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- LinguaPro/SPANISH(TM) Version 2.30a
- Copyright (c) 1993, Schulenberg and Associates, Inc
- All Rights Reserved.
-
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- | ____|__ | Association of
- | | |_| Shareware
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- I. DEFINITION OF SHAREWARE (General Information)
-
- Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it.
- If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to
- register.
-
- Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the
- copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated
- below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial
- authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there
- are good programs and bad ones!). The main difference is in the method of
- distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distri-
- bute the software, either to all and sundry, or to a specific group.
-
- Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should
- find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial
- or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because
- you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are
- low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't
- use the product, you don't pay for it.
-
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- II. DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
-
- USERS OF LINGUAPRO/SPANISH(TM) MUST ACCEPT THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY:
- "LINGUAPRO/SPANISH IS SUPPLIED AS IS. THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES,
- EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE WARRANTIES OF
- MERCHANTABILITY AND OF FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE. THE AUTHOR ASSUMES NO
- LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES, DIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL, WHICH MAY RESULT FROM THE
- USE OF LINGUAPRO/SPANISH".
-
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- III. LINGUAPRO DISTRIBUTION AND REGISTRATION
-
- LinguaPro/SPANISH is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge
- to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but
- please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The
- essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users
- with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive
- for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this
- program useful, and find that you are using LinguaPro/SPANISH after a
- 30 day trial period, you must make a registration payment of $39.95 to
- Schulenberg & Associates, Inc. The $39.95 registration fee will license
- one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this
- software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used
- by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location
- to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one
- location while it's being used at another -- just as a book cannot be
- read by two different persons at the same time.
-
- Commercial users of LinguaPro/SPANISH must register and pay for their
- copies of LinguaPro/SPANISH within 30 days of first use or their license
- is withdrawn. Site-License arrangements may be made by contacting
- Schulenberg and Associates, Inc.
-
- Anyone distributing LinguaPro/SPANISH for any kind of remuneration must
- first contact Schulenberg and Associates, Inc. at the address below for
- authorization. This authorization will be automatically granted to
- distributors recognized by the ASP (Association of Shareware Professionals)
- as adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such
- distributors may begin offering LinguaPro/SPANISH immediately (However
- Schulenberg and Associates must still be advised so that the distributor
- can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of LinguaPro/SPANISH).
-
- You are welcome to pass a copy of LinguaPro/SPANISH along to your friends
- for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find
- that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy of the latest
- version of the LinguaPro/SPANISH system, together with all of the additional
- vocabulary, lesson, and verb files described below.
-
- Please complete the registration form REGISTER.DOC that is included with
- LinguaPro/SPANISH. You may pay by check, money order, or by credit card.
- Customers outside of the United States should pay by credit card, or by
- a postal money order drawn on US dollars.
-
- Thank you.
-
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- IV. INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
-
- The SHAREWARE version of Lingua/Pro SPANISH is distributed through
- Shareware vendors and computer bulletin board systems as a single compressed
- file using PKZIP. This compressed file exists in two forms:
-
- LPROSP23.ZIP (Bulletin Boards) (Using PKZIP 2.04g)
- LPROSP23.EXE (Floppy disk) (Using PKZIP 2.04g)
-
- If you have downloaded LinguaPro v2.30 from a bulletin board then you must
- utilize PKUNZIP to expand the files. PKZIP and PKUNZIP are available as self-
- expanding downloadable files on almost all BBS's.
-
- If you have obtained LinguaPro from a floppy disk then you will have an
- EXE file that will self-expand simply by typing "LPROSP23".
-
- Once expanded, the LPROSP23.ZIP or LPROSP23.EXE files may be deleted to
- conserve disk space. If you pass this software on to your friends to try,
- please give them one of these original files, and NOT the internal files.
-
- After the expansion of the compressed file you will have the following
- disk files:
-
- ---------------------------- files for vendors/sysops ---------------------
-
- FILE_ID.DIZ Special description file used by Bulletin Board SYSOPs
- to label and catalog uploaded files
- VENDOR.DOC Information useful to Shareware vendors and BBS SYSOPs
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------------------------- user information/documentation ------------------
-
- README.DOC *** THIS FILE ***
- REGISTER.DOC Registration Form
- UGUIDE.DOC User's Guide
- OMBUDSMN.DOC Information about the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP)
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- ------------------------- LinguaPro System Files --------------------------
-
- LP.EXE The LinguaPro/SPANISH(TM) Executable program file
- LP.LIB LinguaPro/SPANISH(TM) Library File
- SPANISH.VRB Database file for VERB Reference Facility containing
- approximately 200 fully defined and conjugated verbs
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------------------- LinguaPro Data Files --------------------------
-
- LEVEL1.SPA Spanish Vocabulary File containing about 1,000 words
- (in the SHAREWARE version).
- TVERB1.SPA Spanish VERB Phrase File containing 76 fully conjugated
- verbs and verb phrases.
-
- UNIT1.SPA Lesson 1 (Adaptations of the first 3 lessons in the
- UNIT2.SPA Lesson 2 ... Basic Spanish Course developed by the
- UNIT3.SPA Lesson 3 ... U.S. Foreign Service Institute)
-
- VRBINDEX.SPA Spanish VERB Vocabulary File that is designed to work
- in concert with the SPANISH.VRB file of the Verb
- Reference Facility (it contains all verbs encountered
- in LEVEL1.SPA and TVERB1.SPA).
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-
- After LinguaPro has executed for the first time, three additional files
- will be generated automatically:
-
- USORT.BIN LinguaPro/SPANISH System File
- SPA.BIN Compression/Decompression File for Spanish
- TVERB1.SPC File which "remembers" your last choice of verb tenses,
- verbs, and persons.
-
- NOTE: On slower PCs the file USORT.BIN may require 5 minutes or so for
- generation. The screen display will keep you advised as to the status of the
- construction process. This is a one-shot operation so please be patient.
-
- Once you have gotten familiar enough with the vocabulary file to begin
- to "kill" words that have been mastered, then you will also see the following
- file:
-
- KILLED.SPA File which contains words that have been "killed".
-
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- V. BENEFITS OF REGISTRATION
-
- The registration fee is only $39.95 plus $5.00 S&H (United States). You
- must add 8.25% Sales Tax if you live in Texas. The order form is contained
- in the file REGISTER.DOC. Payment methods and shipping/handling information
- for international purchasers are described as well.
-
- When you have registered you will be licensed for the unlimited use of
- a single copy of LinguaPro/SPANISH. You will also receive the following:
-
- 1. The latest version of LinguaPro/SPANISH.
-
- 2. Five Vocabulary Files comprising over 18,000 Spanish words:
- LEVEL1.SPA, LEVEL2.SPA, LEVEL3.SPA, LEVEL4.SPA, and LEVEL5.SPA.
- These vocabulary files are graded so that the most common 4,000
- words appear in LEVEL1, and the least common words appear in
- LEVEL5. The registered version of LEVEL1.SPA contains over 4,000
- words compared to the 1,000 words contained in the file of the same
- name supplied with the smaller SHAREWARE version.
-
- 3. Four additional VERB Phrase Files containing 304 more fully
- conjugated verbs and verb phrases: TVERB2.SPA, TVERB3.SPA,
- TVERB4.SPA and TVERB5.SPA. LinguaPro/SPANISH will utilize these
- files to produce a virtually unlimited number of unique sentences
- that will exhibit all important aspects of the key verbs: all
- major shades of meaning; the conjugation pattern for all tenses
- and persons; the use of the verbs in actual complete sentences;
- and additional vocabulary that naturally goes with the verb.
-
- 4. 12 additional Lesson Files: UNIT4.SPA ... UNIT15.SPA. These lessons
- complete Volume 1 of the Basic Spanish Course originally developed
- by the Foreign Service Institute. You will be notified by mail
- when expansion Set #1 will be available. This optional package will
- include the 40 lesson files: UNIT16.SPA ... UNIT55.SPA and will
- complete the Foreign Service Institute course.
-
- 5. An expanded SPANISH.VRB file for the LinguaPro VERB Reference
- Facility that provides the definitions and complete conjugation
- patterns (for rapid on-line lookup) for almost 6,000 Spanish verbs.
-
- 6. The expanded VERB vocabulary file (VRBINDEX.SPA), which is designed
- to be used in conjunction with the Verb Reference Facility. It
- contains the definitions for the 6,000 verbs supported by the
- VRF and allows the user to master the definitions of these verbs
- and consult the VRF for the relevant conjugation patterns when
- necessary.
-
- 7. Future notifications of upgrades, as well as announcements of
- LinguaPro versions for French, German, and Italian. Upgrades
- will be available to registered owners of LinguaPro/SPANISH at
- a considerably reduced price. Also, registered users will be
- kept informed as to the availability of Expansion Sets. For
- example, Expansion Set # 1 (scheduled for 1/15/94) will provide
- the remaining 40 lessons of the Foreign Service Institute
- Basic Spanish Course. Note: The User's Guide (UGUIDE.DOC)
- contains information on ordering manuals and tapes for this
- U.S. government-produced course directly from the National
- AudioVisual Center.
-
- In addition, registered users of LinguaPro/SPANISH will receive free
- support for a period of 3 months following the date of registration. This
- support is available by mail, or via Compuserve Email. Please see the
- UGUIDE.DOC for our phone number, and Compuserve ID.
-
- The registered copy will be shipped within 48 hours of our receipt of your
- order. If for any reason the delivery will be delayed, you will be notified
- immediately. If delivery cannot be made within a reasonable time, your check
- or money order will be returned, or credit card orders will be credited back
- to your account.
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- *** FEATURES UNDER DEVELOPMENT ***
-
- The following features are currently under development for future
- releases and Expansion Sets. Registered users will be notified by mail as
- to the availability of these upgrades and Expansion Sets, and will be able
- to obtain them at a substantial savings.
-
- 1. The addition of new SENTENCE-class vocabulary files (SENT1.SPA,
- SENT2.SPA, SENT3.SPA, ...) which will contain tens of thousands of
- complete Spanish sentences (and their English translations) that
- will allow the user to drill on ALL parts of speech in the context
- of grammatically correct, pure Spanish sentences. These sentences
- will be drawn from all sources, and selected to exhibit crucial
- aspects of Spanish syntax as well as allowing the drilling of
- difficult vocabulary items in the context of complete sentences.
- Users may, of course, add their own sentences (including special
- delimiters for the various parts of speech). This large collection
- of sentences will serve as an advanced extension to the material
- contained in the lesson files (UNIT1.SPA through UNIT55.SPA).
-
- 2. Major enhancements to the FLASHCARD Facility for VERBS
- (the SENTENCE Generator):
-
- a) Expanded sets of subject noun and pronoun forms.
- b) Support for Interrogative sentences.
- c) Expanded treatment of Subjunctive forms.
- d) Enhancement of the presentation of Conditional forms.
- e) Additional semantic filters to improve the clarity and
- reasonableness of all synthesized sentences.
-
- 3. Additional Vocabulary Files that may be used with the External
- File feature of the On-Line Dictionary Facility. These supplemental
- dictionaries will be available in the form of Expansion Sets so that
- users can select particular areas of interest. Also, all such files
- can be used within the Flashcarding Facility as well.
-
- a. IDIOMS -- idiomatic expressions
- b. Specialized vocabulary files:
-
- Medical terms
- Legal terms
- Business terms
- Petrochemical terms
- Geological terms
- Golden Age Literature (obsolete and rare words)
- Slang and Vulgarisms
- Regional Vocabulary (e.g., Mexico, Cuba, Chicano, ...)
- ...
-
- 4. Additional VERB-Class Files.
-
- The current TVERB series (TVERB1.SPA ... TVERB5.SPA) will be
- expanded to 15 verb files that totally cover the most common
- 1,000 verbs in the Spanish language.
-
- 5. Expansion of the Verb Reference System (VRF) to provide multi-
- screen expanded definitions of verbforms. This will be divided
- into Transitive and Intransitive usages of the verb, and each
- of these sections will be subdivided based on:
-
- a. Field of use (Legal, Industry, Business, Nautical, ...)
- b. Colloquial/Familiar meanings
- c. Vulgar/Slang meanings
-
- and all common phrases illustrating specialized usages of the
- verb form will be included in the appropriate sections.
-
- 6. An ANNOTATION Facility will be added to LinguaPro that should be
- of special interest to scholars. The Annotation Facility will
- consist of a data base containing the following:
-
- a. Author List -- Names of Spanish authors
- b. Titles List -- Titles and publication dates of literary
- works belonging to authors in the Author List
- c. Sample sentences keyed to a primary word (noun, verb, etc.)
- and entered by the user.
- d. User notes.
-
- The Annotation Facility will allow a user to register an author
- and title when beginning to read (or translate) a work. Sample
- sentences extracted from the work can be added by the user. These
- sentences will be keyed both by the author/title and by the primary
- word. Page numbers can be added as well to pinpoint the occurrence
- of the sentence in the text.
-
- General notes and comments can be added in a similar manner, again,
- keyed to an author/title/page.
-
- A report program will be provided that will permit hardcopy listings
- of sample sentences by:
-
- a. Author
- b. Author and Title
- c. Key word
-
- NOTE: The Annotation Facility will be just as useful to persons
- working with English texts.
-
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-
- Thank you for evaluating our product. Please consult the file
- UGUIDE.DOC now for complete information in using your Shareware version
- of LinguaPro/SPANISH. You may print UGUIDE.DOC directly on your printer with
- the following command: PRINT UGUIDE.DOC
- Some printers cannot reproduce the Spanish character set used in the
- User's Guide. In this case these characters will not print correctly. Other
- printers may be set via their front panel to print this expanded character
- set.
-