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congratulations .... that's a nice number to reach!

Congrats! That shows some real dedication.

Thanks, Joosep and FinalAsgard! Happy Easter! He is Risen!

They are building now! Congrats for sticking with your memory goal!

Thanks, Onfire247! It is great to see, but sadly, I have more moments where a verse is at 97%, and I type too fast and suddenly, after getting a whole phrase wrong, my percentage drops to 74%.

That's how I lose a streak of perfect verses. I type too fast and I miss a space and two words becomeone! (become one)
Congrats though on 50 verses down!

Jappel! I also have my preferences set on first letter only, so when I am typing fast, one error can send you reeling. I have dabbled with different preference levels, and I still like where I am. It is just difficult to see such dramatic setback in one false move.

Yeah, that's why I hate short verses. So easy to lose huge amounts of progress. I've lost so many points / progress because of this. I've thought of several ways to resolve it:

1. Implement a setting where if you fail a keystroke within a second of failing another it ignores it.
2. Implement a system to click on a word you got right but typed it wrong to correct it.
3. Add a confirmation notice asking if you are sure that you want to drop your percentage or ignore it.
4. Eliminate losing progress altogether and instead lower the time to the next review.

I've had 4-5 verses that were short verses that I failed on the last couple of words that dropped from 97 to 74. That's basically 8 months of progress lost. When that happens I usually have to step away from the keyboard for a bit (usually for the day).

Good suggestions. I like Option 4

That is interesting. I started out as first letter only, but after awhile, I switched to whole word. It seems easier, at least for me, to do that.

My reasons are these:
A) When you are going to have to type them out in a test, for other things not LS
B) If you are used to typing whole words
C) It can help your WPM
D) It flows

Those are the main reasons I do whole word. It works better for me. Now, if I were to do it mobile, I would do first letter only because typing on a phone or tablet can be a bit rough.

Onfire247, I think option 4 is the best. On a similar note, I think if the enforced practice had a mitigating effect would work too. On those short verses I can certainly demonstrate that my error was more typo than needing 8 months more of memorization.

Jappel, I would normally do whole word for many of the reasons you mention. For me, it is the volume of verses that dictates. Whole word helps my typing, but not necessarily my memorization.

Jappel, I started out originally typing the whole word as well. Like you, I did it to help improve my typing speeds as a bonus. What I found, however, after six months of doing so is that my typing speed did not really improve much. (Admittedly, I type pretty fast already so that may have affected my perceptions.) Instead, as I started to get over 100 reviews in a day my fingers would start to go numb from the constant typing. I also found that it increased the amount of time I spent doing my memorization. I knew if I kept up at that pace I would eventually burn out from the time the reviews took, so I switched. It took a while to get used to but now I like it. I do, however, miss how much better typing the full word was on making mistakes. Single letter is very unforgiving for the reasons mentioned above. I say go with whatever works. Neither method seemed to improve my overall memorization either.

onfire247, that makes a lot of sense. I believe to each his own in his own circumstances. I haven't gotten to the point to where I am doing a great number of reviews, but I can see where you are getting at.
All I can say is keep up the good work. This website has changed my Bible memory life. God Bless!!