WPM Version 1.00
Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 DDH Software, Inc.
email: sales@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) 735-0200 or Toll-Free in the US: 1-877-334-4608
----------------------------- 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.
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