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@lrorpilla lrorpilla released this 27 May 05:35
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0.17.4-beta
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This release implements pitch accent, showing pitch accent diagrams in place of the reading where available in the pop-up dictionary, main menu and creator mode. Cards may also be exported with pitch accent diagrams after a required template update. The pitch accent data is sourced from Kanjium, formatted and parsed similarly to Yomichan's functionality.

Template Updates: In order to make use of the new pitch accent exports, users are required to update their Anki templates. In particular, users will only need to add the following lines to both their video playback and creator CSS card templates. The full template with instructions on how to edit the template can be reviewed here.

.pitch{
  border-top: solid red 1px;
  padding-top: 1px;
}

.pitch_end{
  border-color: red;
  border-right: solid red 1px;
  border-top: solid red 1px;  
  line-height: 1px;
  margin-right: 1px;
  padding-right: 1px;
  padding-top:1px;
}

The new template is backwards compatible and cards from before this release will continue to function. Existing cards generated before this release will not have pitch accent diagrams. If you wish to effortlessly add pitch accent diagrams to your existing deck, you are encouraged to sync your Anki collection to desktop and utilize a third-party add-on.

System Requirements: This application has been tested by myself and other users to work on a variety of real-world devices and emulators running Android 7 and above (thanks to Hexavall). If the installation fails, try clearing enough storage space (Cheers to kekkonkinenbi for letting me know).

0.17-beta

  • (New Feature) Pitch Accent - Readings that have appropriate pitch accent data will now be shown in the pop-up dictionary, main menu and creator mode. Anki cards can now be exported with pitch accent diagrams if available.
  • Changed the default Anki template for both cards in video playback and creator mode to introduce pitch accent exports. Existing users are required to edit their CSS to the new default templates to display the new pitch accent diagram exports.
  • Changed the default Anki template for cards exporting during video playback to only show the sentence to encourage users to improve their reading comprehension.
  • Fixed an issue where the dictionary could not be used to search for words in the main menu if the dictionary was empty unless words were added from video playback or creator mode prior.
  • Application startup may be a bit slower as the pitch accent dictionary needs to initialize with each startup.

0.17.1-beta

  • Fixed a critical export issue where a mismatch in the dictionary and the export occured, suggesting in export that the starting pitch is always high, resulting in wrong exports for Odaka and Nakadaka readings

0.17.2-beta

  • Headword and reading results from Goo.ne.jp are now sanitized of artifacts to be consistent with Jisho.org results and to be cleaner.
  • Fixed an issue where in some words (e.g. 学校) small tsu was not parsed as separate mora, which resulted in some wrong patterns
  • Fixed an issue where patterns did not show for some headwords that did not have a reading (e.g. ぐつぐつ)

0.17.3-beta

  • Initialization of pitch accent data is now asynchronous, returning app launch speed to as it was prior
  • Fixed an issue where partial reading matches would work for some pitch accent entries, changed to use exact matches.

0.17.4-beta

  • Added scrollbars on most scrollable widgets in the application to inform user of progress and allow quicker bar scrolling
  • Tapping on a tab when it is already highlighted in the main menu will now scroll the tab to the top
  • Removed Cancel from several dialog options which redundantly padded the width of dialog options
  • Fixed an issue where pitch accent exact matches did not work for entries with multiple headwords
  • Fixed an issue where scroll position would jump and not save properly when using the Dictionary tab
  • Fixed an issue where some words like 人 from Jisho.org had some artifacting in the headword

The pitch accent update

Developer Note: In response to recent conversations and debates in the language learning community about the importance of studying Japanese pitch accent, I have decided that this is a feature that is absolutely necessary to include in my application. While I myself am not passionate about immediate output or sounding indistinguishable to a native as soon as possible or at all, I believe in supplying the most dedicated Japanese learners with the resources that they want in order to achieve their aims. I hope that this release empowers users to fulfill whatever aim they have in regards to pitch accent.

Which file should I download?

The files are split between the different device architectures to save user download bandwidth and storage space. Depending on which device you are using, download the appropriate APK by expanding the "Assets" drop-down menu below.

Test each APK available for each architecture. If you're not sure, the arm64 download should be suitable for most mobile devices.

Assets 5