3.3.44
2024-03-01
Howdy Partners,
We’ve added a lot of improvements to lesson exercises, fixed issues with picture exercises and improved AI Chat in this version.
- Enhanced hints for Write Exercises. Tap the Check button to show which letters are in the right positions and remove those which are not.
- Fixed several picture exercises which had no correct answer or were displaying the wrong picture set.
- Enhanced difficulty levels for Word Order Exercise. Beginners see capitalization and punctuation which makes it easy to order the words. An extra word is included for advanced users making it harder to complete the exercise.
- Implemented Correct feature for AI Tutor to check your phrases for grammatical errors.
- Added speaker icon to exercise screens to tap for pronunciation. Now you can hear it when you want instead of it playing automatically.
- Fixed problem displaying Ukrainian phrases.
- Implemented Help menu options to Say Exercises to pronounce phrases slower or faster.
- Fixed bugs in Write Exercises that displayed blank placeholders incorrectly, for words to spell.
- Added Suggest feature to AI Tutor so you can keep the conversation flowing smoothly. Tap Chat in the menu bar to access.
- Implemented Ad support to unlock thousands of phrases. Tap on locked phrases, or go to More > Vidalingua Plus > Start Free Week to unlock all premium content.
- Added help bubble to explain Chat Suggest feature. Tap Suggest when you can’t think of something to say.
- Improved send animation, icons, fonts and layout of AI Tutor.
- Changed AI Tutor to always respond in the language you are learning, but you can always tap on Translate if you don’t understand something.
- Fixed bug with AI Tutor > Chat > Translate for Portuguese and Hear.
- Fixed problem with ads appearing in certain circumstances during free trials.
- Added Userguide to the drop-down menu at top right of screens. Tap the Meerkat icon to access.
- Improved localization support.
- Added user guide option to several help menus.
- Minor improvements to action icons, screen layouts and help bubble text.
If you have any problems with this version, please email support@vidalingua.com
If you like free updates, please consider rating it 5-stars or email info@vidalingua.com to tell us how to make it better.
Marc Bolh, Founder Vidalingua
3.2.9
2023-05-04
Implemented Lingidy AI Tutor. Chat with artificial intelligence tutor integrating ChatGPT. Choose any topic you like.
Added translations to Lingidy AI Tutor. Not sure what to say? No problem. Say it in your native language and Lingidy will translate it on the fly so you can learn it for next time.
Ask Lingidy AI Tutor to correct you if you make mistakes.
3.1.29
2022-06-21
- Added Meerling, the dancing meerkat animation, after you get 10 exercises right. Our research shows that nothing motivates users to learn languages more than dancing meerkats!
- Fixed Words Exercise bug resulting in wrong answer alert when iOS language is not set to English.
- Enhanced Words Exercise algorithm that jumbles answer buttons.
- Improved Write Exercises by removing punctuation from answer buttons.
- Fixed Write Exercise issue which occasionally caused only one letter to appear in answer buttons.
- Made several improvements to the Help system. When Meerling winks (meerkat mascot upper right) it means help is available. Tap Meerling to display a Help bubble.
- Improved Daily Phrases notification so it appears long after the first app startup where it is usually ignored. Learning a new phrase every day improves your probability of becoming fluent, so give it a try in More > Settings.
- Added back button to Write Exercise on iPads.
- Decreased the delay between exercise scoring and the Continue button, so you can move through lessons faster.
- Fixed issue which caused phrases not be pronounced if you tapped on them in rapid succession.
- Enhanced Vidalingua Plus screen with a clearer explanation of the 1-week, free trial.
- Changed Learn Language selection in Settings so it is no longer linked to the iOS language setting.
- Enhanced Words Exercises by anchoring answer buttons so they no longer shift down when you select the first one.
- Improved launch screen on app startup.
- Fixed Words Exercise issue for iOS Dark mode.
- Delayed app rating prompt. Why do we ask? Because 5-star ratings make it possible for us to invest more in updates.
- Added “Try Lingidy” option to the More menu, because if you haven't already, you should really try our new app Lingidy!
- Minor improvements to localization, in-app help and screen layouts.
If you have any issues with this update, please email support@vidalingua.com
If you like free updates, please rate Vidalingua language apps 5-stars in the App Store.
3.1.21
2022-05-28
- Implemented Writing Exercises to all Lessons, increasing total number of exercises to over 5,000.
- Implemented On-Demand help system. When help is available, Meerkat icon at the top-right of the screen blinks. Tap on the Meerkat icon to see available help.
- Added opt-in advertising that unlocks over 1,200 exercises in the free versions.
- Improved Word Order Exercises by including a word not in the phrase to make it harder.
- Added More menu to tab bar with links to Settings, User Guide and Vidalingua Plus screen.
- Removed Notifications permission request from app start-up. To receive Phrase of the Day notifications, tap on More in the tab bar, then tap on Settings.
- Fixed issues with Settings screen layout and iPad tab bar.