Popular Post mikelove Posted November 29, 2023 at 05:40 PM Popular Post Report Share Posted November 29, 2023 at 05:40 PM (yes, really) Currently iOS only, Mac + Android will be coming along later (for a hopefully not quite so ludicrous value of 'later') https://www.pleco.com/2023/11/29/pleco-4-0-beta/ 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Finster Posted November 30, 2023 at 06:34 AM Report Share Posted November 30, 2023 at 06:34 AM I have bought Pleco in 2019 and sadly have not used it more than a handful of times since I am mostly reading Chinese texts on my PC. Any light at the end of the tunnel regarding implementing it on a PC laptop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneEye Posted November 30, 2023 at 10:10 AM Report Share Posted November 30, 2023 at 10:10 AM This is so exciting. Congrats, Mike! This is a big milestone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabiothebest Posted November 30, 2023 at 04:08 PM Report Share Posted November 30, 2023 at 04:08 PM I'm glad to try it soon. I'm a long time user of Pleco, I find it very useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomsima Posted November 30, 2023 at 09:40 PM Report Share Posted November 30, 2023 at 09:40 PM I'm Android only, looking forward to more ludicrous news on this front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wibr Posted December 2, 2023 at 09:52 AM Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 at 09:52 AM @mikelove I've downloaded the beta and so far didn't have any issues. Is there a draft manual available? I am not sure how to get started with the new flashcard system. Is the skritter like stroke order practice also available as a test mode? Two things that were not immediately obvious to me: - you can long press on the menu buttons - It took me 10-20s to find the OCR functionality in the Reader/OCR tab because it just says "Reader" at the top and then the first row "Pinned" has the shortcuts but the icon design looks very similar to the document icons below that, so it's not obvious that there is actally some functionality and not a document behind those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelove Posted December 2, 2023 at 06:58 PM Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2023 at 06:58 PM No manual available, but yes, if you use one of the new test modes you can pick "headword + stroke order" (which we have to come up with a better name for) as a test type to use it. Good points on the menu buttons + OCR, thanks; we definitely need more variety in those icons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Steve Kane Posted February 5, 2024 at 02:36 PM Members Report Share Posted February 5, 2024 at 02:36 PM Thanks for this, really excited to try it out. How long can we expect to wait between applying and getting a signup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelove Posted February 5, 2024 at 03:10 PM Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2024 at 03:10 PM We process a batch of them about once a week (there are a bunch of fiddly manual steps involved in adding testers), so it mostly depends on when in that cycle you apply 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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