Kana LS Touch Examine App

Très bon logiciel, pour apprendre ou réviser les syllabaires. Indispensable pour lapprentissage, tout comme le kanji ls.

Excellente application, idéal pour apprendre les hiragana et katakana : une vraie merveille ! Par exemple, lappli vous propose un son en romaji, vous devez écrire le kana correspondant, et ensuite il compare votre signe à la solution... Magique !

Dommage cependant que lon nait pas un suivi de notre évolution. Ce serait pratique pour savoir quels kana réviser.

Excellente appli, programmable à volonté, pour réviser ses Kanas! Très bon rapport qualité/prix. Indispensable!

Très bien conçu. Le logiciel permet de mémoriser rapidement et de façon ludique les kana. Y compris les séquences décriture. Très complet. De légers plantages lui font rater la cinquième étoile.

Il ny a aucune reconnaissance de lécriture. Ou alors il y a un truc que je nai pas compris !

Application parfaitement pensée pour lapprentissage et la révision des hiragana & katakana. Les quizz permettent réellement de vérifier ses connaissances en nous confrontant à une page blanche (écran noir !). Toutes les autres applications sont sous forme de QCM ! Lécriture tactile est un vrai plus pédagogique et lapprentissage peut être progressif car il est possible de ne sélectionner quune partie des caractères sur lesquels on veut être interrogé. En résumé, lapplication quil faut acheter.

Absolument indispensable. Très très bien fait. Il manque juste la prononciation sonore... Encore un petit effort...

Application parfaite et indispensable pour apprendre à lire et écrire le katakana et hiragana. Lisez la petite doc online pour bien comprendre le fonctionnement. Pas de reconnaissance automatique, certes, mais ce nest vraiment pas nécessaire. Au contraire, en évaluant facilement nos erreurs on apprend encore mieux à écrire.

La meilleure des applis selon moi pour tester hiragana et katakana : lutilise tous les jours et ne regrette pas mon achat !!! Une utilisatrice débutante en japonais

Excellent outil, pratique, simple et complet pour les débutants et ceux qui veulent se perfectionner. Très convivial. Parfait.

Très convivial et efficace pour mémoriser les lettres et les différencier.

I am enjoying my initial experience having just drilled my 1st ten characters. There is a bit of a learning curve in understanding all the functionalities available. It's not entirely clear within the app what certain settings are for, however to the developer's credit there is excellent documentation at the provided link in the info section. Overall it provides a powerful approach to learning the Japanese characters. A few things I'd appreciate: - mixed test mode where it varies the question formats to stimulate learning in different ways and to keep things fresh - intelligent adding of characters to practice then test sessions as one's test results improve (as it stands one must manually set which characters to work on)

Ideally I could practice while leaving a chat or important page open on the side of the screen.

After running into a few major issues one of the developer's other apps (which ended up being the fault of my device ) and emailing the developer I received immediate support. This app itself is smooth, simple, and fantastic for learning to write the kana. The app is all about utility and it performs! There is a huge amount of content and many ways to test yourself and learn. The most unique and helpful feature that it offers is the ability to grade your own writing and stroke order in a step by step manner. There is no automatic writing detector to be picky and mark you wrong because the angle was "slightly off". This app makes studying and learning Japanese a breeze! It is an absolute must have for any learner! Thank you Jan for bringing this helpful tool to life! I don't have a single regret in purchasing this app and it's upgrade!

Outstanding app. It’s easy to use, allows you to draw the kana and the compare what you draw to the stylized and handwritten versions. Perfect for learning.

Exactly what I was looking for.

Practice writing hiragana and katakana with touch screen. You can select sections of the alphabet and practice and then test yourself. This is an amazing app that works. Ive tried to learn stuff like this in the past but it feels much easier and faster with this.

The redesign has made some very stupid changes and taken away useful features! First off I miss the old interface and the "black and orange " option does not put it all back. When you typing during text modes the text is light gray on white which makes it almost impossible to see what you're typing in! But that's not the worst. New katakana is added which is GREAT but when you go to practice mode you have to SCROLL to see the full character. That's pretty useless considering you need to learn the full character together, not in parts. I like the additions but HATE how functionality and the display which I was very used to learning on has been taken away. Please at least give back the option to write combined characters without scrolling!

If you really want to learn hiragana and katakana this app definitely provides the best method to learn. The only down side is that the app does not recognize the accuracy of what you write in practice mode and leaves you to determine how well you did. Test mode is great exactly what I was looking for in an app like this. The app could definitely be more refined but for what it offers at the price you can't go wrong.

Great app for practicing Kana and drilling to keep skills up. Different test modes keep things different. Keep up the good work!

I was hesitant to jump right into the kanji learning app for that price, but this app is perfect, and so is the price. It is perfect for studying kana. I chose ten kana first, practiced then tested on those, then add five more each time. The interface is smooth and it really is quite lovely. You can turn on a feature in practice mode that automatically moves it forward a kana when you do it correctly a number of times... Up to twenty! It really is brilliant. I know some Japanese but decided to learn all the kana and some kanji before learning anymore. This is perfection.

This app is great, it lets you choose which characters you want to study, and then you can practice writing. The test can be configured to test your reading or your writing of the characters. I studied Japanese and I can read most, but I have forgotten how to write them. This app would be great for anyone new or who has studied Japanese.

Excellent app. Works just as described. Am delighted.

I purchased this at least 2 years ago and it is still one of my absolute favorites. It's easy to use, it's clear and uncluttered, it's easily costomizeable and it does exactly what it claims it will do -- teach you to write and read kana characters. I was so delighted with this app I ended up purchasing the other two (Kanji LS and Japanese LS) as well. Money well spent and study time well invested. I'm an extremely satisfied customer.

I bought the iPad primarily for this app. It really delivered. I've been taking Japanese for a few months and knew Hiragana and just started with Katakana which is quite difficult because it is so subtle. This program really clarified the differences between shi, so, tsu and N. My recognition of the characters I already know has speeded up by taking the "Test" mode. It somehow makes the recognition process much faster. It's like lifting with weights. I feel my brain "muscle" getting stronger. This is after just one day! I was just using pen and paper before this so it's a quantum leap. The only improvement would be to have a choice of type fonts to practice with. I prefer a "serif" style font over the sans serif. The handwritten portion could also be improved with a better calligrapher. It lacks a certain aesthetic sensibility. These are minor criticisms. Overall I just love it. I've already bought your other Japanese vocables program in advance of the classes I'll be taking. Great job!

I have tried several other ipad apps for learning hiragana and katakana and while some of them might arguably be a better reference, none of them provided good feedback or a regimented way to practice writing kana like Kana LS. Being forced to remember a glyph without having a guide to draw on top of, followed by feedback on stroke order and shape has really helped.

Would like some way to toggle the word hints during practice other than using my thumb. You can group selections by any pattern you wish, such as wa, re, ne, or sa, chi, ra. Being able to practice strokes with finger swipe feels strangely traditional.

Well, yes this is an awesome app. Its incredibly useful and very helpful as just another method to practice my kanas. I definitely recommend this to anyone learning. Although my one gripe is having the go, ji, zi, etc (you know the ones with the double hatch marks to the upper right hand corner) with the normal ka ki ke ku ko and so forth, I feel as though I'm not learning those as an individual kana so much as just adjusting the other ones. Although I guess that's not so much a complaint as a suggestion. Either way this is still a fantastic app. Worth the money.

Best and fastest way to learn hirigana and katana!

I have it on both my iPhone and my iPad. I just wish the little info button to toggle the hints was in the iPad version too. So 4 stars until then.

Bought this app to help my 9 year old daughter with her Japanese. She is playing with it right now and thinks it's a fun game (that's a good sign right there!) The only issues I have with the app are minor. First, I think it is a mistake to put the "Ya, yu, yo" kanas at the end of the alphabet sequence. In every book and class I've been in, those kanas come between "mo" and "wa". It is like putting R, S, and T after Z. I'd recommend putting the kana in the proper (standard) order in a future version. My other issue is only with the stroke shape on certain kana. They are missing small parts (usually the little up stroke tail like on "ki" and "sa"). I used to miss a point or get a knock on the head if I forgot those details, but someone just trying to learn to recognize the kana will still get it so it is not critical. Overall, I think it is a wonderful tool for learning. Looking forward to seeing others from you! Omedeto!

Many people have written long reviews, so I'll make mine short :) If your goal is to quickly learn both hirigana and katakana, this is the app you want to download. Five stars, two thumbs up!

I've had this app for about two weeks trying to get some exposure before moving to japan. As of today I can write and recognize 8 letters in both hiragana and katakana. Highly recommend

I've been using a different program (Real Kana) for a while, to study with. While it is the best flash card type study program (worth it's cost and one I'd also recommend), having Kana LS to practice writing with has been invaluable. Having to know the strokes also makes recognition easier. I can read handwritten kana much easier, and knowing how to write characters further engrains them into memory, aiding my other studies. I definitely recommend Kana LS (and Real Kana).

This makes learning the alphabet easy (relatively speaking). As you learn the stroke order, you automatically learn and memorize the alphabet. I've downloaded quite a few Japanese language learning apps and this is one of my favorites (along with Human Japanese). Every time I'm waiting for or riding on the train/bus, I whip this out and practice.

I'm a college student taking beginning Japanese. I've downloaded a wide variety of iphone apps devoted to learning Hiragana and Katakana. Some of them have been free, others have been paid apps. Of the many that I've tried, Kana LS is by far the best and well worth the price. I really appreciate that this app tracks which characters you remember and which ones you don't so that you don't have to waste time practicing ones you already know over and over. The writing practice and writing tests are extremely helpful. It teaches you the proper stroke order in addition to the proper shape. You can choose to start out with just Hiragana or just Katakana which is nice, but you can also drill down to an even smaller level and choose exactly which characters to begin with. This was very helpful for me since some apps try to have you learn them all at once which I found overwhelming. On the tests you can choose from various levels of difficulty. You can have it test you on just recognizing the characters and translating them into their romanization or by being able to draw the characters when given the romanization. You can choose from directly giving the correct answer or by having multiple choice, and if you pick multiple choice you can set the amount of seconds that you're given to answer. Once you've taken a test, it tracks which ones you got wrong. From there, you can choose to only practice those characters and then retake the test with only them. I use this app while I'm on the bus or waiting around and it's already made a noticeable improvement. Apparently the same developer also made a similar app for Kanji. When I graduate to learning Kanji, I'll definitely be buying that one too.

This is a fantastic learning tool. I would enthusiastically recommend it to any student of Japanese. This also goes for its companion, Kanji LS. I do have a few issues with it, though. Firstly, it has crashed on me a few times. I'm not sure what the cause is. Considering how frequently I use it, the amount of crashes is rare enough not to bother me too much. Secondly, the user interface could use some tweaking. My biggest gripe is how the top "bar" of the screen you draw your kana on eats up valuable screen real estate. I often start drawing a downward stroke, but it doesn't appear because I was too close to that top bar. Worse, the "solve" button is in the upper right corner on that bar. If I get to close to it when drawing my "ten ten", I prematurely trigger the solution screen for that kana. I really wish the controls in the top bar could be moved to the bottom bar where I think this wouldn't be as much of an issue. Switching test modes is awkward and selecting ranges of kana to study is also a bit tedious (you have to type in the kana numbers). Despite these issues, I absolutely love this app. It was worth every penny.

This is an excellent tool for learning kana! I haven't spent a huge amount of time with this app yet, but I already memorized the stroke-order and pronunciation of several hiragana and katakana characters. The only thing that I could possibly want next (at the moment) is a randomizer for the practice section.

I have been very disappointed in many of the on-line and iPhone Hiragana and Katakana programs . . . and I have explored more than my share. It is way too easy to think you have "learned" kana because you can recognize it. Or, because you can actually write all the characters on paper. I thought I had it down too . . . until I downloaded this ap. It is way too easy to look at a character you just drew on your notepad and think, "looks just like the picture!" But does it? Using this application you can see the characters as YOU drew them, side-by-side with the correct characters. And, even more importantly, you can walk through the character you drew, stroke-by-stroke as YOU drew it, side-by-side with a stroke-by-stroke review of a correctly drawn character. Seem like overkill? Wait until you are in Japan and you try to write something out and hand it to a native Japanese person who is not used to dealing with foreigners. It can look 'perfect' to you when you compare it to the picture in the book, but if you did not use the correct key strokes in the correct order, each stroke starting and finishing in the correct direction and angle, you will get a look of complete confusion from your native Japanese reader. If you REALLY want to be able to write, correctly, in Hiragana and Katakana, you need to spend some SERIOUS time with this program. After you write each character, take some time and really compare it via the side-by-side correctly drawn character. Compare your stroke order, stroke-by-stroke, with the correct character being sure you started each stroke from the correct direction and your slant is going the correct way and to the correct degree. Japanese often make sense out of someone's hastily scrawled Kanji and Kana characters, which may seem unrecognizable when you try to compare them to the pictures in the books, by determining the stroke order the writer used for each character. Get one stroke out of order, or leaning at the wrong angle, or start the stroke from the wrong direction, and they will not be able to interpret it. If you really want to impress someone with your Japanese, be sure your writing is perfect. When I worked in a Sushi bar there was a waitress/prep cook who had done the calligraphy drawing of the Kanji characters for the menu. I think she often got more respect and praise than the top sushi chefs from our native Japanese customers (which is saying a LOT!). She had her "masters" in calligraphy writing. At the time I did not understand what all the fuss was about. Then I took my first college Japanese course. I seriously wanted to strangle the professor! How could she be marking this wrong! And how could she tell a week later whether I drew that stroke starting from the left or the right? Believe me . . . she could! And so can almost all native Japanese writers. It is essential so that they can tell the difference between, let's say, a Katana 'so' character and 'no' character. Once they get into advanced Kanji this ability to differentiate the minute details becomes even more critical. And, I can not stress enough, there is a lot of respect given to those who can write these characters correctly and beautifully. If you are learning the Kanji characters as well, be SURE to download the Kanji version of this program --> "Kanji LS Touch." Mina-san . . . gambatte kudasai!

The best application yet for writing and reading Japanese!!! I am constantly pulling out my iPhone to practice writing! I am in the n-series right now. I start with just a few characters, then start adding some more. 5 stars if feature is added where u can save your progress when you exit the program, or if you receive a call. Very frustrating! Great app though!!! Recommended for beginners interested in learning to read/write Japanese!!!