this in mind for future lesson sets.
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    by alan_h 14y ago

    I think Rosettastone may have feature. From what I understand voice-recognition for Mandarin is a hard problem.
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    by alan_h 14y ago

    Thanks! I shall correct this promptly.
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    by alan_h 14y ago

    For Kanji, certainly. It probably won't suit Hiragana and Katakana.
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    Show HN: My first product. Thoughts?(mandarintap.com)

    87 points by alan_h 14y ago|81 comments