Latin Program

I am kicking this blog off today with a demonstration of a program I just recently wrote that is called "Latin Catholic Prayers".  The purpose is to help Catholics (and others that are interested) to memorize prayers in Latin and English.  The program is also suited to memorize pretty much anything else (for example scripture).  The link to the distributable is in the link section.

This is the main screen.  The use should be straight forward.  First select one of the prayer lists under "Select Prayer List" then select one of the prayers in that list by selecting the prayer under "Prayer to Test".  At that point pressing the "Play Latin Audio File" will play a recording of that prayer.  If you wish to see the prayer printed out press the "Show Prayer" button if "Mode of Operation" is "Latin" the prayer will print in Latin if it is "English" it will print out in English instead.

If you want to get the grammar for any part of the prayer highlight that part of the prayer then click the "Show Grammar" button.  You can select any given word up to the whole prayer. 

The final important feature is the ability to quiz the prayer.  The quiz function just presents a randomized list containing 4 unique words from the prayer, one of which is the next word in the prayer.  Selecting the next correct word results in that word being displayed in the prayer, the choice being counted as correct, and a new 4 word choice being presented.  The choices continue to be presented until all words are tested. 

Of course if you are in English it tests the English prayer instead.  Most of the prayers are drawn initially from "Treasury of Latin Prayers" also listed in the Latin Links section of the blog.