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Epub Revision - Dictionaries!!
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04-09-2010, 04:09 AM | #2 |
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I was under the impression that you had already submitted a proposal for ePub dictionaries, a year or so ago? What happened to that?
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04-09-2010, 12:22 PM | #3 |
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ditto.
I also want to be able to highlight any word on the the page and view the dictionary. 1-3 lines at the bottom of the page for the word definition would be nice. I would also like a dictionary standard so I can provide/choose my own preferred dictionary provided it meets the standard. |
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That's what this is about. The rest would fall in the interface field, and I don't think the specification wants to deal too much with interfaces.
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Could you have additions to the standard dictionary that are specific to, and held in, the current book. This could be used for a quick reminder of who each character is in your current book ie clicking on Desdemona might produce:
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04-10-2010, 06:28 PM | #6 |
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A book-level glosssary that integrates with the main dictionary/dictionaries would be wonderful. I'd find it very useful for use with older books, where some words are archaic. At the moment I handle them with footnotes, (links) which isn't ideal.
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04-11-2010, 04:47 AM | #7 |
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Obviously you'd also want to have the ability to have images as well so you could have maps of places or images of people or things. Providing a dictionary should be straightforward but expanding the idea just a little bit might allow you to step ahead in the race without a great deal of effort.
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04-11-2010, 11:25 AM | #9 |
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It fell apart because not enough people were interested in developing it.
BTW, did you notice that a couple months later, Sony announced that their new e-readers would use the dictionary option provided by Adobe Reader Mobile? I think they responded to MR. |
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Good news if that was the case!
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