Programmatic dictionary access?

pete330 · 06-08-2017, 11:50 AM

Hi, is anything known about how to programmatically access the installed dictionaries, so I could support word lookup and translations within an app?

encol · 06-08-2017, 01:13 PM

As far as i know, they're ebooks (i.e. basically html)

From which app do you want to have programmatically access?

pete330 · 06-08-2017, 02:36 PM

I was hoping for e.g. a lipc based lookup service, that does all the work and returns the dictionary entry.

I thought about integrating something like that into gargoyle.

encol · 06-08-2017, 02:47 PM

I don't know about such lipc command, IMHO is simplier if you use a your own dictionary, there are many free text-based ones that you can find on Internet. Or you can convert a Babylon or stardict dictionary through pyglossary

06-08-2017, 11:50 AM	#1
pete330 Connoisseur Posts: 70 Karma: 200233 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Programmatic dictionary access? Hi, is anything known about how to programmatically access the installed dictionaries, so I could support word lookup and translations within an app?

06-08-2017, 01:13 PM	#2
encol Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 765432 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Italy Device: Kindle PW3 5.8.5.0.1	As far as i know, they're ebooks (i.e. basically html) From which app do you want to have programmatically access? Last edited by encol; 06-08-2017 at 01:16 PM.

06-08-2017, 02:47 PM	#4
encol Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 765432 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Italy Device: Kindle PW3 5.8.5.0.1	I don't know about such lipc command, IMHO is simplier if you use a your own dictionary, there are many free text-based ones that you can find on Internet. Or you can convert a Babylon or stardict dictionary through pyglossary Last edited by encol; 06-08-2017 at 02:51 PM.

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06-08-2017, 02:36 PM	#3
pete330 Connoisseur Posts: 70 Karma: 200233 Join Date: Aug 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I was hoping for e.g. a lipc based lookup service, that does all the work and returns the dictionary entry. I thought about integrating something like that into gargoyle.

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