[Userscript] KaniWani audio

synecdoche · August 12, 2017, 1:54pm

An extension for an extension! Plays the audio when you get a KaniWani review item right, to help reinforce the connection between the thing you just typed in and actual sounds.

No settings, no frills. As with any userscript, you will need to be using Tampermonkey on Chrome or Safari, or Greasemonkey on Firefox. Then just install the script from https://github.com/stephend/kaniwani-audio/raw/master/kaniwani_audio.user.js.

Some ad-blocking or other extensions may conflict with this, e.g. Privacy Badger and Disable HTML5 Autoplay, so if you have issues, try disabling those extensions for *.kaniwani.com.

TODO (if anyone is interested): interface to mute/unmute/stop playback/replay

Asperon · August 12, 2017, 2:09pm

So not for phones then. Other than scripts, are there any other limitations using the app may have?

synecdoche · August 12, 2017, 2:11pm

I’ve only tested it on Chrome on Windows, although it should work on Chrome on any OS. It won’t be possible to get it to work on phones as far I know.

What do you mean by limitations?

Asperon · August 12, 2017, 2:36pm

Sometimes apps have fewer features than the websites, that’s all.

Thanks for the script!

synecdoche · August 12, 2017, 2:39pm

Yeah, no phone app at all unfortunately.

chrispthompson · August 12, 2017, 2:56pm

works great on safari with tampermonkey. thank you!

jprspereira · August 12, 2017, 4:59pm

Already did 100 reviews with it! Seems like everything is working perfectly! ^^ Thanks for this!

Using windows chrome.

ryan-gustafson · August 12, 2017, 9:53pm

Maybe I’m doing something wrong, the script shows active, but doesn’t play the audio. I have a few Chrome extenions installed (adblock, html5 autoplay disable, yomichan), as well as customized Kaniwani settings, I’ll experiment during upcoming reviews to if any of those are interacting with it. Using Windows 10.

EDIT: Appears to be the HTML5 autoplay disabling extension, I disabled on Kaniwani. Appears I forgot I had done that already on Wanakani too.

alexbeldan · August 13, 2017, 7:06am

Firefox for Android can do userscripts.

Snugwugs · August 13, 2017, 7:22am

Thank you!

synecdoche · August 13, 2017, 8:31am

Oh, cool! Does the script work there, then?

alexbeldan · August 14, 2017, 2:05am

I didn’t try. But every other script I have installed has worked.

kybrsmith · August 29, 2017, 4:10pm

This is such a great idea (!!), but the audio doesn’t seem to be playing anymore. I’m using Chrome, I have Adblock & any other extensions that would interfere disabled.

Is anyone else having this issue?

synecdoche · August 31, 2017, 5:35am

Thanks!

So, it was working before but now it isn’t? Does the audio play correctly if you go to the vocab item’s WaniKani page and play it there?

kybrsmith · August 31, 2017, 3:37pm

Yep, it was working when I first installed the script. The audio plays correctly across WaniKani, but not during KaniWani reviews.

synecdoche · September 2, 2017, 9:42am

OK, it still seems to be working fine on every system I have access to. Without a lot more information, there’s not a lot I can do.

Does it work on other computers, or other browsers? Does it work if you turn off all extensions and other scripts, even those that couldn’t possibly interfere?

ryan-gustafson · September 5, 2017, 4:58am

Any chance we could get the audio played for the entered response, and not just the first synonym? It’s a bit jarring to hear the wrong audio, and even more so when it’s for a vocab you haven’t learned in WK yet.

Something like:

If i-th kana element matches user answer, use i-th kanji.
Otherwise, if i-th kanji element matches user answer, use i-th kanji.
Otherwise, use 0-th kanji.

I could take a crack at it too, if you’re accepting PRs.

synecdoche · September 7, 2017, 9:16am

That’s definitely a good idea. I am very happy to accept pull requests.

henshin5 · September 26, 2017, 4:19pm

Hey there! I have just downloaded KaniWani Audio and it’s wonderful!. I just wanted to say that for me, the audio does not autoplay after a correct answer, it only plays when I click the “Kanji” button.

Is this how it should work? Or should it autoplay as soon as I hit the enter key and the answer turns green?

I’m using Chrome on OSX. I have disabled all my adblockers and I don’t have any prevent html5 audio autoplay extension.

Thank you for your hard work!

Daelith · October 2, 2017, 11:30pm

I just tested it in Tampermonkey and it seems that there is an error in the script. The init clause that adds the DOM observer for answerPanelChanged adds it to the _detailKanji element instead.

Change line 65: kwa.observeDOM(kwa._detailKanji, function() {
To: kwa.observeDOM(kwa._answerPanel, function() {

Seems to be a copy paste error from the previous init clause above.