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twowheels · 10-05-2012, 05:31 PM

As a test... I followed the instructions for creating a dictionary here:

http://1manfactory.com/create-your-o...uage-for-free/

I created a dictionary file with a few names in it, tab delimited, and copied the resulting dictionary to the documents folder of a Kindle Touch. Took about 5 minutes. [started shortly after my last post]

Sure enough, it worked... when the word wasn't found in the main dictionary it automatically went to my new dictionary and showed me the "definition" that I'd come up with.

I believe that this would be a fairly trivial tool to create, if you could just export the names and Shelfari information in the tab delimited format of the dictionary creator tool's output.

LastName<tab>Shelfari Info
FirstName<tab>Shelfari Info
PlaceName<tab>Shelfari Info

Sure, it's not perfect... conflicts between books could give false positives... etc... but if people were willing to generate and copy on a file just before starting a big book and then remove it when done it could still be VERY useful.

I'll test again on my Kindle Keyboard shortly...

[Edit: Not working as well on the Keyboard... I'll play with it more... that said, could still make for an easier conversion experience for Touch and Paperwhite owners]

10-05-2012, 05:31 PM	#83
twowheels Wizard Posts: 1,801 Karma: 13412766 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kobo Clara HD, iPad Pro 10", iPhone 15 Pro	As a test... I followed the instructions for creating a dictionary here: http://1manfactory.com/create-your-o...uage-for-free/ I created a dictionary file with a few names in it, tab delimited, and copied the resulting dictionary to the documents folder of a Kindle Touch. Took about 5 minutes. [started shortly after my last post] Sure enough, it worked... when the word wasn't found in the main dictionary it automatically went to my new dictionary and showed me the "definition" that I'd come up with. I believe that this would be a fairly trivial tool to create, if you could just export the names and Shelfari information in the tab delimited format of the dictionary creator tool's output. LastName<tab>Shelfari Info FirstName<tab>Shelfari Info PlaceName<tab>Shelfari Info Sure, it's not perfect... conflicts between books could give false positives... etc... but if people were willing to generate and copy on a file just before starting a big book and then remove it when done it could still be VERY useful. I'll test again on my Kindle Keyboard shortly... [Edit: Not working as well on the Keyboard... I'll play with it more... that said, could still make for an easier conversion experience for Touch and Paperwhite owners] Last edited by twowheels; 10-05-2012 at 05:37 PM.