Tulip Talk 1.2.2: your theme and your Dutch voice

Tulip Talk 1.2.2 is live on the website. It fixes problems with remembering your appearance preference and reading Dutch text aloud. Here is what went wrong, what changed, and how we are checking the fixes.

Keep the theme you chose

Choose light, dark or system mode to suit your practice. We fixed a case where selecting dark mode and immediately reloading could restore the older account setting. A temporary problem saving your choice could cause the same surprise after a reload.

The updated app remembers an unsaved choice on this device for the signed-in account. It restores that choice after a reload and retries saving it. Once the save is confirmed, your account setting takes over again. Switching accounts does not carry another person's pending choice across.

If your browser blocks storage, the light and dark controls remain usable, but remembering the choice may be unavailable.

Choose how Dutch text is read aloud

In your account's Learning and reminders page, choose Netherlands Dutch or Flemish, then a female or male narrator preference. Use Preview voice to hear the voice that is available. The preference is saved for your account on this device; it does not automatically follow you to another device.

These controls apply to text read aloud. Prerecorded lessons keep their original speakers.

The app tries a voice matching your preference first. If that voice cannot play, it can use another Dutch or Flemish voice and shows the actual backup voice when playback starts. Dutch text is not handed to an English default voice just because that voice is installed.

Audio still depends on available voices, your connection and your device's playback rules. If no suitable Dutch audio can play, you receive an unavailable message with a next step, such as checking the connection or installing a Dutch device voice.

A preview should not keep speaking after you leave

Starting another preview, changing the preference or leaving the settings cancels the previous preview. Stopping narration also prevents a delayed audio response from starting afterwards. An older preview finishing late must not stop a newer read-aloud request.

Regression tests cover these delays, refused playback, failed saves and account changes. They help keep the fixes in place; they do not guarantee playback on every device.