Scenio changelog

New

• Tap a word to see its meaning and part of speech, or press and hold to select and look up a whole phrase.
• Explore one complete lesson for free in every Atlas scene to see what you can learn there. AI conversation practice still requires Premium.
• Choose from ten reading voices, with offline pronunciation on supported devices and in supported languages.

Improved

• Follow along as words change color during on-device reading of supported sentences and phrases.
• Add or remove saved words right from a scene’s word pack, and view landscape photos in full.

Fixed

• Fixed a crash that could occur when returning to the app from a learning reminder.
• Fixed empty word cards remaining after you removed saved words, and cards flipping when you tapped a word.

• Refined the Atlas page, capability detection, additional phrases for unexpected situations, and streamlined the flow
• Improved the Atlas AI practice interaction, so you can focus more on listening and speaking during conversations
• Added word-by-word highlight support when playing subtitles in AI conversation practice
• Better edge-case handling for Atlas AI conversations, improved stability
• Other bug fixes and user experience improvements

What’s New

• Introducing Scenes: collect real-world places like cafés, airports, and schools, and see what you can actually do in each situation.
• New AI scene conversations: practice specific skills with AI characters, then review what you’ve mastered and what to work on next.
• Daily Review is now available: review the words you’ve captured through listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with each day’s practice intelligently scheduled around your memory.
• Import older photos from your library and turn places you’ve visited into new learning scenes.
• A completely redesigned onboarding experience makes Object Recognition and Scene Exploration easier to understand from the start.
• Improved scene content, usage visibility on the Home screen, and overall interactions.
• Fixed an issue where some requests could fail if the network wasn’t ready when the app launched.

New

• iPad support: universal app with one purchase, iCloud sync for word lists and scene photos; iPad layout redesigned for the larger screen.

Improved

• Bilingual scene descriptions are now saved with photos—no need to regenerate them later.
• "Extended Usage" labels in word details are clearer and more intuitive.
• Free recognition quota is now counted per capture; cropping or adjusting no longer deducts extra credits.
• Optional "How did you find us?" question added to onboarding.

Fixed

• Resolved rare issue where all network features failed and required reinstall; the app now auto-recovers.
• Fixed lock screen camera shortcut not opening the app; it now unlocks and goes straight to the camera.
• Fixed membership page pricing stuck loading and purchase/restore flow errors.
• Fixed blank scene cards, unresponsive lookups in Extended Usage, and failed example sentence generation.
• Fixed iPad review calendar pagination, shared card layout, and camera crash on certain devices.

What’s New

• Extended Usage: Idioms, phrasal verbs, and colloquial expressions that don't make sense when translated word-for-word now come with clear explanations, example sentences, and individual audio pronunciation.
• Click any word in example sentences, phrases, or scene descriptions to look up its definition. Tap and drag to select an entire phrase to search.
• Search on Vocabulary Book Home: Easily find saved words by searching for the target word or its translation.
• Retake photos directly from the recognition result screen—no need to exit and re-select from your album.
• Camera now supports double-tap to focus.

Improvements

• Dynamic Translations: When reviewing history or switching target languages, scene titles and descriptions now update automatically to stay in sync. Previously generated language versions are saved so you won't have to wait again.
• Redesigned Vocabulary Book Home: Clearer greetings, camera shortcut, and category navigation.

Fixes & Stability

• Fixed an issue where local vocabulary books occasionally appeared empty after updating the app.
• Fixed a bug where short words or specific text combinations were misidentified as "mixed languages," causing incorrect language tags in history. Existing records will automatically be repaired upon launching the app.

What's New

• Chinese & Japanese Phonetics: Displays Pinyin for Chinese and Furigana for Japanese, extending to examples and phrases. Can be toggled individually in Settings.
• Word Correction: Directly correct a word's spelling or language if misidentified. Phonetics, examples, and phrases will regenerate automatically.
• Quick Camera Access: Launch directly from Lock Screen Camera, Control Center, and the Action Button. You can also share photos from Photos or other apps directly to SightWord for recognition.
• Export Sticker: Save word stickers as images to share with others.
• Saved Phrases & Examples: Learned phrases and examples are saved and synced across your devices via iCloud.
• Daily Quota Indicator: View remaining daily recognition attempts on the home screen and photo confirmation page.
• Phrase & Example Actions: Copy examples, select phrases, or long-press to select text.
• iOS 17 Support: Expanded compatibility to devices running iOS 17.

Improvements

• When switching target languages, examples and phrases maintain their original meaning through stable translations, rather than generating entirely different sentences each time.
• Language tags remain consistent across titles, switching menus, and detail pages.
• Scene details now push into view with smooth image zoom transitions; scene re-translations stream paragraph by paragraph.
• Tapping a word sheet now shows "Added to Wordbook" to prevent accidental duplicate saves.
• Adjusted home screen photo guides and tips; bottom navigation better aligns with daily usage habits.
• Camera mode switching and zoom gestures are significantly more responsive.

Performance & Stability

• Smoother scrolling on the home, category, and scene album screens with larger vocabularies, along with faster cold starts.
• Scene album images now load on demand, eliminating stutters when scrolling through long history lists.
• Photo processing and real-time recognition no longer block the UI, making post-shutter transitions seamless.
• Significantly reduced rendering overhead for stickers and background textures, minimizing dropped frames in animations.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the zoom button did not respond to taps.
• Fixed pronunciation errors for CJK kanji variants/cognates and corrected language tags for historical entries.
• Fixed phonetics not updating when switching target languages.
• Fixed primary language audio misplacement and voice mismatch issues during continuous bilingual playback.
• Fixed startup crashes and camera touch unresponsiveness on iOS 17.
• Fixed leftover markup symbols in scene descriptions and extra quotes around phrases and examples.
• Fixed language tags getting truncated on narrow screens and cached content failing to update upon language switch.