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Free download, Version 1.2 Requires OS X 10.4 or later |
What Is It?
iDictionary is a Mac OS X application that allows you to create a custom dictionary and/or thesaurus for your iPod, and easily put it on your iPod. iDictionary leverages the built in dictionary available with OS X 10.4 along with some very smart filtering and optimization techniques to create a dictionary or thesaurus that will fit on an iPod. Although the dictionary/thesaurus is optimized to fit on your iPod it is still a fully featured dictionary containing most of the words (maybe more) a normal dictionary would have. Download iDictionary and try the demo to see for yourself!
Hard work has gone into optimizing the dictionary creation process to use the least amount of space possible since the "Notes" feature of the iPod can only hold 1000 note files, holding a maximum of 4mb of data. iDictionary has an array of options available that allows you to customize your dictionary to exclude words that match certain criteria to save space, since the iPod can only hold a finite amount of data.
New in verson 1.2 is the ability to choose the file format of your dictionary/thesaurus. You can choose from the iPod Contacts, or iPod Notes format. The Contacts file format has no limit on the amount of files it can display so you can view the whole dictionary and thesaurus without worrying about file limits.
To view a dictionary/thesaurus on your iPod you'll need 3rd generation or newer iPod (sold since April, 2003.).
Below are screenshots of iDictionary in action. There is also a Flash slideshow showing a dictionary created by iDictionary in action on my iPod.
Key Features
- Put a dictionary and thesaurus on your iPod
- Customize your dictionary and thesaurus to limit the number of files the resulting dictionary will have
- Choose between different files formats (iPod contacts, or notes format) for your dictionary/thesaurus
- Manage your created dictionaries or thesauruses
You can find a more in depth explanation of iDictionary's features in the on-line help for iDictionary. If you have any ideas or features you want see in the next version of iDictionary let me know and I'll try to include them in the next release.
Purchase
iDictionary will work in "demo mode" limiting the dictionary/thesaurus to letters A-D until your purchase a license for iDictionary. If you find iDictionary useful you can purchase a license for the full version of iDictionary which has no restrictions.
A single license of iDictionary will allow you to use iDictionary on all iPods you own, but not other peoples iPods. You'll never have to pay an update fee for a future version of iDictionary, all updates are free.
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