Issues with version 2.1.1 --> SOLVED

There are two known issues with version 2.1.1.

First issue

Wakaru would freeze after import of text by newly added "Copy to Library" command (available in the Web Browser) or by the "+" button of quick text or library.

The text is actually imported and the freeze occurs just after the import.

Second issue

It concerns only devices under iOS 5.
The ebook browser would crash when trying to analyze Kanji difficulty of ebooks.


A fix has been posted for both issues and is waiting for validation.

Version 2.1.1 is available

The main features for version 2.1.1 are :

1. Integration of Hoshizora Bunko. It should allow access to more modern works than the ones available on Aozora Bunko
2. Analysis of Kanji difficulty for all texts including users texts
3. Support of Imiwa as external dictionary

WEB BROWSER

• Added a command to import text and PDFs document into the Library

EBOOK

• Corrected bug causing incorrect display of Color & Appareance menu in landscape orientation on the iPhone
• Correced vertical symbol for hyphen

LIBRARY

• Hoshizora Bunko is built-in in Wakaru. Discover new 8000 ebooks
• Kanji difficulty is now analysed for user-supplied documents.
• Kanji difficulty is now displayed when browsing Aozora Bunko in author and title mode.

PDF

• Added an option to read PDFs documents from right to left.It is accessible by "Library"➜"Edit"➜"Reading direction".
• Fixed bug causing inconstistent page changes when done in rapid succession

DICTIONARY

• Added support for Imiwa?

STUDYLIST

• Possibility to add a text selection from ebook reader or web browser to flashcard note section. It is useful to add a fragment of text as example of word usage

Issue with version 2.0.9 --> SOLVED

I have just realized that there is an issue with version 2.0.9 of Wakaru.
The app will hang on startup if the app has been previously exited when using the flashcard module.

The bug happens only on iPhones and iPod touches.

A fix is already posted to Apple and is waiting for validation.

Meanwhile, it is possible to use Wakaru by resetting the app. All you have to do is to go to iOS settings and turn on the "Emergency recovery setting". Then it is OK to relaunch Wakaru.

UPDATE : the update is validated and version 2.1.0 is available

[TIP] How to have furigana in your own text

Texts from Aozora Bunko have sometimes the reading of kanjis indicated with small kanas above the kanjis (furigana). You can have the same with your own text by using following symbols :


日本語《にほんご》
日本語｜能力試験《のうりょくしけん》

The furiganas will extend until a kana or the ｜symbol is found.

You will have also to change the settings of your text file (library - edit and turn the switch  "aozora format" on).

"｜" is unicode 0xFF5C.
"《" is unicode 0x300A.
"》" is unicode 0x300B.

Nice post about Wakaru

"Wakaru App: : Let’s Read Some Japanese" on Naguyen.com

Version 2.0.9 release

After few weeks without a major release, version 2.0.9 of Wakaru is available.
This version features a lot of change under the hood to enable future evolutions.

More visible to the user are a lot of bug fixes and improvements.

WEB BROWSER

[iPhone version] Interface is improved with larger backward/forward buttons and a navigation bar like Safari
Added a menu command to import selection to directly to the library
The current URL is displayed and is editable

EBOOK

Wakaru can import .txt file from other applications (including mail)
Added some new Japanese paper background textures
The background textures are now sorted by color
Fixed bug causing incorrect position of brightness slider
Fixed bug causing page shift when device is rotated back and forth

PDF

Fixed bug causing Wakaru to always re-open documents at the first page
Fixed bug related to bookmarks
Fixed display bug for long document title

LIBRARY

Added possibility to sort ebooks by Kanji level
Added preference setting to either launch latest viewed ebook or show library contents when tapping "Ebook reader" on main menu
Modified position of help button

QUICK TEXT

Wakaru can import quick text content to directly to the "library"

FLASHCARDS

Wakaru remembers drill mask on/off for each card
Wakaru remembers studylist state (order/position of flashcards)

DICTIONARY 

Updated edict dictionary

AOZORA BUNKO

Update database

New Wakaru update available

Version 2.0.8 is available on the App Store.

It includes some improvement on the selection tools for the ebooks :

• a tap and slide will select the characters as expected
• a long touch will automatically extend selection to adjacent same type characters (e.g. a long touch on a kanji will extend selection to kanjis but not to hiragana)

I have also added a link to the Midori dictionary, although the implementation does't support a button to link back to Wakaru as for the other external dictionaries. I have contacted the developer of Midori on this matter, but no answer yet.

The last addition is an improvement in the word lookup. If the search word contains a ku-no-jiten sequence in vertical mode as below :
い
ろ
〳
〵
it is automatically replaced in order to allow the dictionary lookup to work.