SmartHanzi 4+
Jean SOULAT
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- Free
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Description
SmartHanzi is a free yet professional tool for students and anyone wishing to read real Chinese texts (web, PDF), even with a limited level in Chinese.
It includes Chinese dictionaries for English, French and German with links to related words and characters, as well as the DDB (Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, short definitions only).
PARSE AND LOOKUP
A full text can be copied with immediate access to unknown words. Meeting words and characters in context, together with related ones, strongly helps memorizing.
Besides recognizing the correspondence between simplified and traditional variants, SmartHanzi also recognizes multiple traditional variants. For instance, searching/parsing 真 will show both 真 and 眞, according to what is present in selected dictionaries. Or it will recognize equally well 為/爲 or 眾/衆.
CHARACTERS
SmartHanzi shows etymology of Chinese characters from the Etymological Dictionary of Han/Chinese Characters by Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto.
Etymology is not only for scholars or experts. Getting familiar with basic components and their explanation brings effective milestones for students at all levels, both for remembering characters and when meeting new ones.
Make friends with characters!
What’s New
Version 2023.11
The application can read texts or words with system voices (putonghua, Cantonese, etc.):
- Download preferred voices through Settings > Accessibility > Spoken content > System voice > Current voice > Manage voices.
- Once a voice is downloaded, it can be selected directly within the app.
Ratings and Reviews
improved interface
The improvements from a year ago are appreciated. One feature I would really love is for system voices ability to play pronunciation sounds within the app
Developer Response ,
Starting with version 2023.11, texts and words can now be read aloud within the app with Chinese system voices (putonghua, Cantonese, etc.):
- Download preferred voices through Settings > Accessibility > Spoken content...
- Once a voice is downloaded, it can be selected directly in the app.
Poorly designed UI, but it sort of works.
There's better out there. Don't waste your time on this.
Developer Response ,
It took me time to realize that at the moment of your review, there was a serious unseen UI issue under some circumstances. I apologize for that. Now hopefully everything is fixed and much more. You might want to give another try.
App Privacy
The developer, Jean SOULAT, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
- Seller
- Jean SOULAT
- Size
- 104.3 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.13 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- Copyright © Jean Soulat 2009-2023. All rights reserved.
- Price
- Free