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- Practice by writing! Get instant feedback, including stroke order.
- Study from 4200 characters (simplified or traditional).
- 95% retention rate!
- Skritter replaces flashcards.
News
10/1: Export Feature
You can now export your vocabulary or any vocabulary list.
9/29: Overhearing
The vagaries of eavesdropping as a learning method.
9/23: Another 3000 Characters!
Another one of our users, rossann, has hit 3000 characters!
9/15: Japanese Textbooks
Integrated Approach to Intermediate Japanese is up; more to come.
9/11: Two Weeks of Class
George ponders the relevance of textbook vocabulary.
9/10: 3000 Characters!
One of our users, thinkbuddha, knows 3000 characters!
9/7: Try, Try Again
A new vocabulary interface for a new month.
8/31: Stroke Order Hints
Hold the show button to see stroke order.
8/26: Maksym Leaves Us
Maksym has left the building.
8/24: The Semester Begins
George and Scott quake in their booties.
8/20: Backstroke of the West
Star Wars poorly translated in and out of Chinese.
8/19: Genki 2
Genki 2 is up and ready to be studied.
8/17: Sci-Fi Concert
The music of geekdom.
8/14: Style Changes
A new logo, a new design.
8/12: Teaming up with ChinesePod
We're going to be integrating Skritter with CPod!
8/11: Rollin' Skritter STyle
We visit Cedar Point and ride a few roller coasters.
8/09: Stroke Order Animations
Hold "S" or the Show button to see the animations.
8/08: Genius Bug Fixed
The blue to-review and green added bars work much better now.
8/07: Genki's Here
The Genki 1 textbook is available; Japanese support improves.
8/03: Japanese Alpha
You can now study Japanese as well as Chinese!
7/27: S'mores in Chinese?
George goes camping and ponders upcoming semester.
7/25: Write 口 faster
Just uploaded new writing shortcuts and many stroke order fixes.
7/23: Cramming is Back!
Got a quiz or test soon? Cram is here to help.
7/21: Bokken Attack
We bought a few wooden katanas. Silliness ensues.
7/16: List editor improvements
Some tweaks have been tweaked to make list editing faster.
7/6: Custom Lists!
ChinesePod lessons are now faster, cleaner, and easier to browse.
6/28: Custom Lists!
Custom lists are finally here! Private or public, remixable, delectable!
6/28: Twitter tie-in, reminders
Twitter integration as part of new reminder system.
6/23: Polls, Open Scratchpad
New polls, free access to the scratchpad, better timing.
6/12: Crazy Chinese Dream
I guess I didn't study enough for the Chinese final.
6/10: Downtime and Poll Widget
Scheduled downtime this evening, added a poll widget.
6/9: Scratchpad
A new quick practice mode has arrived--have a try.
6/3: Atlanta and Maksym
Returned from conference to greet our new intern.
5/29: Live from IALLT
Exhausting trip to Georgia and the start of the conference.
5/26: On the Road
George and Nick are off to the IALLT conference today.
5/18: Paypal is Up!
Scott has hooked up our Paypal billing system, hoorah!
5/17: Pro at Cooking
Prepping for the IALLT conference on the 25th, and George and Nick cooked.
5/12: We've launched!
Behold our launch comic for details.
5/9: Vocab Lists: Take 4
Another new vocab list design, some recognition and scheduling fixes.
5/1: Battling Confusion
Improving site usability, ChinesePod up, and deleting account data.
4/28: ChinesePod and Launch
Launch: May 12. ChinesePod: soon. New lists and documentation: now!
4/22: Improving Usability
We're improving the site usability. Check out our new list controls!
4/17: More Lists Soon
We're putting together more lists. If you have more you want, send them!
4/13: New Sounds
A new audio set appears, thanks to the sinoknights over at ChinesePod.
4/9: (Almost) Genius
Nearing a big improvement to the way items are scheduled and added.
4/2: Improved Recognition
Nick has tweaked many recognizers for your writing pleasure.
3/31: Click to Continue
Lots of small stuff and sped up practicing by adding "Next" cursor.
3/27: Slow Week
Small bug fixes and work on the new front page continues.
3/24: Avataruler
Added 18 new avatars, tone buttons and a "save me" button.
3/14: Fixed Access in China
The Great Firewall of China blocked us again, but it should be fixed now.
3/6: Huge Update
Too many changes to list here, check out the blog for the zillion updates.
3/2: App Engine Downtime
Many problems have prevented the imminent data migration.
2/26: Data Migration
Waiting with bated breath for the coming migration.
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Jean-François Amadei, HKU Grad Student in Hong Kong
I have to say that today was the first time I've ever felt that I was teaching characters properly to my students - and that was thanks to you guys.
Ian Perry, Chinese Teacher at the Gap State High School, Brisbane, Australia
Skritter makes it fun and easy to practice writing Chinese, especially for the classes I'm taking. It's also a great way to procrastinate online!
Chloe Fan, Human-Computer Interaction, Carnegie Mellon University
By far the coolest and most effective solution for learning Mandarin characters. Better than flashcards.
Thom Mitchell, Technology Consultant
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