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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Dictionary software, useful features #175737 04/09/2008 9:47 PM Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 Finland Grego stranger Grego stranger Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 Finland Howdy, I've developed the AWord dictionary for Nokia smartphones, and I wonder if there is a particular feature that you folks would deem essential in an English-English dictionary? I'm a Finn myself and as a target audience had in mind mostly myself and my own children who are learning English as a foreign language. I'm proud to say that currently the most ardent fan of my dictionary application is my own 15 year old son who started reading fantasy/scifi books in English with the help of it. One-handed operation is a big part of the attraction, as one does not need to lay the book down to look up a word. Best Regards, Grego http://mpaja.com/ Grego signalling from mpaja.com Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Dictionary software, useful features Grego #175742 04/10/2008 12:59 AM Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania The Pook old hand The Pook old hand Joined: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,067 Tasmania Variant spellings. For example, words ending in 'or' or 'our' such as savio(u)r, neighbo(u)r, harbo(u)r, etc. Generally the spelling of such words is different in Britain, Australia, Canada, South Africa, etc to the Webster's standard American spelling because those countries follow the spelling received from French rather than the Latin spelling adopted by Webster. Last edited by The Pook; 04/10/2008 1:00 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Dictionary software, useful features The Pook #175745 04/10/2008 1:44 AM Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand olly old hand olly old hand Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 956 Auckland, New Zealand Synonyms could be useful as well. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Dictionary software, useful features Grego #175747 04/10/2008 2:23 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Welcome to you, Grego, and congratulations on your remarkable accomplishment! I have no idea of what would need to be done, but I should think one of the most difficult things would be homonyms; can you tell a dictionary user to look for context? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Dictionary software, useful features olly #175752 04/10/2008 6:35 AM Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 Finland Grego stranger Grego stranger Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 Finland Both variant spellings and synonyms are handled pretty well as the underlying database from WordNet includes that information. For example, looking up "harbor" or "harbour" give a similar display on the phone than if you follow the link: harbor Grego http://mpaja.com/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Dictionary software, useful features Jackie #175812 04/12/2008 8:41 PM Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 Finland Grego stranger Grego stranger Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 Finland Hi Jackie, and thanks for the encouragements. As to your question on homonyms, the way it is currently is that homographs are automatically displayed, but for homophones there is no solution. So if you look for 'pair' you will not find 'pear.' Homophones could be looked up by indexing also on pronunciation... I have to think about that! Grego signalling from mpaja.com Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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