[vicsireland] Re: Dictionaries within the Computer
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:01:56 -0000
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and then there's the Blog.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tonysweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 12:39 AM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Dictionaries within the Computer
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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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