Flor, I don't wish to go in to all that!! [smile] You have answered very well as always! Now how about letting us know about arctic conditions as we are experiencing in Dublin tonight! All the best, Tony Sweeney. .----- Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx> To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 10:30 PM Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Dictionaries within the Computer > Hi Tony, > > I believe you can import dictionaries - at least, in theory - into Microsoft > Word. As it happens, the dictionary products will usually have their own > templates which they may like to insert as add-ins to word. (WordWeb > Dictionary and thesaurus does this, as a good example. Now I don't know > about the usual flavours of the Oxford Dictionary available on CD, nor about > the various Collins dictionaries, and multilingual dictionaries available on > CD, many of which appear to have their own rather inaccessible interfaces.) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tonysweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:39 PM > Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Dictionaries within the Computer > > > Hi Flor, > > We best then let them get on with it eh!! > > One further question then! > > Can you import dictionaries in to Word then or in to any other programme? > > Cheers. > > Tony.----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx> > To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:49 AM > Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Dictionaries within the Computer > > > > Hi Tony, > > > > I think I'd put the bold rebel Roy himself onto that Gaelic job! > > > > You can't really import dictionaries into kurzweil 1000, as they have to > be > > specifically coded to work there. (They did that to an edition of the > > Concise Oxford Dictionary, which came to me on an extra CD, with version > 10 > > of K1000.) > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "tonysweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 10:44 PM > > Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Dictionaries within the Computer > > > > > > Hi Flor, > > > > Yeh I think that you have explained things very well > > indeed! > > > > I am curious though as to how one can import other dictionaries in to > K1000? > > > > With your wonderful input to this list, I wonder could you come to the > > assistance of Kieran Mulvy in sorting out the difficulties of the G AA in > > your native county? > > > > Kindest regards, > > > > Tony Sweeney. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx> > > To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:15 AM > > Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Dictionaries within the Computer > > > > > > > Hi Tony, > > > > > > the JAWS Dictionary refers to JAWS itself, and is a pronunciation > > > dictionary. it's the facility to add new pronunciations or change > > existing > > > pronunciations, so that JAWS with the synthesizer you use will say your > > > favourite words correctly when it comes across them! To this end, there > > are > > > already entries put into it by FS. > > > > > > The Kurzweil 1000 Dictionary, on the other hand, is a genuine > definitions > > > dictionary. To look up the meaning(s) of a word, you put the word under > > the > > > 'cursor', type it in, and/or hit ctrl+d to 'define a word. (This is, of > > > course, only in K1000.) Now, if you haven't already typed the word, you > > do > > > so. You can now tab through the ensuing dialogue. If you have more > than > > > one dictionary installed in Kurzweil 1000, these will appear in a list. > > If > > > only one, the American heritage Dictionary is the default. You then tab > > to > > > the first mean, and read it, tab to the next button; tab on to previous > > > button (if previous), then tab to done button. Pressing enter on any of > > > these buttons will activate the pressed button. Some words might have > one > > > or two meanings; others could have half-a-dozen or ten. With each > version > > > upgrade, the facilities available with these dictionaries tend to grow > > > bigger and more sophisticated. I hope this was helpful. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "tonysweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: "vics" <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 6:02 PM > > > Subject: [vicsireland] Dictionaries within the Computer > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I am looking at dictionaries which may be contained within programmes on > > the > > > computer such as in Office for Word, Jaws and Kurzweil, for example. > > > > > > I would like to hear from people who access such dictionaries and how > they > > > do that? > > > > > > I know how the Word dictionary works! > > > > > > How can I look up words in say Jaws or Kurzweil as an example? > > > > > > All the best, > > > > > > Tony Sweeney. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >