2.3

[arianneorpilla]

This release introduces full English target language support, allowing English learners to import ABBYY Lingvo (DSL) dictionaries into the application.

Existing Users: If you are having issues exporting images and audio with the default template, ensure that you have the same card type and HTML/CSS template which can be found here.

The app will automatically add a new card type if you don't already have a jidoujisho Yuuna card type, but some changes were made after 2.0 that changed the default card type. Existing users that had their card type generated before the change may experience having empty export profiles that prevent card export. Ensuring the card type is the same as the new default will mitigate these issues.

System Requirements: This application has been tested to work on a variety of devices and emulators running Android 7 to 13. Please note that a significant amount of internal storage space may be taken up by the dictionary database for indexing in order to optimize query speed and performance. Try to give the application around 2GB of storage space.

🇺🇸 Debuting English support for jidoujisho

2.3

🌐 New Language

• English - Users may now select English as a target language, with existing enhancements such as Tatoeba Example Sentences and Forvo Audio made compatible with the where possible. The Text Segmentation enhancement for example will omit spaces in display but join words with spaces when making a selection.
• ABBYY Lingvo (DSL) Support - Users may import DSL format dictionaries for use with English. Please note that compressed DZ files will need to be unarchived into DSL for import.
• Player and Reader Support - Being a space-delimited language, word selection will be by space or dash rather than by per character to make use of its feature as a space-delimited language when using all existing media sources with English.
• First-Time Setup - New and upgrading users will now be asked to select their target language upon first startup. The default enhancements available and currently selected dictionary format will adjust depending on the language to quickly get users set up regardless of if they are learning English or 日本語.

🛠 Bug Fixes and Miscellaneous Improvements

• The user preferences first set for ッツ Ebook Reader now depend on the language on first use with the media source. For example, when first launched in English, the Reader will be set to be horizontal by default.
• Fixed an issue where a grey screen could occur upon scrolling down when editing the Standard profile at first startup when its number of fields do not match the user's card type in AnkiDroid.
• Users will no longer be able to export a card when all the fields of the current export profile are empty, and will get a message advising them to edit their fields in order to export a card.
• Users will now receive a message when an error has occurred when attempting to add a media file or a note to Anki. The Card Creator will no longer clear values when a note cannot be added to Anki.
• Tweaked the initial default font size and auto search debounce delay values.

🗒 A dedication

I have come across many people who share the same motivation and passion I have to learn Japanese, particularly Japanese natives and those learning English as a secondary language. That my tool could not be of use to them as they were only doing a different language, in spite of the fact that I am able to do so much for myself is something that I have always pondered. I once said that I could only ever implement supporting another language once I am happy with the existing support for Japanese and all other features, and I am glad to finally reach that state with the updates prior.

I dedicate this update to my friends that are typically on the other side of the table or screen when I do language exchanges. I hope this will be of some use of them. My intent moving forward with this app is to ensure that languages other than Japanese that are implemented in the app are not second-class in any form and will face any neglect, and I hope to bring full localizations/translations of the app in time for use by English learners. Thanks again for using my application and best of luck in learning.

📲 Which file should I download?

The files below are for different device architectures. As a rule of thumb, arm64 should work for most modern mobile devices. armeabi should work on older devices. Generally, desktops and emulators should use x86_64.

Depending on which device you are using, download the appropriate APK by expanding the Assets drop-down below and install on your mobile phone by launching the APK with your file explorer.

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This discussion was created from the release 2.3.