voice-in-basics-quiz

Propose

An interactive quiz with spaced repeated runs can improve recall of the basic commands for the dictation plugin Voice In for Google Chrome.

Explanation

To become productive quickly, the quiz can be taken five times or more in a single day; however, memory of the commands will fade quickly. It is better to take the quiz every 2-3 days.

Features

• Randomizes questions on each run
• Reports the number of correct answers
• Reports time spent on quiz

Disclaimer

This is a programming tool, not an educational tool. It provides no explanations and no context. The quiz improves recall of computer commands in a quote manner.

Prerequisites

You need a recent version of Python3. You also need one external module. Install the module pytictoc with pip.

pip install --user --upgrade pytictoc

or with a conda environment

conda activate <env name>
pip install --upgrade pip 
pip install pytictoc

If you have an older version of Python3, install the module tictoc instead.

Run one of two ways.

You will be asked to enter a number between 1 and 1. Enter 1. Then the interactive quiz will run.

Run in terminal

./qVoiceIn.py

Enter control-D to interrupt the quiz.

Run in Jupyter

Use in Jupyter Notebook, JupyterLab, JupyterLab.app, or nteract.app. The last two options are stand-alone desktop applications that do not use the browser. You still need a Python3 kernel available that is mapped to a Python interpreter with the module pytictoc installed via pip. Probably works in Colab, too, but you may have to load the quiz onto your Google Drive. Select the appropriate Python kernel that taps into the Python interpreter with pytictoc installed.

The advantages of this approach are that the results can be stored in the Notebook, and it is more fun to run the quiz in Jupyter.

Check on the present working directory in Jupyter by entering the following in a code cell.

!pwd

The file qVoiceIn.py must be in your working directory, or you must provide the full file path. Enter the following in another code cell.

%run -i "qVoiceIn.py"

Updates

Version	Changes	Date
Version 0.6	Added update table and funding sources. Edited typos in README.md	2024 April 13

Funding

• NIH: R01 CA242845, R01 AI088011
• NIH: P30 CA225520 (PI: R. Mannel); P20GM103640 and P30GM145423 (PI: A. West)