Dictionary .NET

fish's dotNET

Dictionary.Net is a lite dictionary with support for more than 60 languages. The program recognizes and translates to English any word from any of the 60 supported languages, including Spanish, Italian and Russian. Dictionary.Net doesn't need to be installed and it's very easy to use. You run it and it remains active in the system tray and we can maximize it clicking it. If you find any word you want to translate, just maximize the program and write the word, choose the output language and press translate. It also recognizes wordsa nd sentences while we surf the Interent or read a document, then, select the words to translate and it will suggest a fuzzy translation.

My Oxford English Online

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My Oxford English Online is a course for learning English through the Internet with which you can acquire basic speaking and writing knowledge in just 4 months. The course is divided into units with specific contents that are perfectly organized to make it easier to learn. In addition, each unit comes with a theory section, exercises (both written and spoken), videos in which you can listen to the subject of the lesson being used in speech, and much more. A special feature present all the units is your virtual tutor, who will guide you step by step through the learning process. Thanks to the tutor, you will realize before long that your listening and speech have improved considerably. My Oxford English Online is an excellent English-language-learning tool that any user who has problems with this language should not miss.

AccuSpell

Isota

AccuSpell is a small application that, once installed, underlines all misspelled or unrecognized words in red. This works on any part of your computer (browser, notepad, search bars, etc.). The application includes a number of options for excluding words written in uppercase (like acronyms) and email addresses. It also lets you add any word to the application's dictionary. AccuSpell is a very useful tool. Unfortunately, though, this trial doesn't include spellcheck in any other languages, so it's mainly intended for users with extensive knowledge of English who want to fix misspellings and other errors.

Memorizer

AY Labs Company

Memorizer is acuirous application that will help you learn and improve languages using simple mechanics. Each few seconds a windows appears on screen showing a word and its translation. Despiteful, now it only offers the possibility to learn Russian, so you can only learn Russian, but you can create new vocabulary lists for new languages. Thanks to Memorizer you will improve your vocabulary a lot and in a new and innovative way.

Agil Read

Agil Mente

Flexionizer

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Flexionizer is that perfect application that will let you know how to conjugate any verb in Spanish or English. When you run the program you have to choose the language you want to practise: English, Spanish or German. Then, you'll access a huge list of verb conjugations. If you are learning one of these languages, Flexionizer will be really helpful to improve your knowledge. Finally, it also offers the possibility to test your skills if you want to make sure you have learnt everything you need.

Grammatica

Grammatica

Grammatica is a really good language learning application focused on those people who want to perfect their Russian. For those who need that latest push to dominate the language. It is the fact that it is specially designed for Russian what makes it different from the rest of language learning applications out there. If you are studying Russian we recommend you to use Grammatica. Grammatica will be really helpful when searching terms because it will offer you the translation as well as many references about the term. Import any text and let Grammatica correct errors and give you one of the best language lessons you have ever received.

Blitz FlashCards

Team Blitz

Blitz FlashCards is a study tool that allows you to create your own flash cards to study and practice vocabulary. Each one of these cards can include a photo or element to identify, some information on the front side and, of course, the solution in the back side. The interface of the program is pretty intuitive, so you won't have any problem when creating them. Once you'll have created your cards, you'll be able to create groups of cards and put you to the test. Finally, you can download them directly from the Internet and save time. Best of all is that you can log your progress and check it at anytime on a chart, so you'll check at a glance how well you are doing it and those parts you'll have to study better. Blitz FlashCards is a good application you should give a try if you want to improve your vocabulary. A different way to study whose results are really good.

Ginger

Ginger Software, Inc.

Ginger is an incredibly useful tool that will help you write in English without worrying about making any common or stupid mistakes, since Ginger will take care of the editing for you. It's so simple, it's almost scary: you write any text within your web browser (currently, it's compatible with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox) and when you finish the sentence, paragraph, article, or whatever, push F2. A window will then appear with your text and any proposed edits. From this special window, you can accept the edits and substitute them with what you'd originally written, or read through closely to make sure that none of the 'corrections' are actually incorrect. We have to admit that in our tests, the program performed perfectly. Ginger is one of the most useful 'on the fly' correctors that you can find. It offers the ability to fix any errors that you commit in your written English, with just a few extra seconds and the click of a button.

Vocabilis

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Vocabilis is a language-learning application with flashcards with common words for you to memorize. The way it works is as simple as selecting the lessons you want to learn from a huge selection of flashcards containing words in several languages, then you try to memorize them. The program will show you the words, along with a text-to-voice generator to read the flashcard to you. You'll have to remember the translation of each word and tick whether you got it right or wrong. You can select as many lessons as you want and the program will set the interval between them, so, for instance, you'll only have to memorize 20 flashcards in 20 minutes. Vocabilis also includes a great editor that lets you create your own flashcards. You can use this option to pair a foreign language with your native language if you're not a native English speaker.

GNUVocabTrain

Gnuyork

gnuVocabTrain is a program that aims to train your English and/or German vocabulary so you will make progress and become an expert in your target language, all through a simple and fun process. This small, efficient, and fun program gives you various studying modes that each bring an efficient style to your vocabulary learning. The application automatically comes with English and German, but you can add more languages and new definitions. gnuVocabTrain includes an intelligent study mode that will draw words from a list of the terms that you most frequently get wrong. You can adjust the program to work with any combination of languages, and it includes support for special characters. Any adjustments you make within gnuVocabTrain can be assigned to different profiles, which you can easily edit later. The program includes a vocabulary editor, a toolbar for special characters, and different study modes. For example, you can include synonyms that can be grouped by their meaning, so you may be making more progress in your studies than the statistics will let on. You can also practice by playing an entertaining, memory-like card game, where your chosen vocabulary will be assigned to different cards that you'll need to match based on word definition or translation.

Valodas

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Valodas is an interesting program to help you learn a language's essential vocabulary, establishing a base from which to continue your study of that language. This tool makes studying easier thanks to games and activities that focus on memorization through flashcards that include words in your language and your target language. You'll be able to judge your progress, and add downloadable dictionaries and new words through the program. All of these options and more make this a great tool to learn a new language. This entertaining program will help you reach your goals in no time.

EN-Easy

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EN-Easy is a simple tool to effectively learn English. You can improve your language skills or start from zero and learn all of the hidden secrets of the English language. This application includes functions that are especially designed to help you easily learn about an English topic or word, so that you can know exactly why you use a particular word and what it means. This is a very useful program for English students who have run into set phrases that don't have an exact Spanish translation or which mean something completely different from what you would expect (the so-called 'false friends'). In this way you can learn about all of the language's ins and outs, including those that you won't find in textbooks.

Writefull

Writefull

Writefull is an app as curious as it is helpful. It lets you know if your sentences are written well in a peculiar way: by telling you if there are identical search results on Google. Thus if you select any sentence in your text and the app doesn't give back any results, it means that there's a problem with the sentence and you have to correct it. The best way to get thousands of results is to do continuous searches. To make this easier the app lets you do several searches at once, and use asterisks as wild cards to do a wider search. If you need to, you can look up synonyms to enrich your text. To open the different sections on the interface, you just need to press the Control key and spacebar at the same time.

First English

Discovery Educational Software

Quizmaster

Discovery Educational Software

Quizmaster is a very interesting tool that lets users create exams or questionnaires as dynamic as they are diverse by combining multiple choice questions with classic gameplays. At the visual level Quizmaster really delivers, as the smart design of its menus makes it so browsing the different features included in the program is surprisingly simple. Once inside you can access two well-differentiated question sections: 'Multiple choice test' takes you to the most didactic part of the program where fun comes second and makes way for a more teaching-and-learning focused interface. 'Games,' on the other hand, retains the didactic focus of the previous section but manages to combine the multiple choice questionnaires with classic gameplays like Snakes and Ladders, Horse Races, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The most appealing thing about Quizmaster is the fact that any user, regardless of prior knowledge, can create questionnaires from scratch in minutes thanks to the inclusion of a comprehensive editor. To use this editor just select the template of the exam or questionnaire you want to create and start filling in the boxes for the questions and answers. Once you've finished Quizmaster generates a document with all the info needed to run the test and, so long as you have the file, you can open it on any computer with this tool installed. Quizmaster is a tool that should prove highly useful to any user who is involved in teaching.

Random Word Generator

Gammadyne

Cross+A

Sergey Kutasov, Ilya Morozov

Cross+A is a program for Windows designed to help anyone who loves doing crossword puzzles and other word-related pastimes. Specifically, you can use this program to look up or save terms common in these kinds of puzzles. The way Cross+A works is pretty simple thanks to its clear and concise interface. Just use the upper toolbar to access each of this program's many features. You can also use the application's website to download lists of words that you can later upload to your own database. That said, you can use Cross+A for much more than making lists of words or creating and solving crossword puzzles. The program also lets you create sudokus, nonograms, and other kinds of games that originated in Asia. Keep in mind that these files can be saved in multiple compatible graphic formats, such as BMP, EPS, GIF, JPEG, PNG, PDF, SVG, TIFF, Windows metafiles, and CorelDRAW files. Cross+A is a great way to create and solve puzzles or build lists of words to help you with these pastimes. Thanks to its many available options, you'll get the hang of this program in just a few sessions, after which you can make the most of each of its tools.

3DLanguage Spain

Coccinella Development, Inc.

3DLanguage Spain is a unique Spanish-learning application. The program provides you with a 3D virtual city, where you can interact with the locals and engage in conversations via microphone. During these dialogues, 3DLanguage Spain offers you information to help you correctly pronounce the Spanish words. The application shows you the sentence in Spanish, an approximate pronunciation in English, and the translation. This version includes eight characters, each one with multiple conversations including different topics such as: greetings, giving directions, shopping, and weather. 3DLanguage Spain evaluates your pronunciation and lets you check your progress based on the conversations you have with different characters.

Eiktub

Eiktub.com

Eiktub is a lite application that can be really useful if you are learning Arabic. You won't need a new keyboard because Eiktub will change your letters into Arabic letters. The program features a virtual keyboard on screen that will help you write in Arabic. In fact you can use both your keyboard and the virtual one. No matter the method you use. You'll enjoy a full-featured text edition tool for Arabic characters. Font size, bold,... If you are learning Arabic, you have Arabic friends and you want to communicate with them using their language, Eiktub is perfect for you.

WordBanker VB

Catalyst Projects

Wordbanker is a tool to help you learn new languages. You can take tests in Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Each test consists of remembering a series of words that you see written and hear pronounced. Its interface is easy to use and allows you to practice with any included language with just a couple clicks. Wordbanker is an intriguing app for anyone who wants to learn a new language. The program was made in English, so unfortunately it does not include English as a language for ESL learners to practice.

English Somali Dictionary PC

ApkZacky Play

DualClip Translator

César Rodriguez Gonzalez

DualClip Translator is a versatile translation tool that you can use to take text from any medium (a webpage, document, or even a video game, if you can select the text) and translate it from one language to another with no complications. The program's options allow you to assign keyboard shortcuts to each function of translation. Choose the languages you want to work with, the size of the popup window where the translation will appear, and the engine that you want to do the work. The only problem with the application is that it will occasionally take a long time to display the translation. Waiting five or ten seconds each time you want to know what something means can get to be excessive. DualClip Translator is a good translation tool that, despite its small flaws, should really come in handy for any user who needs some help dealing with different languages.

Free Language Translator

Decebal Mihailescu

Free Language Translator is a useful tool that lets you translate any text, no matter its length. It works with Google's translation system, so you can translate into more than 80 different languages. No matter the original or target language, this program can give you a result in just seconds. To start, you have to select the input and output languages. That done, you can type or paste whatever you need to translate. The interface in Free Language Translator makes it easier to gather the information, since it's divided in two different panels where you can see the final result. The menu can be used with a horizontal or vertical layout, according to your preferences. One of the benefits of this program is that, besides being able to translate text, it includes a dictionary that will come in very handy when you have questions related to grammar. (This feature is available only for Spanish and English, however.) Finally, Free Language Translator lets you change the font, as well as text size and style, so you can read a more visually pleasant block of text. Apart from all this, you can save text files in the original language as well as the translated one, allowing you to access them anytime, anywhere.

Duolingo

Duolingo

It is becoming increasingly important to learn and practice languages, and Duolingo not only makes this task easy but also fun. Duolingo is a free app for learning a language. But, instead of using more conventional techniques, it turns each lesson into a game. To begin with, the lessons are divided into units. When you complete them, you can move on to the next. You will lose a heart if you fail an exercise, but if you complete it, you will gain points and level up, just like in a game. This methodology has worked well for Duolingo, as it is one of the most popular language-learning apps out there. Plus, each lesson has a topic, which is perfect if you need to expand your vocabulary in a certain area. Duolingo turns learning into a game, but this doesn't make it less effective. In fact, the developers are always looking for ways to improve the program. With Duolingo, you will be able to hear how words are pronounced, and there are also pictures so you can easily associate a concept with its visual representation, making learning a lot easier. As well as offering a wide range of languages, such as Spanish, Korean or German, new languages are added every so often. Duolingo is a great option to keep in mind when you want to learn a language. This is a highly recommended program for both beginners and those who already have a certain level of knowledge and want to practice. Download Duolingo here.

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ConvertAll Portable

PortableApps.com

ConvertAll is an excellent unit converter that includes more than 400 different units. It's very easy to use: just select your original unit, and then the unit into which you'd like to convert it. The program will alert you in the status bar if the two formats selected are not compatible. ConvertAll also allows you to add new units to its database, and then perform basic operations with them. The program includes a search tool so you can easily find the unit you're looking for, whether by its name or its type. Charge, conductivity, time, date, density, mass, luminosity, pressure, resistance, radioactivity... these measurements and many more are available to work with in ConvertAll. And, thanks to this portable version, you can enjoy the program from any device without needing to install anything in the computer where you want to use it.

BOINC

Universidad de California

If donating your body to science is too much for you, try participating another way. BOINC is an application with which you can collaborate in different scientific research that is currently being carried out. This program converts your computer into a remote calculating device in which different mathematical operations are carried out that are sent time to time to a server. BOINC takes advantage of the resources you don’t utilize when you’re working on your computer. Imagine that you leave it on all night to download something from a P2P program—be unselfish and share that time with science. From the program’s web page you can select the project you wish to join. It’s possible to participate in more than one at the same time. There are many different types: biology, chemistry, medicine, astrophysics, physics, environmental science, mathematics, etc. Furthermore, if you form part of a research group that needs to process an important amount of computation, you can create your own scientific project and benefit from the worldwide network of volunteers.

WordFox

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One of the most used and efficient techniques to study and memorize data is to elaborate a list of questions and answers and memorize them in order to remember them the day of the exam. Now you can create that list of Q&A and manage all of them thanks to Wordfox. Wordfox includes two columns where you'll write questions and their answers that can be short or variable length. By this way and thanks to WordFox you'll be able to check if you have studied well and improve your knowledge. Finally, WordFox allows you to import Questions and Answers from .xml, .t2k or .kvtml files. In these days of exams, WordFox will be really helpful.