Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:04:45 -0800
ah, Dave, that's what's up here. The version being sold now is a dictionary
revision from the year 2000, I think, and the interface must not be quite
the same in its coding and features.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Speck" <dspeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
The version of AHD I am using is on a CD, from about 1997. It has served
it's purpose. I confess I have not tried the current version but will look
into it soon.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
> Harry,
>
> I'm not sure to whom you've addressed this question, but the American
> heritage dictionary we were discussing isn't free. It's available either
by
> download or on CD-ROM, but as a commercial publication, not a piece of
> freeware. I happen to have downloaded a trial version yesterday and
> mentioned that, but I, at least, didn't say I'd gotten anything for free.
>
> Sorry if something I said might have misled you.
> ight
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "harry bates" <hdbates@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 8:11 AM
> Subject: Re: Seeking accessible offline dictionaries
>
>
> What is that web address, where one can get that free American Heritage
> dictionary that works so well with jaws? You did say it was free didn't
> you?
> I will try it out if it is. Otherwise I will stick with the free Word Web
> dictionary that I know definitely works perfectly without any scripts, and
> it is just fine with jaws.
> Now what was that web address again?
>
>
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