The PRS-600 dictionary

[Grandma Aubbie]

Originally Posted by WillAdams

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

William

You made me look.
Nope, I was not able to get it to "read" a note for the dictionary.

I created the note and saved it and double-clicked on a word - the dictionary did not come up. Darn, that would have made for a nice "spell-check feature."

[MerLock]

I know a people wanted a dictionary included in the reader. Just curious as to how many people actually use it now that Sony has put one in.

[junkml]

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

I'm not familiar with specific dictionaries, but I'm wondering how "complete" either one of these are. My wife would love to have a dictionary again to look up unusual words (she loved that on the Rocket Ebook we had).

The problem was that the dictionary the Rocket used was pathetic. It pretty much only had definitions for words we already new. For truly unusual words, it was useless. (It used Random House Webster's Concise Dictionary). That was probably due, in large part, to the memory restrictions.

I would just like to find out if the dictionary on the sony is a "real" dictionary.

[HarryT]

Yes, the Sony dictionary is very much a "real" dictionary. It's not let me down yet with any of the extremely obscure words that I've looked up in the 19th century novels which are my main reading interest.

[junkml]

Thanks Harry. That's good news.

[ebooker]

Originally Posted by Grandma Aubbie

I created the note and saved it and double-clicked on a word - the dictionary did not come up. Darn, that would have made for a nice "spell-check feature."

it doesnt have spell check but you can look up a word if thats what you want. According to the user manual the procedure is:

--double tap a word so the dictionary comes up
--click the definition box so the dictionary enlarges to fill the screen with the extended definition
--click the keyboard icon in lower right corner
--type in any word you want

Verified this on my prs-600. Not the easiest thing in the world but the full dictionary is accessible in a pinch.

As neat as these readers are, there's just so much room for improvement, and I'm looking forward to how much more advanced they will be even just a couple of years from now.

[sebastienbillard]

Yes I bought my PRS 600 in France and have 2 english dictionnaries to choose from. Wish I could have a french one. I could even pay for it (depending of the price). Second language wished would be a pali one.