To keep up with rising server requirements (more dictionary lookups, bigger vocabularies and additional server tasks due to apps and new features) I added three more servers this year and replaced a few of the older ones, so dict. This tool reads out personal vocabulary lists word by word enabling users to learn vocabulary while doing other things - like driving, jogging or doing household chores.

The other major thing that keeps me busy and engaged is the development of the community of contributors to dict. While this hasn't been a problem for long-time contributors, I think it just got too complicated for new users willing to contribute. I spent quite an amount of time thinking about these requests, doing some experiments and finding a system that hopefully suits all suggestions. Today Portuguese-German exceeded the amount of 30,000 translation pairs, at a verification rate of 98%!The ranking is determined by the number of verified recordings minus the number of deleted recordings to reflect both quality and quantity. The new vocabulary trainer has proved to be very stable, no problems were reported to me (just a few improvement suggestions). Due to the technique of counting up for each posting, user statistics have become slightly inaccurate over the years. Due to the multitude of different Android devices (screen size, processor power, storage size) it's impossible to test all of them, so I need your feedback to solve any issues before submitting the app to the Android Market. The app has already been mentioned in a number of reviews, however not all articles are 100% correct about all the details.

For a long time I've been thinking about how to treat tasks like changing round brackets to square brackets, allowing specialists to bulk-check entries from their field of work or to add and check whole vocabulary lists from users. Additionally I sent an e-mail to the user inviting him to start from scratch registering as a new user and building up his ratings in a fair way. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.To keep names and titles from literature works or movies from blending into regular results, entries tagged with the following subjects are now displayed in their own group below the other entries: "lit. I'll try to answer my mails daily, but as I'll have to do this using notebook and cellphone while travelling through the country, I'm not sure if I can get a connection every day. Over the years this vocabulary grew to an amazing 945,000 entries and will inevitably exceed the million mark in the foreseeable future. That's why some subsequent clean-up tasks are still pending and there's a chance of minor bugs appearing.