The PRS-600 dictionary - Page 2

advocate2 · 08-30-2009, 11:10 AM

Astra,

Americans buy British movies, books, and music. Given exchange rates and economic circumstances tourism might be down, but every time there is a boxing match in Vegas with an English boxer, I can't get a seat at my pub, one learns many new English songs just walking through a casino and our Brit friends buy everything they can get their hands on at the stores.

Why the trend to anti-Americanism again? I thought Europe fell in love with the US after Obama was elected?

LDBoblo · 08-30-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by advocate2

Astra,

Americans buy British movies, books, and music. Given exchange rates and economic circumstances tourism might be down, but every time there is a boxing match in Vegas with an English boxer, I can't get a seat at my pub, one learns many new English songs just walking through a casino and our Brit friends buy everything they can get their hands on at the stores.

Why the trend to anti-Americanism again? I thought Europe fell in love with the US after Obama was elected?

Everyone needs someone to hate other the French and Chinese. America is a good target

astra · 08-30-2009, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by advocate2

Why the trend to anti-Americanism again? I thought Europe fell in love with the US after Obama was elected?

Well, the tide might turn with Obama...or might not...who knows? As LDBoblo said:

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Everyone needs someone to hate

and lately it became very popular in Europe to hate the USA and Israel.

vivaldirules · 08-30-2009, 12:31 PM

Is there no way to select your own dictionary for the look-up feature? The requirements for the dictionary design can't be terribly formidable, can they? And letting the user select the dictionary would be particularly good for those trying to learn a language.

zelda_pinwheel · 08-30-2009, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Is there no way to select your own dictionary for the look-up feature? The requirements for the dictionary design can't be terribly formidable, can they? And letting the user select the dictionary would be particularly good for those trying to learn a language.

from what i've understood, the dictionary will be automatically selected based on your keyboard choice (US or UK) but you can modify the selection yourself in the settings.

Burliburd · 08-31-2009, 08:23 AM

Can anyone tell if the dictionary will be available only for epub files? Is it possible to use it in pdf files too?

igorsk · 08-31-2009, 10:09 AM

I think someone reported it works in PDFs.

astra · 08-31-2009, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Burliburd

Can anyone tell if the dictionary will be available only for epub files? Is it possible to use it in pdf files too?

Do you mean dictionary doesn't work in LRF files?

LDBoblo · 08-31-2009, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Burliburd

Can anyone tell if the dictionary will be available only for epub files? Is it possible to use it in pdf files too?

Merely speculation on my part but it should work in PDFs as long as they're text-based and not images. Can't see why it wouldn't work in a PDF.

Grandma Aubbie · 08-31-2009, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I think it's both, but I'm sure that someone will correct me if I'm wrong about that. I don't think it really matters, though - American dictionaries have British words in them, and vice versa.

The 600 from SonyStyle USA came with two dictionaries installed - you chose which to use.

New Oxford American Dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of English

It is set up through the Settings Menu - Advanced Settings - Dictionary

astra · 08-31-2009, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Grandma Aubbie

The 600 from SonyStyle USA came with two dictionaries installed - you chose which to use.

New Oxford American Dictionary
Oxford Dictionary of English

It is set up through the Settings Menu - Advanced Settings - Dictionary

Does the dictionary work with LRF files?

Grandma Aubbie · 08-31-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by astra

Does the dictionary work with LRF files?

I have tested it with the following -
LRX (from Sony) , LRF (Google classics), Adobe Digital Edition (from Library), Adobe PDF (textbook) , and RTF (a document I created)
It worked well and selected and defined from all of these documents.

I have a LRF of the book 1984, and I was unable to choose "one word." Every time I tapped on the document it selected several words at the same time. So, I would assume that there could be issues with some documents depending on whether they were appropriately converted in the first place.

[I only downloaded 1984 because Kindle users had theirs stolen -

it's just my wacky sense of humor to prove that I could have it and THEY couldn't.

]

Grandma Aubbie · 08-31-2009, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Grandma Aubbie

I have tested it with the following -
LRX (from Sony) , LRF (Google classics), Adobe Digital Edition (from Library), Adobe PDF (textbook) , and RTF (a document I created)
It worked well and selected and defined from all of these documents.

I have a LRF of the book 1984, and I was unable to choose "one word." Every time I tapped on the document it selected several words at the same time. So, I would assume that there could be issues with some documents depending on whether they were appropriately converted in the first place.

[I only downloaded 1984 because Kindle users had theirs stolen -

it's just my wacky sense of humor to prove that I could have it and THEY couldn't.

]

OOOPs - it also works in Epub - darn, I thought I got them all.

WillAdams · 08-31-2009, 01:21 PM

Can one look up a word in a note which one has entered using the on-screen keyboard?

William

astra · 08-31-2009, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Grandma Aubbie

I have tested it with the following -
LRX (from Sony) , LRF (Google classics), Adobe Digital Edition (from Library), Adobe PDF (textbook) , and RTF (a document I created)
It worked well and selected and defined from all of these documents.

I have a LRF of the book 1984, and I was unable to choose "one word." Every time I tapped on the document it selected several words at the same time. So, I would assume that there could be issues with some documents depending on whether they were appropriately converted in the first place.

[I only downloaded 1984 because Kindle users had theirs stolen -

it's just my wacky sense of humor to prove that I could have it and THEY couldn't.

]

Ah, that's nice.
Tahnks.

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advocate2 My Kingdom for Karma Posts: 430 Karma: 7125 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Las Vegas Device: Sony 350, 650, 950, Nook Color	Astra, Americans buy British movies, books, and music. Given exchange rates and economic circumstances tourism might be down, but every time there is a boxing match in Vegas with an English boxer, I can't get a seat at my pub, one learns many new English songs just walking through a casino and our Brit friends buy everything they can get their hands on at the stores. Why the trend to anti-Americanism again? I thought Europe fell in love with the US after Obama was elected?

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