Hi, Dave. I saw the information about word smith one time in the Hadley
Connection and it is really neat. Mom asked me to look up a medical word
for her one time and I was able to tell her what it meant.
Rosemarie
----- Original Message -----
From: "david b. dahlin" <msrdavidv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
Hey folks!
this from the new guy!
Dave says,
Try this out.
Hi everyone. I just got this email and read through it.Wow this is really neat. Try it out.
AL
By Linn Sorge, Hadley Instructor
Have you ever wished for a quick and accessible dictionary and other word
information using email? Just follow my instructions and you will have all
the information you need. What's more, the information you request is
usually emailed back to you within a minute or two-sometimes within
seconds!
Just send an email message to wsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and receive lots of
interesting answers. Here is how it works.
You begin by typing the email address for this service in the "to" field. Then
you tab to the "subject" field and write a few words as described below. You
can use all lowercase letters. Do not write anything at all in the "edit" field
or main body of the message. Here are the details.
Dictionary by email
To find the definition of a word: Tab to the subject field. Type the word
"define" followed by a space. Type the word you want defined. Then send
the message.
Thesaurus by email
To find synonyms of a word: Tab to the subject field. Type the word
"synonym" followed by a space. Type the word for which you want
synonyms. Then send the message.
Acronym by email
To unscramble an acronym: Tab to the subject field. Type the word
"acronym" followed by a space. Type the acronym whose expansion you
want to find. Then send the message.
Anagrams by email
To find anagrams: Tab to the subject field. Type the word "anagram"
followed by a space. Next, type the word whose anagrams you want to find.
Send the message. Remember, all commands should be typed in the subject
field and emailed to wsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Then the learning and fun will
begin. For more details, please visit www.wordsmith.org.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosemarie Chavarria" <knitqueen2005@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
Hello, Harry. Where can you get the free version of word web? I would like to try it since I love looking up things in the dictionary. Thanks in advance.
Rosemarie
----- Original Message ----- From: "harry bates" <hdbates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
Yes, it is the free version that can be downloaded. In this version the first thing to appear is the edit box or edit field when the wordweb application is first opened.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
The version of word web that I have has no edit box. Which version do you
have? Is it the free version that can be downloaded? Judith
----- Original Message -----
From: "harry bates" <hdbates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:50 PM
Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
I type in the word I wish to look up in the edit box. Then I tab to theapplication
search button and press the spacebar. Next I tab until I read the
definition or definitions and finally I just continue tabbintg a couple of
more times until I get into the list of synonyms. To close thetoI tab to the close button and press the spacebar, and I am finished. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judith Bron" <jbron@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:12 PM Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
> Harry, How do you activate the synonyms list in Word Web? I can > always
> get
> the "similar list box" but I could never access that particular tab.
> Judith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "harry bates" <hdbates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 1:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
>
>
>> For the most part word web dictionary is comprehensive enough for >> most
>> people. The dictionary is free, it resides in your computer >> available>> you at any time, it gives you definitions of the word and sometimesmany>> definitions of the word and it provides you a list of ppossible >> optionscommon
> for
>> the word you are looking for should you misspell the word to begin >> with
> and
>> finally it provides you a list of synonyms for the word you are >> finding
> the
>> definition for. I admit it is no medical dictionary, but for most>> words it is quite ample.is
>> Those who are interested can pick up a free copy of this WordWeb
> dictionary
>> here:
>> http://www.jfwlite.com/programs.html
>> I can use the program quite easily with jaws and no scripts.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pranav Lal" <pranav.lal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "jfw-freelists.org" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 12:51 PM
>> Subj
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Does any one know of any accessible dictionaries? I have tried >> > the
>> > Houghton Mifflin eReference from www.dictionary.com. The >> > navigation>> > a-
>> > pain since there seems to have been usage of controls in very
> nonstandard
>> > ways.
>> >
>> > Is there any dictionary that is more accessible? Wordweb is out >> > since
>> > it
>> > is not comprehensive.
>> >
>> > Pranav
>>
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