This is the readme.txt for Verbix 4.0.
It contains brief information of the following items.

1. What is Verbix?
2. Installation notes
3. Verbix is shareware
4. Distribution notes
5. Contact information


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1. What is Verbix
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1.1. FIFTY+ LANGUAGES IN YOUR HANDS!

Verbix is linguistic software, that helps in verb grammar.
It is designed for students of foreign languages to help with
the verb inflections. The languages available are the following:

- Romance languages: Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, etc.
- Germanic languages: English, Swedish, German, Dutch, etc. 
- Ugric languages: Finnish & Setu.
- Celtic languages: Irish, Welsh.
- Extinct languages: Latin, Gothic, Old English, etc.
- Indo-Aryan languages: Hindi & Urdu
- and many more...

1.2. CONJUGATIONS

Verbix forms the inflections based on the given infinitive.
In addition to this, Verbix is able to convert any verbal 
form to an infinitive.


1.3. CLEAR COLOR CODES

There are certain color in the verb color tables that help to
see at once some special features of the verb forms:

  - BLACK is used to show regular verb forms
  - RED indicates, the form is irregular
  - BLUE indicates that there are some phonetic or 
    ortographic changes in the form.
  - MAGENTA indicates that the verb is either obsolete
    or a regionalism
  - GREY indicates that the verbal form doesn't exist.
    

1.4. AND MUCH MORE

+ Verbix shows besides the current verb's inflections a list with all verbs conjugated in the same manner.
+ Many verbs include extra information, which further explains them.
+ Many verbs include translations into the equivalents in other languages.
+ The availability of extinct languages helps in getting knowledge of ancient verbal forms.
+ Maps show, where the language is/were spoken.
+ Animation(s) shows further information.
+ There's information about the number of native speakers of each language.
+ You'll see a list of the countries where each language is spoken.


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2. Installation of Verbix
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To install Verbix, simply run setup.exe.

The installation requires 30MB of hard disk storage.


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3. Verbix is shareware
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Verbix is shareware.

You can use Verbix in 30 days. After that you have to either stop from using it or purchase the product.

More info: http://www.verbix.com/order.htm


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4. Distribution notes
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You are allowed to distribute Verbix in any electronic format on any media. In case of redistribution, please, follow the rules below:

1.  Verbix must be distributed either
      a) as verbx40?.zip (Simtel archive package) or
      b) as verbx40?.exe (Self-extracting package)
    ...where '?' in the file name is any character 
    between 'a' and 'z'.

2.  The Author (Erik Lindberg) and Verbix homepage  ( www.verbix.com ) must be mentioned.

3.  The Author must be notified about this: Email: info@verbix.com


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5. Contact information
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Verbix home page is located at: www.verbix.com
Verbix author can be contacted by email: info@verbix.com

