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Old 07-19-2021, 11:17 PM   #1996
ksks
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Device: Onyx Boox Max Lumi 2, Kobo Libra H2O, Kindle Oasis 3
A huge thank you to Kobo for adding the MyWords feature and the Oxford dictionaries to Kobo devices. It's made a world of difference.
I realize the features were only rolled out a few months ago, but here are some suggestions for further improvement:

-Ability to look up a word within the dictionary (not just within books). In the Kindle, after looking up a word, you can 'Open dictionary' (opening a larger window) and long-press any word within the dictionary definition to look up that second word. This is very useful but not yet available on the Kobo.

-The 'view in book' feature in MyWords is only listed once even if you've looked up the same word across multiple books. In the Kindle, if you look up the same word across multiple books, all the example sentences are saved in the 'Usage' tab; whereas in the Kobo, only the example sentence where you first pressed 'Add to MyWords' is saved.

-The 'view in book' feature disappears if you've removed the original book. This could be fixed by introducing a 'Usage' tab like in the Kindle, where the original sentence is saved forever (without needing to link to the book).

-Ability to use the search function within a Pocket article. This might fix the bug where the 'view in book' feature doesn't work for MyWords that you saved while reading a Pocket article. Currently, you simply get '0 results found'.

Thanks
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