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gwitt · 05-01-2009, 08:18 AM

OPENINKPOT
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In my hurry to install openinkpot I unfortunately didn't find a way to extract the original firmware V903xxx before I switched towards OI.
Therefore I use d BeBook's V902xxx release (February 2009) for flashing back to BeBook standard firmware. But for the untrained eye on the first as well as the 2nd sight there is no obvious difference to the release which originally came with the device. Maybe the difference lies in the depths of the system concealed to the layman's view.

As a real “Linux” I decided for the upfront test version „re-0.2 20090326 snapshot „ of http://openinkpot.org/ .

Dictionaries / look up feature
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Besides the adventure the main reason was my desire for a system with integrated dictionary look up feature. The dictionaries I head already on my notebook. I installed them according to the guide in the German “Linux Magazin” article on http://www.linux-magazin.de/blogs/re..._e_book_reader .
That makes much sense to me as I like reading English books but do not know the meaning of each and every word.
The look up works very well. I quickly got used to the way entering the look up words which is similar to the T9 mobile phone character recognition. The lexicon comprises approximately as many words as a small travel pocket dictionary. If one of you knows an even more comprehensive version as “dict”-type (“*.dz” format) in German-English I would be very interested in it and you might post it here.
Compared to the original firmware this is THE killer feature to me. I had experienced a similar but even better feature with OpenOffice.org and the extension „EuroOffice“ dictionary (http://www.multiracio.com/eurooffice/ ) on my notebook before. I would not like to miss this feature.

05-01-2009, 08:18 AM	#3
gwitt Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 62 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Lübeck, Germany Device: BeBook reader	OPENINKPOT --------------------- In my hurry to install openinkpot I unfortunately didn't find a way to extract the original firmware V903xxx before I switched towards OI. Therefore I use d BeBook's V902xxx release (February 2009) for flashing back to BeBook standard firmware. But for the untrained eye on the first as well as the 2nd sight there is no obvious difference to the release which originally came with the device. Maybe the difference lies in the depths of the system concealed to the layman's view. As a real “Linux” I decided for the upfront test version „re-0.2 20090326 snapshot „ of http://openinkpot.org/ . Dictionaries / look up feature --------------------------------------------- Besides the adventure the main reason was my desire for a system with integrated dictionary look up feature. The dictionaries I head already on my notebook. I installed them according to the guide in the German “Linux Magazin” article on http://www.linux-magazin.de/blogs/re..._e_book_reader . That makes much sense to me as I like reading English books but do not know the meaning of each and every word. The look up works very well. I quickly got used to the way entering the look up words which is similar to the T9 mobile phone character recognition. The lexicon comprises approximately as many words as a small travel pocket dictionary. If one of you knows an even more comprehensive version as “dict”-type (“*.dz” format) in German-English I would be very interested in it and you might post it here. Compared to the original firmware this is THE killer feature to me. I had experienced a similar but even better feature with OpenOffice.org and the extension „EuroOffice“ dictionary (http://www.multiracio.com/eurooffice/ ) on my notebook before. I would not like to miss this feature.