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Palm Pilot Dictionary Features and Types
By Darrin Ngo
There are many
software options to choose from and whether you are a regular student or a professional, one of the most useful applications to have in your handheld device is a
dictionary. With this feature, you can easily look up words whenever you need to whether you reading, writing a report, or traveling in a foreign place.
Palm Pilot dictionary software is developed by leading publishers of reference books and language translation resources. The widely-used dictionary software is "SlovoEd", which supports about 28 languages from Arabic to Turkish. The SlovoEd dictionary is designed for language students and professionals, either for work or personal use. This dictionary software boasts of powerful compression technology, which is why it consumers less memory and is quick to access.
One great feature of a SlovoEd dictionary is the "Resident" hotkey, which gives quick word translations right on the active page without the need to launch the dictionary application. The SlovoEd dictionary also comes with a sound module, one of users' favorite features on this product, which are pre-recorded word pronunciations by native language speakers. This feature allows users to check whether they are saying a word correctly.
Other SlovoEd dictionary features include "Word of the Day", wherein a word is chosen randomly
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from the dictionary and presented when the application launches; the "morphology" feature that translates words regardless of what form it was entered in; a flash word quiz; a dictionary editor and many other features.
Merriam-Webster and The Oxford University Press offer their own dictionary using the technology of the SlovoEd program. This product comes in three options - Deluxe (full features); Classic and Compact (common word translations).
Aside from dictionaries for language learning, special types of dictionary are also available such as those for students and professionals in the medical, pharmaceutical, and biotech industries containing industry-specific terms and acronyms and their definitions or explanations. There is also the popular Palm Bible dictionary, written by Bible scholars for anyone who wants to explore the Bible more with informative content on Biblical characters and the events, histories and customs that appear in the Bible.
Other dictionary options include law dictionaries, dream dictionaries, names dictionaries and other dictionary references for theater terms, computer terms, wine-related terms and so many other topics.
You can download a free dictionary online or if you want to buy one, look for a provider that offers 30-day money back guarantee or a demo version and make sure you purchase from a secure site.
My background is in information technology. I have been particularly interested the palm pilot when it made its big debut in 2000.
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