- o/ö & a/ä not recognized as different from memrise

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thanks @alanh

I most definitely will look this thing when I get near computer

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Thanks so much, that is just what I need!

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Thank you all for your replies @alanh @Atikker @amanda-norrsken
It’s so annoying that memrise doesn’t recognize those letters as independent but as variations of a & o. It’s not even “just a Finnish problem”. Same problem with multiple other languages.
I was not aware of the “strict typing” feature but it seems that enabling it could create another set of problems. :angry::unamused:

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Hi @lingorun,

In this course that I made some time ago, I did not originally enable ‘strict typing’ but did include the in-browser keyboard for “ä” and “ö”, I have now turned ‘strict typing’ on. Unfortunately, that may catch a few people out initially. :pensive:

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I just tried to enable “strict typing”, but maybe it is just a feature that only course creators - as opposed to mere course contributors like myself - are allowed to activate.

At any rate, using a Windows computer with a Chrome browser, I was unable to activate this feature.

Funnily enough, though, when I went to the first part of the 8,000+ Most Common Swedish Words course, the feature appeared not to be enabled there, either, but when I type something as, for example, “andra”, when it should be 'ändra", the system marks it as wrong. But on the later courses in this four-part course, the same mistake would be marked as correct.

What do you make of that?

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@amanda-norrsken,

You are right. Course contributors cannot change testing styles. The ‘cans’ and ‘can’ts’ are listed here: http://feedback.memrise.com/knowledgebase/articles/525167-add-a-contributor-to-my-course

If that Swedish course is in four parts, it’s possible the creator used different settings for different parts eg only enabled ‘strict typing’ in some parts (either intentionally or unintentionally).

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you have to enable stricktly typing for every database you want to use it. If you have like 15 databases and you want all the course to be very strickt errors may happen

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The problem is that the original course creator, “sehiralti”, seems to have moved on and is no longer active on memrise. I wonder if memrise would be able to change my status so that I could make these changes?

Who do you think I would need to contact in this case?

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I don’t think it will be possible to change your status but you could ask @Lien to try to contact sehiralti to invite him/her to this forum. If there is no response, Lien may be willing to enable the strict typing feature but, at the end of the day, it’s sehiralti’s course. You will need to let Lien have the course title(s).

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I think I have seen that people have taken over other people’s courses - presumably with permission from the original creator - so it might be possible.

“sehiralti” seems to be quite reclusive, though, so I think he might not be interested in joining this forum. But I hope that he would be willing to allow the “strict typing” function. He also created some Finnish courses, I wonder if there is the same problem there.

I’ll try contacting someone at memrise and will of course mention which courses need this function. Thanks so much for all your help!

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OK. Good luck!

While you are at it, maybe you could ask them for a progress report on MemriseMatty´s Post No 31 on this other topic: How are we supposed to communicate with the course creators? :laughing:

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Hi Amanda and @alanh,

Thanks for the heads up!

I have disabled ‘strict typing’ for all 4 parts of Sehiralti ‘8000+ Most Common Swedish Words’ series.
As the strict typing feature was active only for 2 of the 4 parts in this series, it’s most likely an oversight.

Enjoy the weekend,

Lien

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@Lien I think Amanda wanted strictly typing to be enabled for all sections

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You understood me correctly, Atikker!

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Thanks for your intervention, Lien, but I am afraid you got the wrong end of the stick :frowning:

I was hoping for strict typing to be ENABLED for ALL parts of the course. As far as I could tell whilst doing the course the other day, part one has strict typing enabled (which is a GOOD thing) and some of the other parts don’t.

Could you enable strict typing for parts 1, 2, 3 & 4 of sehiralti’s “8,000 Most Common Swedish Words” course, please?

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Oh no – yes, please reinstate the strict typing for Swedish, @Lien!

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Of course, it’s definitely ‘on’ this time :blush:

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Woops :confounded:
Think I did it correct this time I hope - have a look

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I just did one level and tested it - if I left out an “Ä”, it was marked as wrong!!!

YIPPEE!

Thanks so much!

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Thanks, @Lien! Hope your weekend was nice. :grin:

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