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Rojofo · 03-06-2020, 04:58 PM

The new Kobo firmware seems to have brought about major changes in the way dictionaries are managed. Not only has the appearance of the highlighting of the word changed but also the appearance and better use of the dictionary window. Congratulations to all those who worked on this and thanks to Kobo.

More importantly, on my Kobo Glo HD, I now suddenly have access to dictionaries that I had installed long ago but that were no longer visible or usable. I can now consult both the Spanish to English dictionary and the Spanish to French dictionary, something that had been blocked by past firmware updates.

I also see that other dictionaries are accessible. I am now wondering if this new approach will alllow me to add more dictionaries. Any tips on this (particularly about Spanish/English or Spanish/French dictionaries) would be much appreciated.

I suspect that there are many users motivated to know more about this new dictionary management.

PS. I'm not sure whether this post should be in the Firmware thread, but I see that that thread is very largely devoted to the new series management and my question might well not be visible there.

03-06-2020, 04:58 PM	#1
Rojofo Groupie Posts: 169 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	New firmware: adding dictionaries? The new Kobo firmware seems to have brought about major changes in the way dictionaries are managed. Not only has the appearance of the highlighting of the word changed but also the appearance and better use of the dictionary window. Congratulations to all those who worked on this and thanks to Kobo. More importantly, on my Kobo Glo HD, I now suddenly have access to dictionaries that I had installed long ago but that were no longer visible or usable. I can now consult both the Spanish to English dictionary and the Spanish to French dictionary, something that had been blocked by past firmware updates. I also see that other dictionaries are accessible. I am now wondering if this new approach will alllow me to add more dictionaries. Any tips on this (particularly about Spanish/English or Spanish/French dictionaries) would be much appreciated. I suspect that there are many users motivated to know more about this new dictionary management. PS. I'm not sure whether this post should be in the Firmware thread, but I see that that thread is very largely devoted to the new series management and my question might well not be visible there.