Gen3 how to install dictionary

Herbertie · 09-05-2011, 10:29 AM

Hello,

since Yesterday I am in possesion of an E-reader , a Bookeen cybook Gen 3.

I am Dutch, and I read English books for fun and Education. I want to use A dictionary for difficult words. were can I download/buy a Dictionary? and how I have to install it?

Thanks,

Billi · 09-05-2011, 01:44 PM

Hi Herbertie, welcome to MobileRead!

Installing a dictionary is easy - just copy it into the directory "ebooks" on your Gen3.

More problems you will have to find an English-Dutch dictionary. You can try your Dutch ebook stores if they sell dictionaries in mobi file format, you can try www.mobipocket.com or Amazon. With Amazon you would have the problem that you have to strip the copy protection "DRM".

If all this doesn't help maybe you can repeat your question in the "Which one should I buy"-section, I think more Dutchs are reading this section than the Cybook part here.

Herbertie · 09-06-2011, 11:39 AM

thanks,

I only want a En-EN dictionary, a kind of OXFORD dictionary. that's shows te meaning of the words or a synoniem.

I am going to try the install

thanks

Billi · 09-07-2011, 02:28 AM

Sorry that I misunderstood you in regard of the dictionary. It should be no problem to find an English-English one.

FlorenceArt · 09-07-2011, 05:46 AM

Just one thing, the dictionary has to be in a format that the Cybook can read! If you have the Cybook firmware for mobipocket, the dictionary must be in mobi format, and you will be able to use it to look up a word directly from a book you are reading. Unfortunately that is the only practical way to use a dictionary on a gen3, since there is no search or lookup function within the dictionary itself.

If you have the ePub firmware, I don't think you can really use a dictionary. The ePub format doesn't include a dictionary definition at the moment. You could convert a dictionary to ePub format, but again it's not of much practical use since you will be unable to search for a word, and the look-up functionality is not supported by the ePub firmware.

Herbertie · 09-07-2011, 09:26 AM

Oke thanks,

I now have a Oxford dictionary but it's 600 mb's en that's to big for my cybook.

I don't know what firmware en and formats I have. I now use epub and pdf.

what is an alternative for a dictionary on cybook, were I can lookup words?

It isn't a problem to pay for it.

greetz,
Herbert

FlorenceArt · 09-07-2011, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herbertie

Oke thanks,

I now have a Oxford dictionary but it's 600 mb's en that's to big for my cybook.

I don't know what firmware en and formats I have. I now use epub and pdf.

what is an alternative for a dictionary on cybook, were I can lookup words?

It isn't a problem to pay for it.

greetz,
Herbert

If you read ePubs, then you are using the ePub firmware, and unfortunately that doesn't support dictionaries of any kind, as far as I am aware.

09-05-2011, 10:29 AM	#1
Herbertie Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: bookeen cybook gen 3	how to install dictionary Hello, since Yesterday I am in possesion of an E-reader , a Bookeen cybook Gen 3. I am Dutch, and I read English books for fun and Education. I want to use A dictionary for difficult words. were can I download/buy a Dictionary? and how I have to install it? Thanks,

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09-05-2011, 01:44 PM	#2
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	Hi Herbertie, welcome to MobileRead! Installing a dictionary is easy - just copy it into the directory "ebooks" on your Gen3. More problems you will have to find an English-Dutch dictionary. You can try your Dutch ebook stores if they sell dictionaries in mobi file format, you can try www.mobipocket.com or Amazon. With Amazon you would have the problem that you have to strip the copy protection "DRM". If all this doesn't help maybe you can repeat your question in the "Which one should I buy"-section, I think more Dutchs are reading this section than the Cybook part here.

09-06-2011, 11:39 AM	#3
Herbertie Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: bookeen cybook gen 3	thanks, I only want a En-EN dictionary, a kind of OXFORD dictionary. that's shows te meaning of the words or a synoniem. I am going to try the install thanks

09-07-2011, 02:28 AM	#4
Billi Wizard Posts: 3,388 Karma: 14190103 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Berlin Device: Cybook, iRex, PB, Onyx	Sorry that I misunderstood you in regard of the dictionary. It should be no problem to find an English-English one.

09-07-2011, 05:46 AM	#5
FlorenceArt High Priestess Posts: 5,761 Karma: 5042529 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Montreuil sous bois, France Device: iPad Pro 9.7, iPhone 6 Plus	Just one thing, the dictionary has to be in a format that the Cybook can read! If you have the Cybook firmware for mobipocket, the dictionary must be in mobi format, and you will be able to use it to look up a word directly from a book you are reading. Unfortunately that is the only practical way to use a dictionary on a gen3, since there is no search or lookup function within the dictionary itself. If you have the ePub firmware, I don't think you can really use a dictionary. The ePub format doesn't include a dictionary definition at the moment. You could convert a dictionary to ePub format, but again it's not of much practical use since you will be unable to search for a word, and the look-up functionality is not supported by the ePub firmware.

09-07-2011, 09:26 AM	#6
Herbertie Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: bookeen cybook gen 3	Oke thanks, I now have a Oxford dictionary but it's 600 mb's en that's to big for my cybook. I don't know what firmware en and formats I have. I now use epub and pdf. what is an alternative for a dictionary on cybook, were I can lookup words? It isn't a problem to pay for it. greetz, Herbert

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