Since I can’t afford a text-to-speech engine, what did I do? I allow user to insert one word code into their flashcards. This one code activates the flashcard engine to create a dot on the screen. If the user want to click on the dot it’ll open up another webpage that takes them to an external site where they can check out multiple definitions of that word. At that other site, they can hear how the word is pronounced. (I am not into vocabulary words, but what the heck!)

Before I go, I’ll say one more thing, I can embed multiple flashcards inside one flashcard. Think of the implications. Instead of juggling with 10-50 flashcards, you’re handling 1. I am telling you this to let you know how far ahead my flashcard site is of everyone else. I am trying to keep everything top secret. My site is finished. But I guess I am not into running a site for other to use (too stressful plus too poor), so I have blocked off the signup screen.

Most of the features user have begged for nearly a decade from these other sites, have already been finished ages ago on my site. Think what you want in their site, I probably already have it and using it:) Plus, my site was designed touch enabled from the very beginning, so it acts like a web app and can run on mobile devices such as the iPad and iPhone without any alteration.

People, screen real estate is very important. I see lots of flashcard apps for mobile devices, yet I still see them as inferior products. People don’t realize that when they’re being advertise it is usually a word and it’s foreign language counterpart. Why? Screen real estate! You can fit only so much in a small screen. I see pinching here and there and they forget that all that pinching actually waste time.

Anyways, good luck to whatever you guys and gals use for studying. Maybe one day, I’ll reopen the signup screen when I have a better server and someone else to maintain my site for me.