Kata ·NHK news reader and more

Dacer

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About this app

Kata turns your phone into a tool for building Japanese language literacy by helping you to decipher texts which would be otherwise too difficult tackle.

All you need to do is just copy any Japanese on your phone and Kata will automatically analyze its sentence structure for you and then display its pronunciation, meaning.

Kata is similar to Rikaikun / Rikaichan / Rikaisama / Yomichan and trying to let you get the closest experience to them.

- Android 10 supported (https://blog.dacer.im/Kata/adb)
- Support custom dictionary
- Read NHK news in app
- Flashcards (can export to AnkiDroid)

** Segmentation are run on your device, none of your text data will be uploaded

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Ratings and reviews

I'm learning Japanese, wanted an app that translates words as I highlight them. This does the trick. Bought you a coffee! Thankyou!

I really like the functionality of the app. I love the Ankidroid integration. The UI sometimes feels a bit clunky and unintuitive. The developer has implemented a feature I asked them for. Technically, the app maybe only deserves 4 stars, but I want all the best for it.

Not a good sign when the app parses the 間 from の間で as ま instead of 間. It's like, right in the example text for the tutorial. Nobody reads it にっぽん either unless they're ancient. Definitely needs a dictionary update, I imagine it uses a really old version of a shareware version which is understandable but that being the case this needs some bolts tightened before I recommend it. Maybe add a function for users to submit tickets for wrong readings? Hinders more than it helps.

What's new

New Material 3 design!
Now you can import new dictionaries with one click!