DianHua Dictionary v1.3.2 Awaiting Approval

DianHua Dictionary v1.3.2 has been submitted to Apple for approval. Here are the release notes provided to Apple:

Traditional and Simplified labels on the Definition pages have been corrected.
Improved search speed and result quality in all kinds of searches.
Added toneless Pinyin searching so you can now search for "ci dian" instead of "ci2 dian3" if you're unsure of the tones.
Added settings to allow Simplified and Traditional characters to be turned off and on independently.
Added a setting for the default search screen, English or Chinese.
Implemented an enlarged view of Chinese characters accessible by touching the characters on the Definition page.

Comments

kurt - programmer

|2008-10-29 04:52:42

hey, great work on the app guys! i am a programmer, and an american student of
chinese, and i find the app super helpful. it's funny, because i was using mdbg
until i thought, "man, it would be a good idea to write an iphone front end
using mdbg services". well, it looks like you guys have that done pretty
well... so is there any room to get involved with a project like this? also, is
there a plan to integrate the audio (pronunciation) features in a future
release? that would be cool! thanks again guys, this is a really handy app!

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Jason

|2008-10-31 16:53:42

Thanks for the feedback, kurt. As far as I know, some of the additional
resources from mdbg.net like audio and character animations are not freely
available. That said, I am working on several dictionary related items like
audio with native Chinese speakers.

As far as programming opportunities,
please drop me an e-mail. I don't have anything right now, but that's not to
say there won't be opportunities in the future.

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