Backwords

Learn a new language right from your wallpaper

What it does

Backwords is a tiny tool that empowers your desktop. Every day one foreign word will be displayed in the background. Day by day, you'll learn a language right from your wallpaper. Currently available in four languages: • Chinese (Mandarin, simplified characters) • Korean • Japanese (Kanji) • Dutch

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