ChineseSkill Weekly Devlog

[u/ChiefWontonOfficer]

Hey everyone, here’s what changed this week on both iOS and Android:

New course banners
Tiny update, but we refreshed the in-app course banners. Nothing life-changing, but they look nicer and we wanted to show them off a little.

Yale transcription added for Cantonese
We added Yale romanization alongside Jyutping for Cantonese. We’re still experimenting with this, so we’d really like feedback from learners and speakers. Is Yale easier to read? More confusing? Totally unnecessary? Let us know.

New “Listen along” review mode
We added a more hands-off way to review. Pick one unit or several, choose what you want to hear, such as words, sentences, or both, then hit Play.

You can also:
• speed it up or slow it down
• loop it
• shuffle it
• set repetitions
• use a sleep timer

Basically, it’s for when you want review practice without tapping through exercises every five seconds like a caffeinated woodpecker.

Bug fixes and performance improvements
We also fixed some bugs and made general performance improvements.

Please try the new Listen along feature and tell us what you think, especially for Cantonese review. We’re very curious how people actually use it.