1784 ThinkMac Software has announced iKana touch 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod Touch. iKana is an application for learning the Japanese phonetic scripts: hiragana and katakana. iKana touch features flash cards with stroke animations, spoken sound clips and example words.

iKana touch offers a speed recognition test and a writing test to aide memorisation. In the speed test you have to correctly identify a character before the time runs out. In the writing test you have to correctly trace each stroke in a character.

iKana touch is available for download and purchase in the App Store and iTunes. It is priced at $7.99 USD in the US, £4.99 in the UK and 5.99 Euro in the EU. ThinkMac Software also sells iKana for Mac OS X.

ThinkMac Software:
http://www.thinkmac.co.uk

iKana touch 1.0:
http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/ikanatouch

Purchase Link:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=288805273&mt=8

Screenshot:
http://www.thinkmac.co.uk/ikanatouch/images/flashcard.jpg

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