Paragon Software Group Releases 'Talking' Dictionaries for Mac OS

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Paragon Software Group releases 30 dictionaries (three explanatory – English, French, Spanish, and twenty-seven bilingual – English<>Catalan/French/German/ Italian/Latin/Portuguese/Russian/Spanish/Turkish). The original dictionaries from the world's leading publishers were adapted to the electronic versions for Mac OS users’ convenience to provide extensive translation or word definition by simply pointing the cursor over the word in question.

Unknown words and phrases from any document, e-mail and web-page are defined in a matter of seconds. The user can also listen to pronunciations, find etymologies describing word origins, and view grammar info. The detailed word definitions are accompanied by usage and sound samples, transcription, grammar information, and color markup.

Features:

• Word definition look-up without leaving the active application and switching to the dictionary. Read e-mails, documents, and Web pages from your PC and get word translations by simply pointing the cursor over the unknown word.
• Word search in any grammatical form (plural nouns, adjectives, different verb forms) using built-in morphology module (available for English, Russian, French and Spanish).
• Sound modules pre-recorded by native speakers.
• Grammar reference for every word in the dictionary.
• “Search history” and “bookmarks.”
• Check yourself with the words you have added to “Flash Cards.”
• “Fuzzy search” and wildcards ("*", "?", etc.) help find words even if you do not remember the exact spelling.
• Enter words in your native language faster by using on-screen virtual keyboard (available in many languages).
• Lists of irregular verbs (available in English and German dictionaries).
• New translations and meanings adding to create personal dictionaries.

SlovoEd Mac OS dictionaries come in three editions:

SlovoEd Deluxe offers the most comprehensive content with usage and sound samples, synonyms and antonyms, references and transcriptions. It easily meets needs of professional linguists, translators and advanced language learners.

SlovoEd Classic’s dictionary articles contain the most frequently used references and are sufficient to assist in business, travel and study.

SlovoEd Compact contains the most common and basic translations with clear, concise definitions. It occupies minimal memory space on your device and can be useful for language introduction during a journey abroad or the user’s reading translation needs.

The products are available for $89.95 USD (Deluxe), $49.95 (Classic), and $34.95 (Compact) from www.penreader.com.