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kuni_zdenek · 12-28-2013, 08:19 AM

Hello everybody, I have been playing a bit with my new M92 (preloaded with Booxtor's 2013.12.04 FW). Although very impressed by the features included in the device (thanks to all developers!) I would have some comments for possible further enhancement.

First of all, the dictionary search engine seems to be quite poor in sense that in case it does not find exactly the requested word it usually finds a word that is lexicographically much "further" from the requested word than an another entry included in the dictionary: for example, an inquiry for "experimentally" finds an entry "expert" even though an entry "experimental" is included (I could post tens of other examples).

My next note concerns the dictionary plugin that can be opened while reading a book. When selecting a word from text the translation appears in the window. It would be very helpful if also the translated word appeared since it happens quite often that the translated word is very different from the one selected in text (cf my example above). When this happens one needs to open the full dictionary app everytime the translation does not make sense. It would be also nice if turning pages is possible while having the dict plugin open.

The third and last note about the dictionary is when in the full dictionary app one translates a word and opens a list of similar words (three coins icon or whatever it is) only the entry found by the search engine and a list of entries BEHIND that word appears. Since there is no scrolling option one can not see an entry JUST BEFORE the found word (which is very often the one that one is looking for). In my opinion, it would be much better if the found word is in the middle of the screen while showing closest words in both directions.

As a student of foreign languages I would be also happy if there is a music player plugin that could be opened and operated while reading a document (to listen what I read, otherwise I do not see a point of using my ereader as an mp3 player).

All in all, I am still a bit struggling with all the zooming options and some of them I can not figure out how they work.. is there a place where all the options are well explained? I have been doing some research and just found a little but no comprehensive documentation.

Thank you and happy New Year to all readers!

12-28-2013, 08:19 AM	#1614
kuni_zdenek Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Boox M92	Hello everybody, I have been playing a bit with my new M92 (preloaded with Booxtor's 2013.12.04 FW). Although very impressed by the features included in the device (thanks to all developers!) I would have some comments for possible further enhancement. First of all, the dictionary search engine seems to be quite poor in sense that in case it does not find exactly the requested word it usually finds a word that is lexicographically much "further" from the requested word than an another entry included in the dictionary: for example, an inquiry for "experimentally" finds an entry "expert" even though an entry "experimental" is included (I could post tens of other examples). My next note concerns the dictionary plugin that can be opened while reading a book. When selecting a word from text the translation appears in the window. It would be very helpful if also the translated word appeared since it happens quite often that the translated word is very different from the one selected in text (cf my example above). When this happens one needs to open the full dictionary app everytime the translation does not make sense. It would be also nice if turning pages is possible while having the dict plugin open. The third and last note about the dictionary is when in the full dictionary app one translates a word and opens a list of similar words (three coins icon or whatever it is) only the entry found by the search engine and a list of entries BEHIND that word appears. Since there is no scrolling option one can not see an entry JUST BEFORE the found word (which is very often the one that one is looking for). In my opinion, it would be much better if the found word is in the middle of the screen while showing closest words in both directions. As a student of foreign languages I would be also happy if there is a music player plugin that could be opened and operated while reading a document (to listen what I read, otherwise I do not see a point of using my ereader as an mp3 player). All in all, I am still a bit struggling with all the zooming options and some of them I can not figure out how they work.. is there a place where all the options are well explained? I have been doing some research and just found a little but no comprehensive documentation. Thank you and happy New Year to all readers!