Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
- From: Pranav Lal <pranav.lal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 06:51:16 +0530
Hi all,
I have tried wordweb and it does work out of the
box. However, its definitions are not
comprehensive enough for me. I prefer random
house or the American Heritage dictionary. Even
the talking dictionary is quite good.
Pranav
on Sunday 11/6/2005 01:53 AM, harry bates said:
The free WordWeb dictionary version 3 at this address:
http://www.jfwlite.com/programs.html
works quite well without scripts in jaws, and it
even works without a word
processer program in your computer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Durber" <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
> You can download a thesaurus and dictionary which includes word
> definitions. It is called WordWeb. You can download it from:
>
> http://www.x-word.com/thesaurus
>
> I do not know if it works only in Word or
whether you can use it in
> other applications.
>
> Sincerely:
>
> Dave Durber
>
> On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 12:25:52 -0700, you wrote:
>
>>Firstly, I was responding to Pranav, but that's OK.
>>
>>My guess is it is the equivalent of those
behemoths that libraries put
>>on a pedestal. If you look in popular
applications with Jaws in the help
>>menu, you'll find it under Random House. There
is another one which I
>>believe is like the collegiate and coupled with a thesaurus.
>>
>>I don't know how well the pronunciation works.
I think I may not have
>>installed that since I would have Jaws running anyway.
>>
>>As far as looking up a word, I got as far as y
a r d b and it echoed
>>back yardbird for this definition--
>>bird (yärdÆbûrdÅ), n. Slang.
>>
>>1. a convict or prisoner.
>>
>>2. an army recruit.
>>
>>3. a soldier confined to camp and assigned to
cleaning the grounds or
>>other menial tasks as punishment for violation of the rules.
>>
>>[1940-45, Amer.; YARD2 + BIRD, by analogy with JAILBIRD]
>>
>>
>>
>>I guess the only detraction may be that some
phonetic symbols translate
>>poorly in Jaws.
>>
>>
>>
>>Jerry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 11:55 AM
>>Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
>>
>>
>>Jerry,
>>
>>I just took a look at the listing online, and
it does appear to be more
>>the
>>sort of "serious" dictionary" of which several
different versions are
>>sitting in one of my bookcases, untouched
except for dusting for more
>>years
>>than I care to enumerate at this point. So
far, so good but, and here
>>there
>>may be a Catch-22, I'm aware-- do you have
experience with this, using
>>Jaws?
>>If so, how accessible is it in most of its
uses, except of course for
>>the
>>illustrations? Does the search function work
okay with Jaws? Do the
>>definitions read and navigate all right? Does
the pronunciation feature
>>speak without conflicting with Jaws or being
silenced by its presence?
>>
>>Thanks a lot.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 10:34 AM
>>Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
>>
>>
>>I believe you meant Francis. The one I'd
talked about was the Random
>>House Webster's Unabridged at
>>http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/results.pperl?title_auth_isbn=webster%27s+unabridged+dictionary
>>
>>It is the CD version, about $20 and the
equivalent of the 2,256-page
>>hardcover.
>>
>>Jerry
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Pranav Lal" <pranav.lal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 9:37 AM
>>Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
>>
>>
>>Jerry,
>>
>>The description states:
>>How does this compare to a standard dictionary? Well, a standard
>>desktop dictionary contains about 110,000
words with definitions and
>>is about 800 pages.
>> However, the UTD also includes sentences
using each defined word in
>>context, for every "sense (meaning)" of the word.
>>
>>PL] Is this feature in the demo? If yes, I cannot find it. Try the
>>following words
>>hubris
>>Bowdlerize
>>definition
>>exquisite
>>
>>Finally, the lookup word combo box does not
seem to support copy and
>>paste? I have tried pasting text into it and nothing happens.
>>
>>Pranav
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