If you use the Tarteel app in premium mode to memorize or recite the Quran, you may have noticed various color highlights on the text. This guide explains the meaning behind each highlight color, specifically focusing on your hifdh (memorization) history. These highlights differ from the text colors used for real-time feedback during your recitation.
Color Highlights and Error Frequency
The color highlights in Tarteel indicate the frequency of errors made during your past sessions recited with Hidden Verses turned on, regardless of the type of error (including peeking mistakes, diacritic errors, etc.). Here’s what each color signifies:
Red Highlights
Red highlights indicate the highest frequency of errors detected. These highlights mark the areas where you have consistently made mistakes, helping you identify the most problematic sections that need the most attention.
Orange Highlights
Orange highlights represent words with a moderate frequency of errors. While not as frequent as those highlighted in red, these areas still require significant attention to improve your memorization accuracy.
Yellow Highlights
Yellow highlights indicate a lower frequency of errors. These areas show occasional mistakes, suggesting that while you generally recite these sections correctly, there are still some errors that need to be addressed.
Green Highlights
Green highlights indicate infrequent errors. These are areas where mistakes have been made, but not regularly enough to warrant a higher severity color. Green highlights help you identify parts of the text where you need minor improvements.
No Highlight
Areas without any color highlight indicate that you have consistently recited these sections correctly with no detectable errors in past sessions.
Why Don't My New Mistakes Change the Highlight Colors?
Your mistakes only count toward your mistake history highlights when Hidden Verses is turned on while you recite. The highlights are meant to show the words you struggle with from memory, so they only include mistakes you made when you couldn't see the verses. When the verses are visible, a mistake doesn't show what you've memorized, so it isn't added to your highlights.
Mistakes from sessions recited with the verses visible are still saved, and you can see them in your Activity on the Dashboard. They are not added to your highlights later, even if you turn on Hidden Verses afterward.
To have your mistakes count toward your mistake history highlights:
On the Quran page, tap the Hidden Verses button at the bottom of the screen. You see the message "Hidden Verses: Enabled", and the verses are hidden.
Recite as usual and finish the session.
Mistakes from that session now count toward your mistake history highlights.
Please note that this is a premium feature, so you will need a premium subscription to access it.
Toggling the Highlight Feature
If you prefer not to see the mistake history highlights, you can easily toggle this feature on and off. Simply go to Settings, navigate to Marking, and under Highlight Mistake History, you can switch the feature according to your preference.
Alternatively, you can turn off the icon at the bottom of the Mushaf recitation screen.
Improving Your Recitation
One of the benefits of this feature is that you can work your way back from red down to green, and eventually to no highlight, if you consistently start reciting that ayah correctly again. This progression helps you track and improve your recitation over time, providing a clear visual representation of your progress!
In summary, the color spectrum from red to green (Red > Orange > Yellow > Green > No Highlight) provides a visual representation of the frequency of your recitation errors, helping you to focus on areas that need more practice and improvement. Additionally, the ability to toggle the highlight feature offers flexibility to tailor the app to your personal learning style, provided you have a premium subscription.
By understanding these color codes, you can effectively track your progress and identify areas for improvement in your Quranic studies. These highlights provide valuable insights distinct from the current text colors used to guide your real-time recitation. Happy reciting!