All LanguagesOn a collection page, screen readers now say whether each section, such as General Epistles in the New Testament, is open or closed.Nov 1
Old EnglishA word that opens a clause after a comma now reads correctly in the word panel: gang in Matthew 17:27 shows the command "go", and Lǣt at the start of a sentence shows the verb "let".Nov 1
Old Englishheres now shows "of the army" (genitive singular of here), and fægerran shows the comparative adjective "fairer" (from fæger).Nov 1
Old EnglishWords spelled in a variant form now also offer their other real readings as choices: alifaþ offers aliefan ("to allow"), gefende offers gefend ("giver"), and dede offers dēd ("deed").Nov 1
Old EnglishEtymology notes for 22 words now name the related word and its meaning, such as ealdras, derived from ealdor ("life …").Nov 1
Old EnglishSeveral word forms now show the right dictionary entry: ealdras in Matthew 2:4 shows ealdor ("elder, chief"), gefaþ ("they give") shows ġiefan ("to give"), heraþ and hēraþ ("they hear") show hīeran ("to hear"), about 30 other nouns such as blǣdas, hofas and sæccas now take the gender that matches their ending, and many spelling variants, such as Anglian and Kentish forms, now show their standard dictionary word.Oct 29
All LanguagesExplain on a sentence now uses the same word-by-word grammar as the word panel, so explanations get case, tense and headwords right more often, and John 1:1 now reads "the Word was God" reliably.Oct 28
All LanguagesSaving a word's status is faster for readers outside Europe.Oct 26
Oct 19 – 25, 2026
Old EnglishMore words and names now show a reading: the biblical names Zebedei and Zebedeo (Matthew 4:21) show Zebedeus ("Zebedee, father of the apostles James and John"), Decapoli (Mark 3:8) shows Decapolis ("the Decapolis, a league of ten Greek cities east of the Jordan"), Zabulon shows "Zebulun, son of Jacob", names with Latin case endings such as Petri, Paulo, Philippi and Iohanni now resolve, gedafnað reads as gedafenian ("to be fitting, to behove", third person singular), ungeocaþ shows its third person singular form, and a present-tense verb after a subject pronoun, such as sylþ in hē sylþ ("he gives"), reads as sellan ("to give") and not as a noun.Oct 25
All LanguagesThe favorite button on texts, collections, and the reader details panel now shows its label in Greek or Swedish when you use Kevilex in those languages.Oct 21
All LanguagesSupporters can paste text on the Import page and save it again.Oct 21
All LanguagesFeedback you send from the Import page now saves.Oct 21
All LanguagesYou can save changes to a text you imported again.Oct 21
Oct 12 – 18, 2026
Old EnglishFlashcards for Old English words now show the meaning from the sentence where you first met the word, so rihtwīsendra from Matthew 3:7 shows rihtwīsend ("Sadducee") instead of rihtwīsian ("to make righteous, justify").Oct 17
Old EnglishSeveral words now read correctly: costud ("tempted", Matthew 4:1) and other -ud participles such as geswutelud now resolve, costniend reads as "tempter", hū leads with "how" instead of only usage notes, andwyrde reads as the verb "answered" when a sentence gives it a subject, and in the word panel a proper name such as Petrus no longer appears a second time with the same meaning and editors' notes no longer show as definitions.Oct 17
All LanguagesIf a text's content fails to load while its quiz is being written, the quiz page now shows "We could not write a quiz for this text yet" with Try again available straight away, and the failed attempt no longer uses up one of your 10 daily quiz generations.Oct 16
All LanguagesWhen you leave Etymology or Full historical entry open in the word panel, it stays open when the word's reading changes after it loads, so Etymology still appears.Oct 16
All LanguagesOn phones, the Roadmap page title now shows in full, and the "What's already shipped" link sits on its own line under the subtitle.Oct 16
All LanguagesThe pronunciation button, its playback-speed arrow, "Report incorrect entry" and the chapter title in the reader header are easier to tap on phones.Oct 16
All LanguagesOn phones, the homograph choices in the word panel, the collection link in the reader header, and the title in the top bar are easier to tap.Oct 16
All LanguagesOn a collection you own, the settings menu, description prompt, edit and delete controls, and the delete confirmation now appear in Greek or Swedish when you use Kevilex in those languages.Oct 16
All LanguagesOn phones the collection settings menu stays on screen, and long Greek labels in it stay on one line.Oct 16
All LanguagesThe email-updates sign-up and the newsletter switch in Settings now say the weekly email has tips for reading Ancient Greek and Old English, instead of only Greek.Oct 16
All LanguagesWord marks you make just before you leave a page are no longer lost when one of them carries out-of-date data, such as a link to a text that was removed.Oct 16
All LanguagesOn desktop, opening a text by direct link or refresh no longer makes the page jump from one column to two when it finishes loading.Oct 16
All LanguagesLong imports, including texts close to the 5,000-word limit, now finish more reliably.Oct 15
Old EnglishMany more word forms now show the right dictionary entry and grammar: fullode also offers fulwian ("to baptize") as a second choice, Late West Saxon spellings such as wurtrumum (Matthew 3:10, "root") and compound nouns with a case ending such as twelftandæge are now recognized, and native nouns ending in -um such as Denemearcum and twelftadagum read as dative plural instead of Latin accusative, while Latin names such as Petrum still read as accusative.Oct 13
All LanguagesFixed an error page that could appear when you read Kevilex inside the Ekho app in a browser that blocks site storage, such as a private or incognito window.Oct 12
Oct 5 – 11, 2026
Old EnglishMany word forms now show the right dictionary entry and grammar, including gefullode ("were baptized") in Matthew 3:6 and other participles after wǣron, weorþan and wesan, rihtwīsendra as the noun "Sadducee" in Matthew 3:7 and other -endra nouns such as etendra ("eaters"), weak genitive plurals such as nǣddrena ("of snakes") and eágena ("of eyes"), twelftandæg ("twelfth day") and ten more dictionary entries that were missing, Latin Bible names such as Esaiam and Iudam showing "accusative", and words with two senses such as sol and mōs leading with the sense that matches their grammar.Oct 9
All LanguagesOn phones narrower than 360 px the study-language picker shows only its icon, so page titles fit.Oct 7
Old EnglishMany names now show the right reading, including Latin forms of Bible names such as Iordanen ("Jordan"), Iudee ("Judea"), Esaiam ("Isaiah"), Ierusalem ("Jerusalem") and Crīstum ("Christ"), capitalized God, Godes and Gode as "God", and names such as Hǣlend ("Jesus"), Drihten ("the Lord"), Heorot and Scyld.Oct 5
Old EnglishDictionary definitions no longer show leftover notes such as Latin equivalents and cross-references, entries that point to another entry now show that entry's definition, and verb forms such as gefullode also list the verb's other sense ("to baptize").Oct 5
Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
All LanguagesThe word panel shows "Explain this sentence" at the bottom, after the dictionary entry.Oct 4
All LanguagesThe sign-in email field is now marked for password manager autofill on both the page and popup.Oct 3
All LanguagesOn phones the word panel is shorter, the page scrolls so the word you tapped stays visible above it, and tapping another word switches the panel in one tap.Oct 3
All LanguagesPressing Escape in a text field, such as a personal definition or a new collection name, cancels only that field, and closing a panel returns focus to where you were.Oct 3
All LanguagesRemoving a text from a collection now asks you to confirm and shows an error if it fails, and "Mark as…" actions on a list use the app's own confirm dialog.Oct 3
All LanguagesTap targets in the Reader and word panel are larger, on/off switches are clearer, and the chapter list has higher contrast.Oct 3
All LanguagesMissing pages, texts and collections now say what was not found and link to the library and search, and errors keep the site header and footer with Try again, Go to the library and Report this problem.Oct 3
All LanguagesFor educators and the unsubscribe page now follow your chosen language, and opening the unsubscribe page without a link no longer says you were unsubscribed.Oct 3
All LanguagesThe daily goal now reads "Mark 5 words", and a new account no longer sees "No flashcards due today" ticked as done.Oct 3
All LanguagesThe settings page loads faster, the daily goal accepts 1 to 500 and saves when you press Enter, and amounts use your currency and number format.Oct 3
All LanguagesSupporters whose card failed keep their perks and see how to update the card, and supporters whose support ended see the end date.Oct 3
All LanguagesOn phones, the quick filter chips scroll on one line, the Add filter picker names its filter, and long collection descriptions stop after two lines.Oct 3
All LanguagesLapsed supporters still see their own collections and texts on the shelf in read-only form, signed-out visitors see a panel about keeping their own texts there, and adding a text to a collection closes the sheet and updates the shelf.Oct 3
All LanguagesText cards no longer repeat the source line or show "Unknown source" or a raw URL, catalog texts drop the "Imported" and Public labels, and new personal collections get shorter links.Oct 3
All LanguagesFlashcard fronts show a word's accent as acute, such as γυνή, instead of the grave accent it takes in a sentence.Oct 3
All LanguagesThe reader settings panel, the word right-click and long-press menu, sentence explanations, the speak button, the page controls and the word breakdown chip are now translated into Swedish and Greek, and the About this text and Reader settings names match everywhere.Oct 3
All LanguagesWhen a sentence explanation fails or comes back empty, the panel says so, shows Try again only when it can help, and offers a Back to link for the word, which now has its Explain button higher in the word panel.Oct 3
Old EnglishIllustrated Old English chapters hold space for their pictures so the text does not jump, hide a picture that fails to load, give each picture alt text, and load a much smaller book cover.Oct 3
Old EnglishJoined Old English expressions no longer show a "compound" gloss that does not fit them.Oct 3
All LanguagesA book with some chapters not yet available says which chapters are not available yet instead of "You've finished".Oct 3
All LanguagesTurning macrons off now applies to titles and the word headword.Oct 3
All LanguagesText copy mode is labelled "For this session only", clicking the Aa or Chapters button again closes its panel, and the smallest line spacing keeps coloured words apart.Oct 3
All LanguagesA difficulty of zero bars now reads "None", and the speak button explains why it is unavailable.Oct 3
Old EnglishLatin-form biblical names such as Herodem, Iohannem, Moysen and Petrum now open their entries (Herod, John, Moses, Peter) as accusative, and Bosworth-Toller definitions no longer list stray Old English words or grammar notes as meanings, with real definitions for cwealmness ("pain, torment") and þwærness ("agreement").Oct 3
All LanguagesScreen readers now announce loading messages such as "Loading texts..." once, on the Texts and Collections lists, the dictionary search, flashcards, and other pages that load content.Oct 1
All LanguagesWhen a filter or search leaves the Texts or Collections list with one page or no results while a page button has keyboard focus, focus moves to the list.Oct 1
Old EnglishMore Old English words show the right reading, such as swȳde ("very"), hēhnysse ("height, highness"), rēċels and wriġels with their palatal dots, Rachel, Philippus ("Philip the apostle") and Hierosolimwaru ("the people of Jerusalem"), and Bosworth-Toller definitions no longer show editor's notes, quotation scraps, stray brackets or repeated glosses.Oct 1
Old EnglishMore Old English words now resolve or show the right reading, such as tungelwītegan ("star prophet, astrologer"), þotorung ("howling, wailing") and worold ("world"); nille no longer lists willan as a second reading; nouns chosen by the sentence list all their cases and keep their long-vowel marks; Bosworth-Toller definitions no longer show dictionary editing notes; and a long headword is no longer cut off in the desktop word panel.Sep 29
All LanguagesWhen you go to the next or previous page on the Texts and Collections tabs, the current page stays on screen with a loading label until the new page arrives, and your scroll position stays where it was.Sep 29
All LanguagesSaving an edit to a text re-checks only the sentences you changed, so a small fix saves in about a second.Sep 29
All LanguagesA text over 5,000 words is refused when you save an edit, with a message to split it into more than one text, and the editor stays open with your text.Sep 29
All LanguagesAfter you save an edit, the editor stays in its saving state until the page reloads instead of briefly showing the old text.Sep 29
All LanguagesImporting a text from a URL now tells you what went wrong, such as a page with no Greek, a link that is not a text page, a mistyped address, or a website that is down, instead of showing a server error.Sep 28
All LanguagesWhen you are signed out, the home page tab says Kevilex · Read Ancient Greek and Old English, and when you are signed in it says Kevilex · Dashboard.Sep 28
Sep 21 – 27, 2026
All LanguagesThe chapter list fills the space under the title, the collection link, and Previous and Next on a wide screen and on a phone.Sep 27
All LanguagesWhile Style Settings is open, the Aa button looks selected, like the Chapters button.Sep 27
All LanguagesWhen you open the next or previous chapter, the text leaves at once and a loading animation shows in its place until the new chapter arrives, the reader bar keeps the current title during that wait, and the current chapter comes back if the new chapter does not open.Sep 26
All LanguagesThe reader bar stays in place when you open another chapter.Sep 26
All LanguagesWhen you are signed in, the header shows Dashboard and Progress as soon as the page appears, and Supporter when you are a supporter.Sep 26
Old EnglishMore strong-verb forms now resolve in the reader, such as æfterrēow ("rowed after"), and show the dictionary headword, its meaning, and its grammar.Sep 26
Old Englishbēom after "þām" and Bēon before "sindon" now read as bee (bēo) instead of the verb "to be", and ġefēran after "his", "mīnum", "twēġen" and similar words now reads as gefēra ("companion") instead of a verb; biþ no longer repeats a second "is" line for bēon; Englaland, Englalonde and Englalande now share one entry, so marking one as known marks them all, and "Haha" reads as the interjection "ha ha" instead of hēah ("high"); frēcenlīċe before a plural noun reads as the adjective "dangerous", and lowercase eotenas reads as eoten ("giant, monster") instead of the Jutes; rȳmett reads as the noun rȳmet ("room, space"), spric reads as the imperative of sprecan ("to speak"), and ġeocian and ġeġeocod read as "to yoke", with ġēocian ("to preserve") kept as its own entry; and definitions no longer show Wiktionary labels such as "Of persons:" or Bosworth-Toller editorial notes such as "in Dict" and "and add", and a definition taken from Clark Hall or Bosworth-Toller is now labelled with that dictionary instead of Wiktionary.Sep 25
All LanguagesFlashcard buttons for one text, and the card at the end of a chapter, say Review, and the number is how many cards the session will start with.Sep 24
All LanguagesThe "+ Add Filter" button hides when there is no filter left to add.Sep 23
All LanguagesWhen you open Etymology, the word popup keeps the loading line until the lookup ends, says "No etymology available" only if that lookup finds no etymology, shows "Try again" if the lookup fails, and opens Etymology on the next word if you left it open.Sep 22
All LanguagesReading without signing in shows the sign-up prompt again after five word lookups; on texts added recently it had stopped appearing.Sep 21
Old English9,955 word forms now gain a sense from Clark Hall or Bosworth-Toller that Wiktionary alone did not show: onġēan in "Sēo bēo flīeġþ onġēan Ōsweald." now lists "towards" among its readings instead of only "against" and "opposite"; þǣre no longer offers a Bosworth-Toller cross-reference as a definition; hē and hēo no longer show heo, hit, or he under the wrong gender; and mehc and hiore now resolve to their entries.Sep 21
Sep 14 – 20, 2026
All LanguagesThe import page heading reads "Import" and stays on one line on a phone.Sep 19
All LanguagesAn empty collection you made shows on your shelf and in the "Add to collection" list.Sep 18
Old EnglishWord lookups and word panels show more accurate results: þǣre no longer offers "definition not found" as something you can pick; bēon in "he sees many bees" shows singular or plural instead of singular only; him shows one correct reading instead of four repeats of the same pronoun form; forhwām's definition reads "wherefore, why; who" instead of breaking on a stray period, and its word class no longer shows as "unknown"; and Word Form Analysis for bēon no longer opens with a blank "or:" line.Sep 17
All LanguagesOn a wide screen, the reader bar puts more space between the Kevilex logo and Back.Sep 16
Old EnglishChapter titles in the reader bar show macron capitals such as Ō in the Old English reading face, with the mark fully visible.Sep 16
All LanguagesWords you mark as Learning or Known are saved when you leave the page, including after a session where you marked many of them.Sep 16
Old EnglishMore words now show the right reading: contracted negative forms of wesan ("to be") such as nis show as the compound ne plus the matching verb form; For·hwām shows "wherefore, why" where it showed no definition at all; For·þām offers its "therefore" reading alongside "because"; dæġe drops the "female servant" reading its spelling rules out; and him drops "we" from its pronoun readings, with the same correction across every Old English personal pronoun.Sep 16
Old EnglishMacrons on capital letters in the word popup sit clearly above the letter instead of clipping against the title line.Sep 14
Sep 7 – 13, 2026
Old EnglishURL import in Old English study mode no longer fails with "No Greek text detected in the page" when the page holds valid Old English.Sep 13
Old EnglishUntydras in Beowulf now shows untȳdre ("evil progeny, monster") instead of "firm, unbending".Sep 12
All LanguagesForm analysis for a proper noun uses the label proper noun.Sep 12
All LanguagesA text opens even when sign-in does not finish, including inside an ebook embed.Sep 12
All LanguagesA missing page now has a Back to Kevilex button that takes you home.Sep 12
All LanguagesWord lookups keep working while dictionary updates are released.Sep 11
All LanguagesImporting a longer text is more reliable and finishes faster, including texts that failed with the message "The language analysis service failed and this import was not saved."Sep 9
All LanguagesWhen a flashcard form belongs to more than one dictionary word, the back shows a chip for each entry, and the definition matches the form analysis.Sep 8
All LanguagesOn the Search page, the Previous and Next buttons above and below the text and collection lists are easier to tap on a phone, keep keyboard focus when you reach the first or last page, and stay in place while the next page loads.Sep 8
Old EnglishMore verb forms now show the right dictionary entry: the contracted third-person forms of verbs whose stem ends in d, t or þ, about a hundred in all, among them bestant (bestandan, "to stand by, surround"), cwet (cweðan, "to say, speak"), bregt (bregdan, "to draw a sword"), behealt (behealdan, "to hold, observe"), forstant (forstandan, "to defend, understand"), bidt (biddan, "to ask, pray"), wiþstant (wiþstandan, "to resist") and ymbsnit (ymbsniþan, "to circumcise"); and the second-person neþst (neþan, "to dare, venture"), scriþst (scriþan, "to glide"), grædst, ongeotst, onlædst and ahyldst show their own verb instead of a similar-looking one.Sep 8
Old EnglishMore words now show the right dictionary entry: āgylt in Matthew 6:4 reads as āġieldan ("to pay, repay, reward"), with "to sin" kept as an alternate reading; aliesedlice shows its own entry "freely" rather than the comparative ālīesedlīċra ("more freely"); and the given names Wēohstān, Wiglaf's father in Beowulf, and Eormenþryþ no longer carry a grammatical gender their own definition contradicts.Sep 7
