LearnWords Editor - creation and editing dictionaries (Windows, PalmOS, PocketPC)

LearnWords Editor 1.6
Powerful freeware editor for creation and editing dictionaries

LearnWords Editor - the free editor of the dictionaries to LearnWords. Easy creation and editing of records of dictionary and more another.

Basic features

- Import from a text file with tab delimiters (support ANSI and Unicode, see File\Import);
- Export to a text file with tab delimiters in Unicode format (File\Export), that allows to print and to edit records in "Excel";
- Change the font options (Options\Fonts);
- Change the languages of fields of dictionary (Tools\Language);
- Insert, delete records in an any position of the list (Edit\Insert Record, Edit\Delete Record);
- Moving record upwards / downwards (Edit\Move Up / Edit\Move Down);
- Sorting in alphabetical order (Tools\Sort by alphabet);
- Sorting in random order (Tools\Random order);
- Sorting by frequency in the British English (Tools\Sort by frequency);
- Support the clipboard (Edit\Cut,Copy,Paste);
- Exchange of contents of fields "Word", "Phonetics" and "Translation" (Tools\Swap columns);
- Clear an any column (Tools\Clear columns);
- Information on current number of record and their total;
- Support 22 languages!!

Unique features

- Creation of a sound pack. This is file with samples of a pronunciation of words of the dictionary (File\Save sound pack);
- Sorting by frequency in British English (Tools\Sort by frequency) - learn most known words at first order;
- Creation and editing of dictionaries equally easily working for all versions LearnWords (Windows, Palm OS, Pocket PC);
- Creation of dictionaries with fonts inside (allows to not depend on localization of Palm OS devices);
- Creation the anyone type of dictionary.
- Support of the virtual keyboard and national layout (allows to not depend from Windows language support);
- Addition of records from other dictionaries in existing, i.e. many small dictionaries in one large (File\Add to dictionary);
- Save of a range of records, for drawing up smaller by the size of dictionaries (File\Save).

Creation of a sound pack

The sound pack is file with samples of a pronunciation of words of the dictionary, is used in LearnWords PocketPC or LearnWords Windows. Previously, specify in "Options \ Sound" the folder containing sound wav- files of a kind (see checkbox and field "Directory with sound files").
In "Options \ Sound" specify what voice will be used for synthesis of a pronunciation of words.
Synthesis of speech will provide a pronunciation of all words of the dictionary and studying of a pronunciation of words of any language.
For creation of the sound pack use "File\Save sound pack" or button of the toolbar with the image of a speaker.
Will be received the file of a kind .snd, which should be used together with the dictionary .pdb (be in the same folder).
Use the function of saving of a range of records (see "File\Save" - "Recordset\Portion"), for drawing up smaller by size of dictionaries and sound pack to it, with the purpose of economy of memory.

History of versions

In version 1.6 (24.10.2005):
Support synthesis of speech (both Speech API 5.1 and Speech API 4.0)
Synthesis of speech is used at creation of sound pack of a pronunciation of words to the dictionary. This provide a pronunciation of all words of the dictionary and studying of a pronunciation of words of any language for which there is a voice engine of synthesis of speech!
Now can create a sound pack for any dictionary, to copy it on a Pocket PC device and to learn all words with a pronunciation!
In version 1.5 (25.11.2004):
- Creation and editing of categories (Tools\Category);
- Sorting by categories (Sort\Sort by categories).
In version 1.4 (20.08.2004):
- now you can learn most known words in first order, having executed sorting by frequency in British English (Tools\Sort by frequency).
In version 1.3.4 (15.07.2004):
- export to a text file with tab delimiters in Unicode format (File\Export), that allows to print and to edit records in "Excel".
In version 1.3.2 (01.07.2004):
- import from a text file with tab delimiters in Unicode format (File\Import);
In version 1.3 (06.06.2004):
- creation of a sound pack (file with samples of a pronunciation of words);
- saving of a range of records (for drawing up smaller by size of dictionaries).
In version 1.2 (19.01.2004):
- item 'Recent files' - a list from four files, open by last;
- the support an Arabic.
In version 1.1 (17.11.2003):
- item 'File\Add to dictionary' allows to add records from other dictionaries in existing;
- the support 14 languages is added.