KTdict version 1.8 is available in the App-Store. This is mainly a maintenance release and has the following improvements and bug-fixes:
- Correct handling of ü in pinyin input
- Possibility to store pinyin in clipboard also on iPad
- Better compatibility with older (3.x) iOS versions
- Better organized flashcard list on iPad (paid versions)
- Improved stability of flashcard import (paid versions)
- Visual indication of progress during flashcard training (paid versions )
Thanks to everybody who provided feedback.
14 responses so far ↓
Bob // September 10, 2011 at 8:55 am |
When will it be compatible with iOS 5? I think Apple wi release it soon.
Klaus Thul // September 19, 2011 at 8:32 pm |
An update is planned around the time iOS 5 ships – main change will be support for iCloud.
Simone // September 18, 2011 at 2:26 pm |
Hi there. I prefer to leave you a comment here rather than leave you negative feedback on iTunes.
I purchased KTdict (English-Chinese) but have one major problem with it, which makes it useless for me: when I look up a word, I want to know what is the most common translation for that word. Here’s a typical example: yesterday I needed to use the word “jump” and looked it up on KTdict. It gives me 20-30 words for jump. I appreciate the detail, it is a great dictionary – but I needed to use the word “jump” and did not know which word to use. So I looked it up elsewhere and I found out the most common translation of jump is “tiao”. In this case, KTdict doesn’t help.
Thank you, feel free to remove my post once you’ve read it.
Klaus Thul // September 19, 2011 at 8:34 pm |
Thanks for your comment, which is quite useful. I agree, the search results for “jump” are really in a bad order – I’ll see what I can do for future versions.
Bart // November 10, 2011 at 9:00 am |
I am a great fan of your C-E dictionary, but now I want to switch from iPhone to Galaxy S2. Do you have any plans to create your dictionary for Android?
Klaus Thul // November 10, 2011 at 1:28 pm |
Sorry – no plans for an Android version of KTdict.
Silva // November 28, 2011 at 12:45 pm |
Ich benutze App KTdict+ Chinesisch intensiv und gerne.
Eine Frage hätte ich jedoch: Leider komme ich nicht dahinter, was “u.E.” heisst – wer kann mir weiterhelfen?
Klaus Thul // November 29, 2011 at 5:25 am |
u. E. steht für “unverifizierter Eintrag”.
KTdict C-D benutzt HanDeDict (siehe http://www.handedict.de) also Wörterbuch-Datenbank, bei dem Benutzer zusätzliche Wörter hinzufügen können (ähnlich wie bei Wikipedia). Bevor solche Einträge als korrekt verifiziert worden sind, werden sie als u. E. markiert.
Silva // November 28, 2011 at 12:48 pm |
The mail adress in the impressum ktdic@me.com does not work anymore.
Klaus Thul // November 29, 2011 at 5:29 am |
The correct address is ktdict@me.com (with an additional “t”). If you used this Email just try sending again – I received Email from other people to this address.
chinesestudent101 // January 8, 2012 at 8:14 pm |
Hi Klaus, firstly i just want to say what a great app, thank you so much for developing it, well worth the purchase.
i was just wondering if I could make my trainer flashcard list more concise by changing the settings of all flashcard options at once. Namely, making all my cards only tested on the english side (they currently can be tested on english, chinese and pinyin methods). rather than doing this one card by one, i tried changing the file code which i imported from itunes, to 1,0,0 as opposed to 0,0,0. i then saved the changes and tried to import it back, but the differences did not appear on my list. is this normal (ie, is it possible to configure flashcards on a pc instead of an itouch / iphone?)
thanks v much.
Klaus Thul // January 11, 2012 at 7:08 am |
Easiest way to accomplish this is the following: Go into the settings dialog of KTdict (tap on settings on the main search screen). You will find there a setting “active front-sides”. If you disable Chinese and Pinyin, you will only be quizzed for English. Please note that this does not change your flashcards, but only the behavior of the trainer.
You can also export all Flashcards, edit on a computer e. g. in EXCEL or OpenOffice, delete all cards on your phone and import the modified cards back in. In the quiz columns, a “1″ corresponds to “yes”, a “0″ to “no”.
Steven // February 24, 2012 at 1:30 am |
Hi, I really love this app. I am currently studying in Taiwan and it has been a life-saver on many occasions. I recently tried to use the trainer feature, but can’t get it to work properly. I have saved several flash cards, but when I go to train it will only give me one card then congratulate me and say I have finished. All of my cards are in box 0 and I set it to a max of 50 cards, but it just won’t work.
Klaus Thul // February 26, 2012 at 9:17 pm |
Thanks for your feedback.
One question to narrow down your issue: When you start the daily set in the “Create Lesson” dialog, there is a text at the bottom. It says something like: “Draws 30 cards: 30 cards of 849 from box 0″. Can you check this and let me know what is written there?
I want to find out if the generation of the daily set is the problem or something else.