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Old 08-08-2011, 12:45 PM   #1
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kobo touch - dictionary for loaded books...when?
It says the kobo touch will have a firmware fixing the side loaded books been treated second class issue.

When will such firmware be available????

I want dictionary for all my (epub at least) books . . .

(please, please don't try to pursuade me on how useless the dictionary is...
and please don't laught at me how bad my English is, can you read Russian? you can? then, can you read Japanese? or Chinese?)
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Old 08-08-2011, 12:54 PM   #2
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I need to buy an ebook reader before Sep 5th.
will have to go with Kindle if kobo can't give me the dictionary.
but Kindle doesn't support epub! sigh!
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Old 08-08-2011, 12:55 PM   #3
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Sorry, just saw your 2nd post that you haven't bought yet. This has been added so you can now use the dictionary on sideloaded e-pubs.
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Old 08-08-2011, 12:59 PM   #4
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Thanks for the reply!
which version of the firmware have this?
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Old 08-08-2011, 01:15 PM   #5
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Dictionary works for slide loaded English epub books with current 1.9.9 July 28 software version and has 2 or more versions ago. Are you using Kobo Touch to read Russian epub books? How well does Kobo Touch work for that? It would sure be nice if you could load and use your own dictionary. That feature has been requested before and will be more in demand as Kobo is sold soon in Germany and other countries.

Your English is excellent same as every Russian I have met in USA. My writing be goofy without spelling corrector highlighting all my mistakes.
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Old 08-08-2011, 01:25 PM   #6
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To read books in other language than Enlish, we have to embed the fonts in the books. . .
and I dare not to ask for a dictionary for other language, only English to English...
BTW, I'm not Russian, was just using Russian as an example. lol

Why kobo has so much trouble with ditionary while Kindle can have user install their dictionay ?!
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Old 08-08-2011, 02:19 PM   #7
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1.9.6 is first version having dictionary that works with side loaded books. I have found not every English word that might be in a book is in Kobo's dictionary with my limited reading.
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Old 08-08-2011, 02:28 PM   #8
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lol...don't tell me whatever you don't understand, the dictionary doesn't either!
with your input previousely, I've started searching for the store . . . don't stop me ...please...

(my English is bad, but not that bad ... no need to check on the dictionary for words like "good" yet)
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Old 08-08-2011, 03:10 PM   #9
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To read books in other language than Enlish, we have to embed the fonts in the books. . .
and I dare not to ask for a dictionary for other language, only English to English...
BTW, I'm not Russian, was just using Russian as an example. lol

Why kobo has so much trouble with ditionary while Kindle can have user install their dictionay ?!
Possibly because Kobo (like many others) use Adobe's Reader Mobile platform as the basis for their technology, whereas Amazon use their own?
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Old 08-08-2011, 03:28 PM   #10
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Why kobo has so much trouble with ditionary while Kindle can have user install their dictionay ?!
Perhaps because mobipocket development was oriented to books, so it supports dictionaries at any platform (Palm, Bookeen, Amazon) and ePub development is oriented to software enhancements, and dictionary is not a priority (somebody answered at the forum: please, if we make something special for dictionaries we'll have to make something special for other things like vademecum, and he shows how much he cared bout books and how much he knew about software).
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To read books in other language than Enlish, we have to embed the fonts in the books. . .
You'll also be excited to know that you can add custom fonts to the Kobo Touch very easily now too. Not sure if this will completely solve needing to embed fonts, but you should check it out and it may save you a bunch of work.
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