Ringside Rally: AKC Edition

Practice

Overview

A Practice session presents signs one at a time on a timer, announcing each one aloud as it appears. It is a hands-free way to rehearse a sequence of signs at a steady pace, similar to working a course. You choose which signs to include, the session runs through them, and it ends when the time runs out or every sign has been shown.

📸 Image 1 · Practice setup screen alt: The Practice tab showing level chips, a list option, and the Start Practice button

The Practice tab, where a session is set up before it begins.

Starting a session

A session is built from one source of signs. On the Practice tab, choose either:

One or more levels. Select the level chips (Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Excellent, Master) to practice all of the signs in those levels.
A saved list. Choose one of your lists to practice only the signs it contains.

Once a source is selected, tap START PRACTICE to begin. A session can also be started directly from the Lists tab by tapping the play button on a list, which opens the Practice tab with that list already selected.

Any sign you have marked to skip is left out of the session. Skipping is set per sign and is described under Practice settings below.

During a session

While a session runs, the screen shows one sign at a time, along with:

The sign image and name. Tap the image to view it full screen; double tap to close it.
DESCRIPTION. Opens the official description for the current sign without stopping the session.
Two timers. Next sign in counts down the time remaining on the current sign. Total session shows the time elapsed against the session length.
NEXT and PREV. Move to the next or previous sign at any time, before the timer advances on its own.
Retry. Replays the current sign’s voice callout and restarts its countdown.
PAUSE. Holds the session. From the pause overlay you can resume or end the session.

When voice prompts are on, each sign is announced before its countdown starts, so the full interval is available to work the sign. The display stays awake for the duration of the session.

📸 Image 2 · A session in progress alt: A running Practice session showing the sign image, name, countdown timers, and navigation controls

A running session: one sign, its timers, and the session controls.

Free and Pro sessions

Practice is available on the free version as a fixed sample. Free sessions run with preset values that cannot be changed: up to 4 signs, a session length of 45 seconds, and a set pace. This is enough to see how a session works.

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Free

A sample session of up to 4 signs and 45 seconds. The practice settings are fixed and cannot be edited.

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Pro

Full control over session length, pace, order, voice prompts, and per-sign timing, with no cap on the number of signs.

Practice settings Pro

Pro adds a settings screen that controls how every session runs. The settings are grouped into session settings and sign timing.

Session settings

Session length. The total time for a session, from 15 seconds up to 9 minutes 59 seconds. When the time runs out, the session ends.
Shuffle mode. When on, signs are presented in random order. When off, they follow AKC number order, or list order when practicing from a list.
Voice prompts. When on, each sign is announced aloud. This group also includes Pause on callout (the session clock pauses while a sign is being announced) and End session alert (None, Chime, or Voice when the session ends).

Sign timing

Mode. Fixed gives every sign the same amount of time. Adaptive gives each sign a preset time for a more natural course feel.
Time per sign. In Fixed mode, the number of seconds spent on each sign before the session advances.
Per-sign adjustments. A separate screen lets you skip individual signs, mute the callout for specific signs, or, in Adaptive mode, set a custom time for each sign.

Changes take effect when saved, and apply to the sessions you run afterward.

📸 Image 3 · Practice settings alt: The Pro practice settings screen showing session length, shuffle, voice prompts, and sign timing

The Pro settings screen, controlling session length, pace, order, and audio.

Resuming a session Pro

A session in progress is saved automatically. You can stop at any time and return to it later, continuing from the sign where you left off. When a saved session exists, the Practice tab offers two choices:

Resume continues the saved session with the same settings.
New session discards the saved session and starts fresh.

If you add signs to a list after saving a session built from that list, the new signs are added to the end of the session when you resume, so nothing already practiced is repeated.

📸 Image 4 · Resume or new session alt: The Practice tab showing the Resume and New Session choice for a saved session

A saved session can be resumed, or replaced with a new one.

When a session ends

A session ends in one of three ways, and a summary screen shows which:

Timer ended: the session length was reached.
Practice complete: every sign in the source was shown before the time ran out.
Session ended: you ended the session early.

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