I'm a translator, HP Palmtop user and HP Palmtop Paper subscriber and I thought that other Palmtop users might be interested in some commercial dictionaries. I strongly recommend them to anyone in the market for a good Palmtop dictionary. Support is also very good.
Here is detailed information on Harper Collins dictionaries for use on the HP 100/200LX.
1. The Collins Dictionary/ Thesaurus
Provides 190,000 definitions, 275,000 synonyms. Full installation requires about 9.9 MB on a flashcard, and provides wildcard searches, definition searches, pronunciation and etymology information and an anagram feature. To save disk space, the pronunciation and etymology files can be bypassed during installation . This program can run from system manager.
2. Collins On-Line Bi- lingual language dictionaries
Provides English to other language translation capability. Provides 40,000 references and 70,000 translations. Installation of the program requires about 1.4 megabytes. Features include look-up facility, annotation facility where words and expressions can be added to the dictionary in an annotation file (the original entries are read only and cannot be altered), cut and paste facility and file conversion utilities. The only limitation to adding entries is the amount of disk space available. This program runs from DOS after you terminate System Manager. Add-on language pairs include French, German, Italian, Spanish.
3. Collins Series 100
Provides language translation on the Palmtop, with 75,000 references, 110,000 translations. Requires about 1.6 MB to install and can run from System Manager. Features include near matching, wildcard searches, cut and paste and hyperlink cross-references. Language pairs include French, German, Italian, Spanish. [Price and contact information at the end of the letters section Editor.]
Tony D. Guzewicz
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