Converting Oxford Dictionary of English for iPhone to Mobipocket

owl123 · 05-16-2009, 04:06 AM

Just wanted to tell you guys that it's possible to convert Oxford Dictionary of English for iPhone to a Mobipocket dictionary so that you can use it with your reader.

When you browse your iPod/iPhone's files (with iPhoneBrowser) you'll see this dictionary's file called app.db.

It's a SQLite 3 database and can be easily converted to a CSV file with http://www.sqlite.org/download.html.

Then there's a lot of work editing this CSV like deleting not needed columns and turning it to a tabfile.

Then you need to replace non-standard tags to proper HTML ones (like <inf> to <b> etc.)

I guess that all other iPhone dictionaries by Handmark are also convertable in this way.

HarryT · 05-16-2009, 01:14 PM

Surely you also need to add the special Mobipocket tags ("<idx:entry>", etc) in order to make it into a dictionary rather than merely a Mobipocket book, don't you?

owl123 · 05-16-2009, 01:54 PM

Ah, you're right. I forgot about one thing.

After you turn the .csv to a tabfile you need to use tab2opf.py script. Then you should use the resulting .opf file with mobigen or Mobipocket Creator.

owl123 · 07-24-2009, 08:13 AM

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Talking Dictionary 2.1 for iPhone also has a SQLite 3 word database which means it's easily convertable to Mobipocket (or StarDict and other formats).

05-16-2009, 04:06 AM	#1
owl123 Addict Posts: 234 Karma: 214 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy NotePro 12.2, InkBook	Converting Oxford Dictionary of English for iPhone to Mobipocket Just wanted to tell you guys that it's possible to convert Oxford Dictionary of English for iPhone to a Mobipocket dictionary so that you can use it with your reader. When you browse your iPod/iPhone's files (with iPhoneBrowser) you'll see this dictionary's file called app.db. It's a SQLite 3 database and can be easily converted to a CSV file with http://www.sqlite.org/download.html. Then there's a lot of work editing this CSV like deleting not needed columns and turning it to a tabfile. Then you need to replace non-standard tags to proper HTML ones (like <inf> to <b> etc.) I guess that all other iPhone dictionaries by Handmark are also convertable in this way.

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05-16-2009, 01:14 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Surely you also need to add the special Mobipocket tags ("<idx:entry>", etc) in order to make it into a dictionary rather than merely a Mobipocket book, don't you?

05-16-2009, 01:54 PM	#3
owl123 Addict Posts: 234 Karma: 214 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy NotePro 12.2, InkBook	Ah, you're right. I forgot about one thing. After you turn the .csv to a tabfile you need to use tab2opf.py script. Then you should use the resulting .opf file with mobigen or Mobipocket Creator.

07-24-2009, 08:13 AM	#4
owl123 Addict Posts: 234 Karma: 214 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy NotePro 12.2, InkBook	Cambridge Advanced Learner's Talking Dictionary 2.1 for iPhone also has a SQLite 3 word database which means it's easily convertable to Mobipocket (or StarDict and other formats).

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