Davka Corporation is a software company specializing in applications related to Jewish history, customs and traditions and the Hebrew language.[1][2] Founded in 1982, Davka is notable as the publisher of several early games for the Apple II series of computers including The Lion's Share (1983 video game) by Robert Aaron and The Philistine Ploy by Robert Aaron and Alan Rosenbaum.[3][4] The company has published numerous software titles for the PC, Macintosh and Palm platforms including the ubiquitous Davkawriter Hebrew/English Word processor.[5]
The name Davka comes from a Hebrew word that is difficult to translate. At times the intent is to say "exactly so";[6] often, the word "specifically" can be used as a synonym, but it has many other translations.
DavkaWriter is a Hebrew-English word processing program for Windows. (A Mac version is available as well.)
Its built-in tools include a dictionary, a thesaurus, and a translating tool. It comes with the complete Hebrew texts of the Bible and many other volumes of Jewish literature. Its spellchecker recognizes both English and Hebrew words.
DavkaWriter Platinum[8] was reviewed in 2002, 2004 and 2006 issues of The Jewish Press, referring to updated versions.[9]
CD-ROM - Soncino Classics Collectionedit
Davka also released a CD-ROM named Soncino Classics Collection that contains:[10]
davka, corporation, software, company, specializing, applications, related, jewish, history, customs, traditions, hebrew, language, founded, 1982, notable, publisher, several, early, games, apple, series, computers, including, lion, share, 1983, video, game, r. Davka Corporation is a software company specializing in applications related to Jewish history customs and traditions and the Hebrew language 1 2 Founded in 1982 Davka is notable as the publisher of several early games for the Apple II series of computers including The Lion s Share 1983 video game by Robert Aaron and The Philistine Ploy by Robert Aaron and Alan Rosenbaum 3 4 The company has published numerous software titles for the PC Macintosh and Palm platforms including the ubiquitous Davkawriter Hebrew English Word processor 5 Davka CorporationTypePrivateIndustrySoftwareFounded1982HeadquartersChicago Illinois United StatesProductsJudaic games encyclopediae word processors etc Websitehttp www davka com Contents 1 Name 2 About 3 Davkawriter 3 1 CD ROM Soncino Classics Collection 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksName editThe name Davka comes from a Hebrew word that is difficult to translate At times the intent is to say exactly so 6 often the word specifically can be used as a synonym but it has many other translations About editIn the late 1990s and somewhat beyond its major competitor was Jerusalem based Torah Educational Software 7 Davkawriter editDavkaWriter is a Hebrew English word processing program for Windows A Mac version is available as well Its built in tools include a dictionary a thesaurus and a translating tool It comes with the complete Hebrew texts of the Bible and many other volumes of Jewish literature Its spellchecker recognizes both English and Hebrew words DavkaWriter Platinum 8 was reviewed in 2002 2004 and 2006 issues of The Jewish Press referring to updated versions 9 CD ROM Soncino Classics Collection edit Davka also released a CD ROM named Soncino Classics Collection that contains 10 Hebrew and English of Tanach Aramaic and English of the Soncino Talmud Soncino Midrash Rabbah Soncino ZoharIn addition to The New York Times 9 paragraph 1998 review a full page was devoted in The Jewish Press to this CD in 2003 11 See also editTorah Educational Software Jewish Nonviolent video gamesReferences edit Helping the amateur cantor to lead The Jerusalem Post 10 September 2007 Retrieved 2008 11 07 dead link A textual treasure Study while you write The Jerusalem Post 22 January 2006 Retrieved 2008 11 07 dead link Persson Hans Stefan Meier Adventureland Davka Retrieved 2008 11 03 Hague James The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers Retrieved 2008 11 03 Davka Corporation About Davka Archived from the original on 2008 10 05 Retrieved 2008 11 03 Wadler Joyce May 14 1983 Bytes amp The Washington Post Jon Kalish December 31 1998 For the Oldest of Lessons the Newest of Tools The New York Times The New York Times From an image of the box Shimon Lewin December 6 2002 Davka Writer Platinum The Jewish Press p 41 Davkawriter Platinum 4 0 JewishPress com December 29 2004 From the Torah to the Zohar Soncino Classics Collection The New York Times December 31 1998 Shimon Lewin May 30 2003 Soncino Classics Collection The Jewish Press p 36 External links editOfficial website DavkaWriter website Jewish software runs the gamut from educational games to printing programs to advanced research tools for the scholar a JTA comparative overview nbsp This United States video game corporation or company article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Microsoft Windows software related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This word processor article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Davka amp oldid 1137955754, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
