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Originally Posted by Hajo
I can imagine a reader software that displays ePub documents and looks up selected words in a mobi dictionary - or in a database or in a ridiculously large txt file. No solution needs any changes to the current ePub format.
I really don't get, why an ePub reader needs a dictionary in an ePub format. As if the hyphenation information for MS Word has to be in DOC-Format, or the spell checker of an email client actually gets its word list out of an email. I assume that CorelDraw has spell checking. Where is this information stored? In a vector image?
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Well, you're right, of course, in that it doesn't NEED a dictionary in ePub format, but it needs a dictionary in
some format that's available. The only eBook dictionary formats that I'm personally aware of are MobiPocket and Microsoft Reader (LIT) formats. We are all, unfortunately, well aware that Bookeen are not permitted to have both Mobi and ePub DRM formats in the same firmware, so that rules out Mobi dictionaries. That leaves LIT dictionaries, and no eInk device that I'm aware of implements LIT DRM, since that uses Windows cryptographics components which are not available on Linux (which the Gen3 runs).
So, what would your suggestions be?