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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN"
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"dtd/kdex.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY kappname "&klettres;"><!-- replace klettres here -->
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<!ENTITY package "kdeedu">
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<!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE">
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<!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"><!-- change language only here -->
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]>
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<book lang="&language;">
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<bookinfo>
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<title>The &klettres; Handbook</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<firstname>Anne-Marie</firstname>
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<surname>Mahfouf</surname>
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<affiliation>
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<address>&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail;</address>
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</affiliation>
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</author>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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</authorgroup>
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<copyright>
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<year>2001</year><year>2006</year>
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<holder>&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf;</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
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<date>2006-02-08</date>
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<releaseinfo>1.5</releaseinfo>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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&klettres; is an application specially designed to do help the user
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to learn alphabet in a new language and then to learn to read simple syllables.
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The user can be a young child aged from two and a half or an adult that wants to learn
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the basics of a foreign language. </para>
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<para>
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Eleven languages are available at the moment: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English,
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French, Italian, Luganda, Romanized Hindi, Spanish, Slovak and German but only
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English, French and your language if it is among those are installed by default.
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</para>
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<para>
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&klettres; is really easy to use. The language can be changed using the
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<guimenu>Language</guimenu> menu. The user can also choose the Level from
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1 to 4 in a combo box in the toolbar or via the <guimenu>Level</guimenu>
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menu. <guimenuitem>Themes</guimenuitem> (background and font color) can be
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changed in a combo box or in the <menuchoice><guimenu>Look</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Themes</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu. Three themes are
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available: <guimenuitem>Classroom</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Arctic</guimenuitem> and <guimenuitem>Desert</guimenuitem>.
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Finally, the mode can be changed from kid to grown-up using the
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Look</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Mode</guimenuitem></menuchoice> menu.
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</para>
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</abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>kdeedu</keyword>
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<keyword>klettres</keyword>
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<keyword>alphabet</keyword>
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<keyword>Czech</keyword>
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<keyword>Danish</keyword>
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<keyword>Dutch</keyword>
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<keyword>English</keyword>
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<keyword>French</keyword>
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<keyword>Italian</keyword>
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<keyword>Romanized Hindi</keyword>
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<keyword>Spanish</keyword>
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<keyword>Slovak</keyword>
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<keyword>Luganda</keyword>
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<keyword>language</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</bookinfo>
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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>&klettres; is a very simple application that helps a child or an
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adult to learn the alphabet and some simple sounds in his own language
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or in another language. The program picks up a letter or a syllable
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in random, this letter/syllable is displayed and the sound is played.
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The user should then type this letter or syllable. Training is done in
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the levels where the letter/syllable is not displayed, only the sound
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is played. The user does not need to know how to use the mouse, the
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keyboard only is needed.</para>
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<para>There are eleven languages available at the moment: Czech, Danish, Dutch,
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English, French, Italian, Luganda, Romanized Hindi, Spanish, Slovak and German. If your
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&kde; language is Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Luganda, Romanized Hindi, Spanish,
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Slovak or German, then your language is taken as default, otherwise French is the default.
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You can easily get any additional available language by using the
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<guimenu>File</guimenu> menu and <guimenuitem>Get Alphabet in New
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Language...</guimenuitem> menu item, provided that your computer is connected to
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the Internet.</para>
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<note><para>&klettres; needs &arts; running for the sound</para></note>
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<para>Two different modes allow you to adapt &klettres; to
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your need and have the full usual interface or a stripped interface. For a
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child, the menubar is no longer
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visible. We assume that a child will not want to set the language
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himself. A combo box allows him to choose the different levels. For an
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older user, the background is not so childish and the menubar is
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present in the Grown-Up style. Three different themes
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(<guimenuitem>Classroom</guimenuitem>,
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<guimenuitem>Arctic</guimenuitem> and
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<guimenuitem>Desert</guimenuitem>) set up a different background with
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different fonts.</para>
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<note>
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<para>You do not need the language keyboard layout anymore as you can use the
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special <guimenuitem>Characters</guimenuitem> toolbar to type any special
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character in each language. In the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu,
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<guimenuitem>Toolbars</guimenuitem>, select <guimenuitem>Characters</guimenuitem>
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and the toolbar will appear at the bottom of &klettres;. Click on the letter
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you want and it will be shown in the input field. This toolbar can be dragged
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anywhere on your screen.</para>
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<para>
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If you prefer having the language keyboard layout, please use &kcontrolcenter;, in the
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section <guimenu>Regional & Accessibility</guimenu> and submenu
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<guimenuitem>Keyboard Layout</guimenuitem> in order to set the correct keyboard layout.</para>
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</note>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="using-klettres">
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<title>Using &klettres;</title>
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<para>&klettres; has 4 levels. Levels 1 and 2 deal with the alphabet and
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levels 3 and 4 concern syllables. For a very young child (2 1/2 to 4), I would
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suggest that he/she is sitting on your lap in front of the computer and
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that you do the game together.</para>
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<sect1 id="levels1-and2">
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<title>Levels 1 and 2</title>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Screenshot of &klettres; Level 1</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="klettres1.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&klettres; level1</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>Level is Level 1, language is French, theme is desert
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and mode is <emphasis>grown-up</emphasis>.</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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If your &kde; language is set to Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Italian,
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Luganda, Romanized Hindi, Spanish, Slovak or German, then this will be the default
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language the first time you run &klettres;. For other languages, French is the default.
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&klettres; comes with French and your default language if among those listed above
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and you can get additional languages via <guimenu>File</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Get Alphabet
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in New Language...</guimenuitem> provided you have an Internet connection.
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</para>
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</note>
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<para>
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In level 1, the user sees the letter and hears the sound. He then has to type in
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the letter in the box. If it is correct, the next letter appears (without having
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to press <keycap>Enter</keycap> or whatever). If the user types the wrong letter,
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he hears the sound again. In this level, the user memorizes the letters, associates
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them with their sound and recognizes them on the keyboard.
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>The user can type in either lower or uppercase letters. The letters are
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automatically put in uppercase so that a child will match them with the keyboard.
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He can type only one letter at atime.</para>
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<para>When you type a letter in the input field, there is no need to press
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<keycap>Enter</keycap> and the program waits for a short while before testing if
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the letter is right. This short wait is to leave time to a young child to understand
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what he/she just typed, especially if this is the wrong letter. You can change this
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time by using the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu, <guimenuitem>Configure &klettres;...</guimenuitem>
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and the <guilabel>Timer</guilabel> page which will bring you a dialog where you can
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set two different times: one for the <guilabel>Kid Mode</guilabel> and one for the
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<guilabel>Grown-up Mode</guilabel>.
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</para>
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</note>
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<para>
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After the first time, the language setting is saved in a configuration file
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on closing of &klettres; and loaded the next time, with the level you were in.
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</para>
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<para>The mode (kid or grown-up) is saved in the config file and therefore
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is kept until you change.</para>
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<para>The letters appear in random order. They are not the same consecutively. </para>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Screenshot of &klettres; Level 2</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="klettres2.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&klettres; level2</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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<para>Here is a screenshot of Level 2 with the <emphasis>kid</emphasis> mode, <emphasis>classroom</emphasis> theme and Danish language.</para>
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<para>Clicking in the <guilabel>Level</guilabel> combo-box and choosing <guilabel>Level
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2</guilabel> or using the <guimenu>Level</guimenu> menu brings you to level 2. In that level, the user only
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hears the sound of the letter and has to type in the letter. If he
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is wrong, the letter appears to help him. </para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="levels3-and4">
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<title>Levels 3 and 4</title>
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<para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Screenshot of &klettres; Level 3</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="klettres3.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&klettres; level3</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</para>
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<para>Here you can see &klettres; level 3, <emphasis>grown-up</emphasis> mode, <emphasis>arctic</emphasis> theme and Czech language.
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</para>
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<para>
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In level 3, the user sees the syllable and hears the sound. He then
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has to type in the letters in the box. If the first letter of the
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sound is wrong, the user cannot type in the second one. The letter
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disappears and he has to try again. The number of letters is two or
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three, it depends of the language.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Screenshot of &klettres; Level 4</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="klettres4.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&klettres; level4</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>Here you can see &klettres; level 4, <emphasis>kid</emphasis> mode, <emphasis>desert</emphasis> theme and Slovak language.
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</para>
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<para>The sounds appear in random order. </para> <para>Clicking in the
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<guilabel>Level</guilabel> combo-box or using the <guimenu>Level</guimenu> menu in the menubar
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and choosing <guilabel>Level 4</guilabel> brings you
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to level 4. In that level, the user only hears the sound of the
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syllable and has to type in the letters. This level is quite difficult
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for a young child. </para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id ="configuring">
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<title>Configuration dialog</title>
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<para>The configuration dialog has two pages: one for <guilabel>Font Settings</guilabel>
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and one for the <guilabel>Timer</guilabel>.</para>
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<sect2 id="about-font">
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<title>About fonts</title>
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<para>
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You can easily change the font that displays the letters. In some distribution, the default font used from the system is really ugly. In grown-up mode, in the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu, in <guimenuitem>Configure &klettres;...</guimenuitem> you will find a <guilabel>Font Settings</guilabel> page with a font chooser dialog. The new font will be applied to both the displayed letter/syllable and the user field.
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</para>
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<warning>
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<para>
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Changing font is also nice as some fonts (Helvetica for example) do not display correctly East-European languages as Czech and Slovak. If some letters or syllables are not displayed, please change the font and choose Arial for example.
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</para>
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</warning>
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<para>
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You can also choose here the size you like the best. This size will be kept in configuration.
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</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Screenshot of &klettres; Font Chooser Dialog</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="klettres5.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>&klettres; Font Chooser Dialog</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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<para>Here you can see &klettres; Font Chooser Dialog.
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</para>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="timers">
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<title>Timers</title>
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<para>The timers set the time between two letters &ie; the time during wich a letter is displayed. The units are tenths of seconds.
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</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Timer</guilabel> page in the <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Configure &klettres;...</guimenuitem></menuchoice> dialog has two timers settings: one for the <guilabel>Kid Mode</guilabel> and one for the <guilabel>Grown-up Mode</guilabel>. Defaults are 4 tenths of seconds for <guilabel>Kid Mode</guilabel> and 2 tenths of seconds for <guilabel>Grown-up Mode</guilabel>. Increasing the time leaves you more time to see your errors.</para>
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<screenshot>
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<screeninfo>Screenshot of &klettres; Timers Settings</screeninfo>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="klettres6.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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<textobject>
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<phrase>Screenshot of &klettres; Timers Settings</phrase>
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</textobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</screenshot>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="commands">
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<title>Command Reference</title>
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<sect1 id="klettres-mainwindow">
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<title>The Main &klettres; Window</title>
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<sect2>
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<title>The <guimenu>File</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>New Sound</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Play</action> a new sound</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>P</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Replay Sound</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Play</action> the same sound again</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Get Alphabet in New Language...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Opens</action> the <guilabel>Get Hot New Stuff</guilabel> dialog for &klettres; to download a new language</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>File</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Quits</action> &klettres;</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>The <guimenu>Level</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Level</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Level 1</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Choose</action> the level 1 (letter displayed and sound)</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Level</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Level 2</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Choose</action> the level 2 (no letter displayed, sound only)</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Level</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Level 3</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Choose</action> the level 3 (syllable displayed and sound)</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Level</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Level 4</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Choose</action> the level 4 (no syllable displayed, sound only)</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>The <guimenu>Language</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Language</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>English</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Choose</action> the English language</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Language</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>French</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Choose</action> the French language</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>The <guimenu>Look</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Look</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Theme</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Classroom</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Switch</action> to the classroom theme</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Look</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Theme</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Arctic</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Switch</action> to the arctic theme</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Look</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Theme</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Desert</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Switch</action> to the desert theme</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>K</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>Look</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Mode Kid</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Toggle</action> the kid mode: no menubar</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>G</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>Look</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Mode Grownup</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Toggle</action> the grown-up mode: normal interface</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2>
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<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<shortcut>
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<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap></keycombo>
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</shortcut>
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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Show Menubar</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Toggle</action> the menubar</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Toolbars</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Toggle</action> the <guimenuitem>Main</guimenuitem> and the
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<guimenuitem>Characters</guimenuitem> toolbar</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Configure</action> &klettres; shortcuts</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Configure Toolbars...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Configure</action> &klettres; toolbars</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice>
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<guimenu>Settings</guimenu>
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<guimenuitem>Configure &klettres;...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para><action>Configure</action> &klettres;: display a dialog with the <guilabel>Font
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Settings</guilabel> page and the <guilabel>Timer</guilabel> configuration page.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="sounds">
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<title>Adding Sounds to &klettres;</title>
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<para>
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If you would like to add sounds in your own language, it is very easy to do so. Record the alphabet sounds and place them in a folder named 'alpha'. Then record the most current syllables and put them in a folder named 'syllab'.</para>
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<para>Create a text file <filename>sounds.xml</filename>, preferably using &kate; as editor or another editor capable of different encoding. In this file, write all the alphabet sounds and syllable sounds you recorded, like this example for the czech language:</para>
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<programlisting><klettres>
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<language code="cs">
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<menuitem>
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<label>&Czech</label>
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</menuitem>
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<alphabet>
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<sound name="A" file="cs/alpha/a.ogg" />
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...
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</alphabet>
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<syllables>
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<sound name="BA" file="cs/syllab/ba.ogg" />
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...
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</syllables>
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</language>
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</klettres></programlisting>
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<para>Replace "cs" with the two letter code and "Czech" with the name of your language. Write the sound names with the special characters of your language in uppercase in utf8.</para>
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<para>Additionally you can tell me about special letters in your language so I can easily generate the special <guimenuitem>Characters</guimenuitem> toolbar. Create a text file <filename>cs.txt</filename> (replace "cs" with the two letter code of your language) with each special character of your language in uppercase on one line.
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And save both text files with <quote>utf8</quote> encoding (upper right dropbox in &kate; allows that)</para>
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<para>The sounds should be in wav or ogg format and long enough for KAudioPlayer to play them (between 1.5 and 2 seconds long, please add some silence if they are too short). Then make a tarball of all that and send it to me.
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</para>
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<para>
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See the <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/klettres/add_language.php">&klettres; website</ulink> for more up to date instructions on how to add a new language.
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</para>
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</chapter>
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|
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<chapter id="faq">
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<title>Questions and Answers</title>
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|
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&reporting.bugs;
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&updating.documentation;
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|
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<qandaset id="faqlist">
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|
<qandaentry>
|
|
<question>
|
|
<para>The background picture does not appear.</para>
|
|
</question>
|
|
<answer>
|
|
<para>You need to configure with the <option>--prefix</option> option
|
|
set to your &kde; folder or to add this folder to your
|
|
path.</para> </answer>
|
|
</qandaentry>
|
|
<qandaentry>
|
|
<question>
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|
<para>I do not hear any sounds</para>
|
|
</question>
|
|
<answer>
|
|
<para>You need to have &arts; support and the &arts; daemon needs to be running.
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|
Make sure you compiled kdelibs with &arts; if you compiled &kde;. In any doubt,
|
|
ask your distribution. You can also check if &arts; is running in
|
|
&kcontrolcenter; -> <guilabel>Sound & Multimedia</guilabel> in the <guilabel>Sound
|
|
System</guilabel> tab. There you must make sure that <guilabel>Enable the sound
|
|
system</guilabel> is checked.</para>
|
|
<para>For &kde; 3.4 users, you must also be sure that the player used to play
|
|
&kde; sounds is the default &kde; sound system player. See in &kcontrolcenter;
|
|
-> <guilabel>Sound & Multimedia</guilabel>
|
|
the <guilabel>System Notifications</guilabel> tab, click on the <guibutton>Player Settings</guibutton>
|
|
button on the bottom right and in the dialog please check <guilabel>Use the
|
|
&kde; sound system</guilabel>.
|
|
</para>
|
|
</answer>
|
|
</qandaentry>
|
|
<qandaentry>
|
|
<question>
|
|
<para>I do not see some letters on the icons on the special <guimenuitem>Characters</guimenuitem> toolbar. I see rectangles instead for some languages.</para>
|
|
</question>
|
|
<answer>
|
|
<para>&klettres; in Czech and Slovak needs Arial and if you do not have this font installed, please ask your distribution support how to install it.</para>
|
|
<para>If you have &Windows; on your machine, you can use the TTF fonts from
|
|
&Windows; (Arial is in those) via &kcontrolcenter; -> <guilabel>System
|
|
Administration</guilabel> -> <guilabel>Font Installer</guilabel> (click on
|
|
<guibutton>Administrator Mode</guibutton> and add the &Windows; Font
|
|
folder).</para></answer>
|
|
</qandaentry>
|
|
<qandaentry>
|
|
<question>
|
|
<para>The letters on the icons on the special <guimenuitem>Characters</guimenuitem> toolbar are too small for some languages.</para>
|
|
</question>
|
|
<answer>
|
|
<para>&klettres; in Czech and Slovak needs Arial and if you do not have this font installed, please ask your distribution support how to install it.</para>
|
|
<para>If you have &Windows; on your machine, you can use the TTF fonts from
|
|
&Windows; (Arial is in those) via &kcontrolcenter; -> <guilabel>System
|
|
Administration</guilabel> -> <guilabel>Font Installer</guilabel> (click on
|
|
<guilabel>Administrator mode</guilabel> and add the &Windows; Font
|
|
folder).</para></answer>
|
|
</qandaentry>
|
|
<qandaentry>
|
|
<question>
|
|
<para>Why are there only ten languages?</para>
|
|
</question>
|
|
<answer>
|
|
<para>In order for me to add a new language, I need the sounds
|
|
for the alphabet and some basic syllables. Someone speaking natively
|
|
the new language must record these sounds in wav, mp3 or preferably, ogg format. For levels 3
|
|
and 4, the syllables must be chosen by a teacher or someone who knows how children learn: these must be the
|
|
syllables you have to learn just after the alphabet in order to learn
|
|
well the basics of this language. Please send me a mail if you are
|
|
able to do that. See <ulink url="http://edu.kde.org/klettres/add_language.php">the &klettres; website</ulink> for detailed instructions on how to add a new language.</para> </answer>
|
|
</qandaentry>
|
|
</qandaset>
|
|
</chapter>
|
|
|
|
<chapter id="credits">
|
|
|
|
<title>Credits and License</title>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
&klettres;
|
|
</para>
|
|
<para>
|
|
Program copyright 2001-2005 &Anne-Marie.Mahfouf; &Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail;
|
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</para>
|
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<para>
|
|
I am very grateful to the following people whose contribution has been greatly valuable:
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem><para>Czech sounds: Eva Mikulčíková
|
|
<email>evmi@seznam.cz</email></para> </listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Dutch sounds: Geert Stams
|
|
<email>geert@pa3csg.myweb.nl</email></para> </listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Danish sounds: Erik Kjaer Pedersen
|
|
<email>erik@binghamton.edu</email></para> </listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>French sounds: Ludovic Grossard
|
|
<email>grossard@kde.org</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Slovak sounds: Silvia Motyčková and Jozef Říha
|
|
<email>silviamotycka@seznam.cz</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Italian sounds: Pietro Pasotti
|
|
<email>pietro@itopen.it</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>English sounds: Robert Wadley
|
|
<email>robntina@juno.com</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Spanish sounds: Ana Belén Caballero and Juan Pedro Paredes
|
|
<email>neneta @iquis.com</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Romanized Hindi sounds: Vikas Kharat
|
|
<email>kharat@sancharnet.in</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Luganda sounds: John Magoye and Cormac Lynch
|
|
<email>cormaclynch@eircom.net</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>German sounds: Helmut Kriege
|
|
<email>h.kriege@freenet.de</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Classroom background picture: Renaud Blanchard
|
|
<email>kisukuma@chez.com</email></para> </listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Original icons: &Primoz.Anzur;
|
|
<email>zerokode@yahoo.com</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Support and coding guidance: &Robert.Gogolok;
|
|
<email>&Robert.Gogolok.mail;</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>SVG icon: Chris Luetchford
|
|
<email>chris@os11.com</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Code for generating special characters icons: Peter Hedlund
|
|
<email>peter@peterandlinda.com</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Port to KConfig XT, coding help: &Waldo.Bastian;
|
|
<email>&Waldo.Bastian.mail;</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Kids and grownup SVG icons, desert theme: &Danny.Allen;
|
|
<email>dannya40uk@yahoo.co.uk</email></para></listitem>
|
|
<listitem><para>Timer setting widget: Michael Goettsche
|
|
<email>michael.goettsche@kdemail.net</email></para></listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</para>
|
|
|
|
<para>
|
|
Documentation copyright 2001-2006
|
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&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf;<email>&Anne-Marie.Mahfouf.mail;</email>
|
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</para>
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&underGPL; <!-- GPL License -->
|
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&install.intro.documentation;
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&install.compile.documentation;
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