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S60Dict for 3rd Edition

Feb 26th, 2007 by yohanes

Update: Certificate has been updated (in the previous version you will get Certificate Expired message).

I have used the Dictionary program for a while, but I think the application is not enough for me. Some limitations that I dont like are: only one dictionary, there is no listing of adjacent words if I mistyped the word that I looked for, from the definition page, I have to press two keys to go back to the main page.

I like S60Dict, an offline dictionary engine for DICT databases. It has all the features that I want, both bilingual (available from http://freedict.org) and definition dictionaries (including English definition) can be downloaded freely.

Unfortunately S60Dict is only available for 1st and 2nd edition devices. But this application is open source, so I decided to port this application to 3rd edition. It only took me a couple of hours to do it, and I think the result is OK (it can adjust orientation and screen size changes, it uses SVG for the icon, etc). I have only tested this application on Nokia E61 and on emulator, please tell me if you found a problem on other mobile phone models.

Source code for the ported S60Dict can be downloaded here and here is the Symbian installer (SIS file) file: s60dict_s60_3rd.SIS

Posted in dictionary, open source | 9 Comments

9 Responses to “S60Dict for 3rd Edition”

on 03 Mar 2007 at 6:04 am1Mike

Hello! Great program, but how do i find the “path”? I have transfered dictonery to Memoerycard slot: dictioneries/swe-eng.dict.dz and dictioneries/swe-eng.index. How do i know the path to the memory card?

Humble regards Mike.
on 03 Mar 2007 at 7:50 am2admin

Files on the phone memory has the path C:\data\FOLDERNAME (unless you use special programs, directories/folders C:\ is not visible). The path for the files on the memory card starts with E:\, so the path for your files is E:\dictioneries.

To make it simple, you can just put the program on memory card (install to memory card), and the dictionaries at a folder named “Dict” on your memory card, so you wont have to change the path at all.
on 08 Mar 2007 at 9:38 am3Mike

Thanks a lot!! It working perfectly, but it seems that dictionery at freedict.org is only “one-way” translating
on 08 Mar 2007 at 10:40 pm4admin

Hi Mike,

Yes, the dictionaries are one-way translating. That is the limitation of the DICT format. For translating a language both-ways you need to install two dictionaries (one for each direction).
on 21 Mar 2007 at 12:32 pm5Shiva

Can this be installed on S60 2nd Edition
on 15 Apr 2007 at 11:25 pm6ignatius

hello,

hi I just wanna ask you how to make ’.dz’ and ’.index’ file because I want to make indonesian-english and english-indonesian database for this dictionary. thanks

regards,

ignatius
on 27 Jul 2007 at 6:12 pm7Sergio

Hi,

I wonder, is it possible to make the font customizable?
Presently I see just the standard font, which is

1. Uncomfortably small, and
2. Is pretty poor (WGL4?).

I’ve installed a richer font (palatino linotype) in my E61, which has
the full IPA character set for the phonetic transcription, the
“extended Greek” subrange etc; I can see it in MobiPocket — but I
cannot read the transcriptions in my dict data.

Probably that could be done with the rss file; yet I guess that
require some sort of SDK to define and compile the definition of the
font resource?

–
Sergio
on 03 Aug 2007 at 8:33 am8Promod Mahapatra

Yohanes,
Hello ! i am not able to install your S60Dict in my Nokia E61 as it says certificate not accepted contact programmer
kindly help.

promod Mahapatra
on 03 Aug 2007 at 8:46 am9yohanes

Hello,

You should enable signed software instalation:

See the first step at this URL:

http://compactbyte.com/symbianbible/installv3.html