New Application Idea

In addition to studying for the AP test, I will be designing an application that will apply some of the concepts I am reviewing. I have decided to make a quizbowl application. The basic idea of quizbowl is that to study you need to read packets. Packets are formatted with a bunch of questions. The problem is that when you open up a packet in Microsoft word to study, you see the entire question. The optimal way to study would be to see the sentences of the question one at a time. This experience would be more similar to the experience of IRC Quizbowl. The idea of this is that you can play quizbowl online. The bot reads every question 1 line at a time until someone buzzes. My application would go something like this:

First the user inputs a zip file of .doc, .txt, .rtf ... of quizbowl packets
The program will convert these to plain text. This is essential because java can only work with plain text and won't preserve formatting.

Then a different window will open. It will have a play button. Click the play button and the tossup starts. The tossup is read one line at a time until the user buzzes. Then press space bar again and the user sees the entire tossup as well as the answer. The time each sentence is displayed will be based on an equation relating the number of characters in the sentence to the time it takes to read each character.