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DianHua Dictionary v2.0 is now available through the iTunes App Store.  With this release, DianHua Dictionary now includes:

• Search History
• Bookmarks with support for multiple level folder hierarchies
• Backup and Export support through DianHuaDictionary.com
• Integration with the DianHua Dictionary Audio Module providing audio for over 16,000 dictionary entries
• Significantly faster and more accurate search results

DianHua Dictionary contines to be available as a free download through the iTunes App Store.  The DianHua Dictionary Audio Module is available for $4.99 USD.

When I decided to integrate DianHuaDictionary.com with DianHua Dictionary, I knew I would need code to submit HTTP multi-part form requests.  Unfamiliar with the iPhone APIs for network communication, I decided to look around the Apple Developer Forums and stumbled onto ASIHTTPRequest.  ASIHTTPRequest is a BSD-licensed library built with all of the bells and whistles you need to perform most any conversation with a web server.  For DianHua Dictionary, ASIHTTPRequest does the heavy lifting behind the Sync interface for user account registration and synchronization.  Integration was simple and the API intuitive.  That's not to mention the little extras thrown in like automatic updating of progress views.  If you're writing a Mac or iPhone application and need an HTTP client library, I highly recommend you consider ASIHTTPRequest.

DianHua Dictionary v2.0 was rejected by Apple this afternoon for non-technical reasons.  It will take me a day or two to make the required changes and submit it again.  It's entirely possible it could be rejected again on the next attempt so it may take a few weeks to work through their objections if the information they have provided is incomplete.  

Noah is the voice behind all of the Mandarin audio you hear in JSQ, LLC's products.  He has also been helping me learn Mandarin over the last year.  Whether you want to work through a book or practice your conversational skills, Noah can certainly help.  In the time I have spent working with him, I feel like one of his greatest skills is helping you perfect your pronunciation.  He offers lessons via Skype or equivalent software.  If you're interested, I've created a form on our site to let you contact him directly.  

 

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