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Old 07-08-2023, 12:35 AM   #31
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Glad you like it. Given how labor-intensive it was to work on this, didn't go any further since it's mostly complete now. Anything in particular you think it needs?
Not at all, I love it, I've been using the November release for a long time, just upgraded to the January one, it's even better.

It's not an issue with your dictionary, but dictionaries in general, but is there a key for the phonetic symbols I can look up in your dictionary? It used to be at the front of dictionaries back in the day.


This thing here:

https://public.oed.com/how-to-use-th...on-US-english/

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Old 07-14-2023, 04:11 AM   #32
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Hello all,

I just started using koreader a few days ago (got fed up with stock kobo) and I already adore it. In the process I've had to find new dictionaries as the kobo ones are not stardict format.

In stock kobo (and on my kindle prior to kobo) my favourite dictionary was the Oxford Advanced Learners, available online in stardict format but with horrendous formatting. Someone (wink wink) converted it to kobo dicthtml and cleaned up the formatting in the process, and that same person has also just finished cleaning up the original stardict format - removing references to .jpg and .wav files, condensing the line spacing, adjusting the margins, etc.

I highly recommend this dictionary (especially for non-native speakers) as the definitions are easy to understand and quite thorough. It's particularly nice in combination with the wonderful SOED posted here (for more in depth definitions) and Wiktionary (for more obscure/pop culture references).

If anyone is interested, let me know and I can post a link here.
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Old 07-14-2023, 05:49 AM   #33
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I like this dict.
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Old 07-15-2023, 05:18 AM   #34
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Unfortunately my comments will come later too, since I'm also away from my PC..
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Old 07-15-2023, 05:55 AM   #35
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Hello all

In stock kobo (and on my kindle prior to kobo) my favourite dictionary was the Oxford Advanced Learners, available online in stardict format but with horrendous formatting. Someone (wink wink) converted it to kobo dicthtml and cleaned up the formatting in the process, and that same person has also just finished cleaning up the original stardict format - removing references to .jpg and .wav files, condensing the line spacing, adjusting the margins, etc.

I highly recommend this dictionary (especially for non-native speakers) as the definitions are easy to understand and quite thorough. It's particularly nice in combination with the wonderful SOED posted here (for more in depth definitions) and Wiktionary (for more obscure/pop culture references).

If anyone is interested, let me know and I can post a link here.
Is that available anywhere in the kobo format?
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Old 07-24-2023, 04:12 AM   #36
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Old 07-24-2023, 06:16 AM   #37
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This is one revealing clue about this thief [post 32]:

"Someone (wink wink) converted it to kobo dicthtml and cleaned up the formatting in the process"

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Old 07-29-2023, 03:51 PM   #38
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I really enjoy the Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1913 in stardict. It's out of copyright so perfectly legal to download off the internet. Has great formatting, though not as nice as the SOED posted about in this thread.

Here's a thorough blog post about it: https://jsomers.net/blog/dictionary
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Old 07-29-2023, 09:53 PM   #39
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Hi everyone, I'm wondering if there is a dictionary for my little brother he's 9 and I got him settled on KOReader and he likes it a lot on his Kobo. The problem is he struggles with the dictionaries I've tried a few for him (SOED, Concise Oxford) which means when I'm not present he'll struggle with words from when he's reading on books. I'm wondering if anyone has a dictionary suitable for children/kids who are not able to understand a standard dictionary as much. He's reading harry potter and likes it a lot though will have a hard time with some of the words. I'm not very sure on how to get the dictionaries for kids I've tried to torrent a few but the formatting inhibited use and were typically too complex as well for him. Thanks.
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Old 01-24-2024, 08:17 AM   #40
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is there anywhere (wink) a lost soul could find these wonderful OED and SOED dictionaries? the links were sadly taken down.
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Old 03-06-2024, 07:01 PM   #41
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I too am unfortunately late to the SOED dictionary party. The links were taken down, I am hoping some good samaritan might be able to find them.
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Old 05-15-2024, 07:20 PM   #42
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Really would be grateful if anyone could send me SOED, both gray and colored version!
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Old 05-25-2024, 09:53 PM   #43
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Talking SOED is perfect

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Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (SOED). This is the IDEAL dictionary for KOReader in my opinion.
I agree with @mbrisco that the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is excellent for KOReader on ereaders. To me it feels even better than the one I was using with the stock kindle reading app, the New Oxford American Dictionary. It's certainly much better than the en-en wiktionary dictionary, which while does have a ton of definitions is somewhat haphazardly organized. The SOED in contrast has very well structured word definitions and has a lot of good examples.

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This is the version styled to work with e-Ink (grayscale):
SOEDrich StarDict 2022-11-11 (e-Ink)
And thanks to @mbrisco's excellent formatting of the dictionary it works perfectly with KOReader
It's a bit of a mess without the formatting unfortunately, barely usable.

Note that I might be able to help anyone interested in formatting their own copy of the SOED in the same way.
[Only if they have a legitimate copy of course]
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Old 05-26-2024, 12:57 AM   #44
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Post SOED vs Wiktionary

Take a look below for an example comparison between the two dictionaries
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Old 05-27-2024, 01:08 PM   #45
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Very interesting, if I only had the chance to see this beauty by myself, sad that I will never be able to(wink)
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