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- WPM Version 1.00
- Copyright (c) 1997 David Haupert
- email: dhaupert@ddhsoftware.com
-
- Note: WPM is released as freeware and need not be registered for
- continued use. The author accepts no responsibility for damages caused by
- this program. Make sure to back up (hotsync) your data before installing
- the program.
-
- For the latest versions of this program, and other Pilot programs, please
- refer to:
- web page: http://www.ddhsoftware.com
- email: sales@ddhsoftware.com
- Address: DDH Software
- PO Box 970971
- Boca Raton, Fl 33497-0971 USA
- phone: (561) 470-2133
-
- ----------------------------- Files --------------------------------------
-
- WPM.PRC - The Program that runs the actual program.
- README.TXT - This file.
- ORDER.TXT - A printable order form for purchasing other DDH Products.
- PRODUCTS.TXT- A list of other DDH Products available.
-
- -------------------------- Installation ----------------------------------
-
- First, make sure you have the appropriate space available on your pilot.
- The space required for the program itself is ~9K.
-
- To see if you have enough memory, run the Memory application on the
- pilot. If you do not have at least the appropriate amount free, you will
- either have to choose to delete apps from the same Memory application, or
- choose to not install this program until you have that amount of free memory.
-
- To install WPM onto your Pilot, run the INSTAPP.EXE program which
- resides in the same directory as the Pilot Desktop software. This program
- will allow you to specify that a .PRC file should be downloaded to the Pilot
- during the next hotsync. Choose to download the WPM.PRC to your Pilot.
-
-
- ----------------------- Instructions For Use ------------------------------
- --The Main Screen
- The screen contains two fields, with the sentence to transcribe being at
- the top. There are two buttons at the bottom: Start and Done. Pressing
- start begins the timer. As soon as the start button is pressed the cursor
- will move to the beginning of the blank field. Write the exact sentence as
- seen above into the line, including Capitalization and punctuation, and Press
- the done button when you are finished. This will bring up your statistics.
-
- --Statistics Screen
- The following statistics are shown on this screen:
- # Chars in original - The number of characters including spaces and
- punctuation in the original text to be transcribed.
- # Words in original - The number of words in the original text to be
- transcribed. This is not the actual number of words,
- but rather the number of characters / 5. This is
- because Typing programs generally do not count actual
- words- instead they assume the average word length is
- five characters.
- # Chars written - The number of characters that were written with the
- timed period, including spaces and punctuation.
- # Words written - The number of words written within the timed period.
- This is not the actual number of words, but rather the
- number of characters / 5. This is because Typing
- programs generally do not count actual words- instead
- they assume the average word length is five characters.
- # Errors - The number of characters written that did not match
- the sentence being transcribed. This is a 1:1
- compare, so if your text becomes 'off' by one letter,
- you will have multiple errors in your results.
-
- # Chars written - Errors -
- The number of characters that were written with the
- timed period, including spaces and punctuation, minus
- the number of errors.
- # Words written - Errors -
- The number of words written within the timed
- period corrected by the number of errors. This is
- not the actual number of words, but rather the
- (number of characters - errors) / 5. This is because
- typing programs generally do not count actual words-
- instead they assume the average word length is five
- characters.
- Time Elapsed (secs)- This is the number of seconds that elapsed beginning
- the moment you pressed the start button and ending
- the moment you pressed the done button.
-
- Words Per Minute - This is the number of words you wrote per minute,
- ignoring errors. This is calculated by the following
- formula:
- # Characters written 60
- --------------------- * -------
- 5 Elapsed Time
-
- Corrected Words Per Minute/Score -
- This is the number of words you wrote per minute,
- including deductions for errors. This is calculated
- by the following formula:
-
- # Characters written - Errors 60
- ----------------------------- * -------
- 5 Elapsed Time
-
- Press the "OK" button when done viewing your statistics.
-
-
- -- Set Sentence Screen
- From the File pull down menu, you can bring up the Set Sentence choice, which
- will allow you to make up a different sentence to use for testing. From here
- there is a Done and Cancel button. Done accepts your sentence and applies it
- to the main screen. Cancel ignores your changes and returns to the main
- screen.
-
- -- High Score Screen
- From the File pull down menu, you can bring up the View Stats choice,
- which will allow you to view the top ten WPM scores.
-
-
- --Cut, Copy, Paste, and KeyBoard
- From the pull down menus, you can cut, copy, or paste to and from another
- application. You can also bring down the keyboard choice and use the pop up
- keyboard to test your typing skills. This makes for an interesting
- comparison.
-
-
- -------------------------------- Menus -------------------------------------
-
- File -- contains Set Sentence and View Stats choices.
-
- Edit -- contains cut, copy, and paste choices as well as a choice to bring up
- the onscreen keyboard, as an alternative to entering graffiti.
-
- About -- Gives information about the program.
-
- ------------------- Additional Programs Available ----------------
- Please see the file PRODUCTS.TXT
- --------------------------- Release History ------------------------------
- 8/26/97 - V1.00 - Moved up to 1.00 with only minor changes. There is a clear
- high scores button now. Also, changed the web page and
- email address references in the program.
-
- 5/05/97 - V0.96 - Fixed bug where pressing done with no new letters written
- would show stats for previous try. Also, the program now
- saves the current try when you return to the main screen
- so that you can examine your errors.
-
- 4/24/97 - V0.95 - First release to the public.
-