Thread: Touch KOBO Touch: direct access to dictionaries ?
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Old 09-18-2015, 03:57 AM   #4
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Rojofo View Post
Thank you, Davidfor, I now see how it works.

I will also see if I can get the 3.2 firmware, even though the direct acces that you indicate through the "search" option is available in 3.17.3.
Looking at your post, I don't know where the "3.2" came from. I would have said that's what you said you were running. Did you edit it and correct the firmware while I was writing?

In any case, 3.2 is a lot older than 3.17.3. The function I am talking about is in 3.17.3. On the home screen, tap the search "bar" at the top. On the next screen, tap the "bookstore" on the right of the bar. A dropdown will be displayed with "Dictionary" on it. Select that. It will then display the current dictionary and you can change this. Entering a word and pressing go will search the dictionary.

The only problem with this is that there are some dictionaries that cannot be searched like this. The licenses Kobo them allows selected word look up, but not a random search. Two of the restricted dictionaries are French and Dutch. I don't know if there are others.
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