WinFlash Educator is a member of a family of educational software

Educational software

Educational software is computer software, the primary purpose of which is teaching or self-learning.-Early History, 1940s - 1970s:The use of computer hardware and software in education and training dates to the early 1940s, when American researchers developed flight simulators which used analog...

 programs developed by Open Window Software

Open Window Software

Open Window Software is a US software company specializing in educational software. Founded by Dick Bryant in 1992, it is based in Silverthorne, Colorado.The company initially focused on Windows utilities and freeware...

 known collectively as WinFlash. It is a flashcard

Flashcard

A flashcard or flash card is a set of cards bearing information, as words or numbers, on either or both sides, used in classroom drills or in private study. One writes a question on a card and an answer overleaf. Flashcards can bear vocabulary, historical dates, formulas or any subject matter that...

 program.

The program was developed to improve the efficiency of study time spent on memorization-intensive subjects. It incorporates the Leitner System

Leitner system

The Leitner system is a widely used method to efficiently use flashcards that was proposed by the German science journalist Sebastian Leitner in the 1970s...

 to develop and maintain mastery of large, long-term data sets (e.g. language vocabulary, medical terminology, aircraft operating procedures) but also offers several more targeted study modes that are more suitable for short-term needs, including the occasional 'cram session'.

Features

• Full Unicode
  Unicode
  Unicode is a computing industry standard for the consistent encoding, representation and handling of text expressed in most of the world's writing systems...
  
   and font effect support, including sub- and super-script
• Palm OS
  Palm OS
  Palm OS is a mobile operating system initially developed by Palm, Inc., for personal digital assistants in 1996. Palm OS is designed for ease of use with a touchscreen-based graphical user interface. It is provided with a suite of basic applications for personal information management...
  
   and Windows Mobile
  Windows Mobile
  Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
  
   (Pocket PC
  Pocket PC
  A Pocket PC is also known by Microsoft as a 'Windows Mobile Classic device'. It is a hardware specification for a handheld-sized computer, personal digital assistant , that runs the Microsoft 'Windows Mobile Classic' operating system...
  
  ) support, with companion HandyCards program
• BlackBerry
  BlackBerry
  BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
  
   and iPhone
  IPhone
  The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
  
   support, using the gFlash program
• Print support for many popular card formats - single and two-sided
• Multiple learning algorithms including the Leitner System
  Leitner system
  The Leitner system is a widely used method to efficiently use flashcards that was proposed by the German science journalist Sebastian Leitner in the 1970s...
  
  
• Built in audio recording capability
• Import/export link with Flashcard Exchange allows web-based access to study files
• Content import from a variety of sources including the Windows clipboard
• Text-to-speech capability with output to .wav and .mp3 for audio study
• Capabilities to combine, extract and filter existing study files
• Built-in spell checker
• Automatically graded test results with printable reports
• Graphics, audio and video support
• Minimal-keystroke entry of new data with QuickDeck

Licensing

WinFlash is proprietary & distributed as shareware

Shareware

The term shareware is a proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an Internet website or as a compact disc included with a...

. A free trial version is available for download.