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Old 08-02-2011, 12:40 PM   #231
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Originally Posted by SameerH View Post
Hey there,
We're working on adding search functionality.

What were your concerns re: dictionaries? We'd be interested in hearing your ideas / suggestions.

Thanks,
Sameer.
A German localized edition of the Kobo ereader would, logically, have a German dictionary.
Interestingly, whenever reading German literature, I never feel the need to lookup anything! While this might, in part, be caused by the fact that I am German, I can't help thinking that there's another thing to it. To this end I'll just quote myself:
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Originally Posted by bibahbuzemann View Post

The "look up" function, IMO, wasn't even such an important feature in the past, but nowadays authors seem to be getting ever more enthusiastic with the inline thesaurus of their word processors. It's kinda obnoxious. If you don't believe me, take a look at what New York Times readers are looking up!

http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2011...e-fancy-words/
It's perfectly safe to assume that MOST European users of a localized Kobo will be reading in their own language. This is, however, not true for, potentially, millions of customers. In Europe, practically every bookstore has an English literature section.

I'm not implying it would be necessary to implement a plethora of dictionaries like Sony, but it would be terrific to be able to revert to a nice comprehensive English dictionary. Perhaps by way of a selective firmware update.
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