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Originally Posted by desunit
OK. I've found DSL version of OALD7 and successfully converted it using DictionaryConverter using the following command line:
converter.exe En-En-Oald7.dsl eng
Loading collates...
Loading morphems...
Loading keyboard...
Loading dictionary file...
61493 words loaded
Sorting dictionary...
Searching for equal words...
Packing dictionary...
Creating index...
Writing output file...
OK
Total words: 61493
Total containers: 1990 (1014..5637 bytes)
Words in container: 1..88
Dictionary file size: 7756044 bytes
I've put the dictionary in system\dictionaries folder and did a quick test:
"his" - missing
"in" - missing
Some words contain strange characters like: "{.}" and "little square symbol". Did anybody try to convert DSL dictionary to DIC? Do you have good result?
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Yes, I converted some DSL and also stardict dictionaries as well with a similar result. Either the converter is buggy or the system font is missing the special characters that won't display. It's ugly to look at, but basically it works.
It looks like the folks in the Ukraine do not spend much time on improving their software, which, as a matter of fact, is the only reason to buy a pocketbok instead of any other reader on the market.
For instance, I cannot understand why they do not adapt stardict (free source) to work in pocketbook as it works on Iliad.
But nobody cares.
It is always the same in the world of software development.
Lokk at Adobe's epub reader. It is the worst thing a software company ever brought to the market, and they even claim for property rights!