Hello, I bought an iPad pro with an apple pencil a few weeks ago and would make some suggestions since I feel the usage of pleco in this device could be much better. Excuse me if some of my suggestions are already implemented.
First I think it could be convenient for some people being able to zoom in the part with the definitions on the right side with a gesture, just like when you use safari for browsing websites. The characters are not tiny but sometimes I would like to see some complex characters with more detail quickly. On the other hand I use to use the mirror function on my TV and the sentences are hard to read there.
Everyday I make tests on my phone with the setting "conceal handwriting until done" turned on, I was very happy for being able to keep on testing on my IPad with my pencil, but I feel the experience is much worse than on the phone since after writing each character I have to release the pen in order to tap the screen with my fingers. I think adding a "recognize" button could be enough to solve this problem...or maybe using the double tap function on the pen?
Talking about the pen, I think implementing the pressure function would be a great idea too since pressure is quite important for writing beautiful characters. My characters always look much better on the apps which support pressure detection. You even could make some function for learning to write beautiful characters by comparing your writing with some 硬笔书法 font.
Also, being able to mark or underline some parts in the definition area would be great for some users like teachers.
The following advice is not only for iPad versions but also mobile phone versions: it would be nice being able to compare your handwriting and the recognized character. For instance, sometimes when I take flashcard test sessions I write down a character with a mistake in some part of it but pleco does recognize it as written correctly, so I would like being able to compare what I wrote with the right character. The opposite situation is valid too, sometimes I write a character which I think was right, but pleco doesn't recognize it as correct, If I was able to compare with my handwriting I would be able to confirm if I was wrong or not.
I hope that at least some of these advices are doable, thank you for making the best tool ever made for learning Chinese.
First I think it could be convenient for some people being able to zoom in the part with the definitions on the right side with a gesture, just like when you use safari for browsing websites. The characters are not tiny but sometimes I would like to see some complex characters with more detail quickly. On the other hand I use to use the mirror function on my TV and the sentences are hard to read there.
Everyday I make tests on my phone with the setting "conceal handwriting until done" turned on, I was very happy for being able to keep on testing on my IPad with my pencil, but I feel the experience is much worse than on the phone since after writing each character I have to release the pen in order to tap the screen with my fingers. I think adding a "recognize" button could be enough to solve this problem...or maybe using the double tap function on the pen?
Talking about the pen, I think implementing the pressure function would be a great idea too since pressure is quite important for writing beautiful characters. My characters always look much better on the apps which support pressure detection. You even could make some function for learning to write beautiful characters by comparing your writing with some 硬笔书法 font.
Also, being able to mark or underline some parts in the definition area would be great for some users like teachers.
The following advice is not only for iPad versions but also mobile phone versions: it would be nice being able to compare your handwriting and the recognized character. For instance, sometimes when I take flashcard test sessions I write down a character with a mistake in some part of it but pleco does recognize it as written correctly, so I would like being able to compare what I wrote with the right character. The opposite situation is valid too, sometimes I write a character which I think was right, but pleco doesn't recognize it as correct, If I was able to compare with my handwriting I would be able to confirm if I was wrong or not.
I hope that at least some of these advices are doable, thank you for making the best tool ever made for learning Chinese.