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Old 03-20-2010, 05:12 PM   #1
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Does the dictionary in Sony PRS600 work in PDF files
Hi, I am considering to buy a PSR-600 for PDF orgnizing and reading. Please would anyone who has used this reader provide some information on how the dictionary works in PDF files.
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Hi leisn and welcome to MobileRead. I don't have any experience with the 600 but those who should log on and answer your question shortly. If not, try posting in the Sony section
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The answer to your question is YES. It works the same in any file type, just double tap the word with the stylus.
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The answer to your question is YES. It works the same in any file type, just double tap the word with the stylus.
Is that really true? A PDF where the text is all images would have no way to convert the picture to words. These devices don't include OCR.

Any document where the text is really text, and is selectable, should work.

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I believe the dictionary only works on text-based PDFs.
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Is that really true? A PDF where the text is all images would have no way to convert the picture to words. These devices don't include OCR.

Any document where the text is really text, and is selectable, should work.

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Good question. I didn't even think of this.
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Is that really true? A PDF where the text is all images would have no way to convert the picture to words. These devices don't include OCR.

Any document where the text is really text, and is selectable, should work.

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PDF's with text in pure image are somewhat annoying to read on the PRS-600, so it would be better to still print those kinds or let a program run a OCR over it and use it then. And your right that you can't tap words on them indeed.

Also something that I found out while reading PDF's on it that there is quite a large variety of 'styles' being used and not all of them are equally workable. So far the worst pdf file that I got from someone made all the characters of a text appear into a single line on the top when trying to zoom-in, only happened in a single file tho.
What does happen quite often is that when trying to tap a single word to use the dictionary makes you actually select the whole or part of a sentence and this is not the result of faulty tapping. Even when fully zoomed in and no way of missing the word you will still have the same result. Normally I start searching for some single word sentence to access the dictionary and manually type the word then.

In 'good' pdf's or other file types the option works quite well. When tapping a single word you will get a small box at the bottom of the screen with 3 lines of text, which is basically the first bit of the dictionary entry. More information can be obtained by clicking on the dictionary button which gives all the information that was already given and the rest of the information in the entry.
It then also shows words with their entries that follow your selected word, given that there is enough room in the window else you can just flip pages forward and backward in the dictionary.
At the bottom there is also a keyboard sign that lets you edit your tapped word to show other entries or to retype a different word to look up.
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