Control how the app displays content and behaves. Preferences save automatically and stay set between visits.
Appearance
Visual settings for the interface.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Theme | Interface color scheme: light, dark, and additional visual styles. |
| Font Size | Base text size across the app: Small, Medium (default), or Large. |
Japanese Text Display
How Japanese words appear throughout the app.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Preferred Word Display | Default script: Written Form (kanji where available; usually-kana words appear in kana with the kanji alongside), Kana Only, Hiragana Only, or Katakana Only. |
| Show Romaji | Romanized text alongside Japanese script, for beginners still learning kana and kanji. |
| Show Furigana | Reading hints above kanji, for intermediate learners who read kana but are still building kanji recognition. |
| Font Family | The Japanese font for readings and text: sans-serif (cleaner digital look) or serif (resembles handwritten and printed Japanese). |
Pronunciation
Settings for pronunciation guides and display.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation Style | Notation format: IPA (linguistic precision), English Approximation (intuitive), Katakana (Japanese-native), or All. Used everywhere, study included. A romaji study item shows English sounds in place of katakana. |
| Always Show Pronunciation | Auto-shows guides in search results and word lists, no need to tap the pronunciation button each time. In study it turns the pronunciation line on unless you or a learning path author chose otherwise. |
Word & Study Audio
Japanese recordings: word and character pronunciations, and the audio an exercise plays. These controls sit on the Sounds & Haptics tab below the interface controls, independent of Interface Sounds.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Word & Study Audio | Master toggle for Japanese content audio. Off: pronunciation playback and exercise audio stay silent, and study pauses listening exercises. Interface sounds keep playing. Study can set its own with Override Preferences. |
| Word & Study Volume | Level for pronunciation and exercise recordings, 1 to 100. Interface Sounds have their own level, unaffected by this one. |
| Preferred Voice | Female or male voice for word pronunciations, used wherever playback is available. Study uses it too, unless Override Preferences is on in the study settings sheet's Media tab. |
| Background Sound | Ambient sound while a study timer runs, with its own level. Neither audio toggle above silences it. Study uses it too, unless Override Preferences is on. |
Interface Sounds
Short sounds that mark what just happened: a selection, an answer being judged, a session reaching its end. They carry no speech and no Japanese content.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Interface Sounds | Master toggle for interface feedback in study. Off: silences every interface sound and leaves word, exercise, and background audio untouched. Study can set its own with Override Preferences. |
| Interface Sound Volume | Independent level 0 to 100, separate from Word & Study Volume. At 0, no interface sound is audible even while the toggle is on. Stays visible and keeps its value when Interface Sounds is off. |
| Silent Mode & Device Volume | Interface sounds follow your device. They play through the media channel, so the phone's media volume applies. In the eevy app, an iPhone on silent, or an Android phone with its media volume at zero, plays no sound at all, and interface sounds skip quietly. |
Haptics
Brief vibration paired with interface feedback in the eevy mobile app.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Haptics | Vibration on or off for taps and results in the mobile app. Your device has the final say: nothing vibrates when system vibration is off, the hardware doesn't support it, or the OS suppresses it for power or accessibility reasons. |
| On the Web | Vibration happens in the eevy app, and the setting links to it. The value is stored with your account: set it here, sign in on your phone, and the app follows it. |
Study Defaults
Where every learning path and collection you start begins. Edit learning path defaults or collection defaults here.
Enrolling in a Learning PathTroubleshooting Sound
Nothing plays until you interact
Browsers block audio until a page has been interacted with. The first tap, click, or key press unlocks playback for the rest of the visit, so a sound expected right after a page loads can be the one that goes missing.
Check the device before the app
Media volume, a connected headset or Bluetooth speaker, and an iPhone's Ring/Silent switch all sit between the app and what you hear. In the eevy app, an iPhone on silent, or an Android phone with its media volume at zero, plays nothing, and a word you play shows "Your device is on silent, so sound can't play." In a browser, an iPhone on silent still plays word recordings and mutes interface sounds.
Missing sound never affects your studying
Interface sounds and haptics are supplementary. Every result, verdict, and session milestone is shown on screen as well, so a sound that fails to play changes nothing about grading, scheduling, or progress.
Other
Max Search Results
Caps dictionary search results, 10 to 1000 (default 100). Lower values load faster on slow connections.
How Preferences Are Saved
| Context | Where preferences live |
|---|---|
| Not signed in | A cookie on the device you set them on. Survives a refresh but doesn't travel. Declining cookies on the web: they last only until you close the tab. |
| Signed in | Stored with your account and synced across every device you sign in on, including settings a browser can't act on, like Haptics, which the mobile app picks up from the value you set on the web. |
| Native app | Saved on the device, no consent prompt. |
Cookie Consent Required (Web)
On web browsers, saving preferences needs your cookie consent. Without it, settings reset when you close the browser. Native apps save preferences locally.