Klaus Thul

Since yesterday, KTdict 2.1 is available in the App-store:

• The dictionaries of KTdict C-E and KTdict C-D have been updated to the latest versions of CC-CEDIT and HanDeDict, respectively.
• The reader-function allows now import of .txt files with more encodings (encoding is the way Chinese characters are translated to numbers the computer can understand). In addition to UTF8, it supports now also UTF16 as well as GB18030. Also, memory management in the reader was improved, which allows it to handle larger documents.
• Users of the paid versions will get a scribble area in the trainer, which is handy to practice writing of Chinese characters right on the device – saving the need for an extra pen and paper. This comes with an improved design of the trainer on the iPad (see below).

We also spend extra effort on improving overall stability of the App. Thanks to everybody who gave feedback and reported issues through Email, this web-site or the app-store.

KTdict 1.9.1 is available, which is a maintenance release:

• improved start-up speed of the application
• fixed a crash when search consisted only of spaces
• corrected handling of duplicate cards
• fixed a display issue of the flashcard list

The last two items only affects users of the paid versions.

Thanks to everybody who helped with resolving these bugs.

“That’s Shanghai” magazine has an article on iPhone. Glad to see that it features KTdict C-E among “Free Shanghai-friendly apps”:

This is encouraging for the work on the next version, which is in process on getting wrapped up.