Posts Tagged ‘languages’

Single-language apps now available August 6, 2009 No Comments

Yep, they’re here.
I’ve complained before about the length of time in getting apps and their updates approved, but Apple have really impressed in these last couple of rounds. Both took just under 2 weeks, which is pretty good considering the workload they must be under.
If you haven’t tried Lingopal out before then you can now, [...]

Recording blues January 22, 2009 No Comments

Doing all the recordings for Lingopal has been a fun, though sometimes trying experience.
Consider. We’ve got:

44 languages
of which a number have male and female versions, and
there are nearly 1000 phrases for each language

That makes for a fair bit of studio time. Fortunately, there are a couple of great recording studios here in Perth, Hamdon Sound [...]

A slice of Hungary January 15, 2009 No Comments

These days you don’t have to travel far to hear foreign tongues. During a recent three week trip in New Zealand I heard so many Germans I could almost imagine being in Poland in 1939. These were eminently friendly however; mostly young students taking advantage of the Southern Hemisphere summer.
Strolling in the Arts Centre in [...]