The latest update of Kindle for PC brought some welcome improvements, like full screen display, color controls, notes and highlights. What it didn’t bring was a built-in dictionary.
Of course, if you’re on your PC you most likely can use your web browser to look up words. But the blog A Kindle World has another suggestion: install WordWeb, a free dictionary that runs in the background and provides definitions for 150,000 words instantly without requiring a web browser.
Once installed, you can set up a hot-key shortcut to pull it up from within Kindle for PC, and there you go–a fake built-in dictionary for the application!
“A Kindle World blog” [Kindleworld]
By Dehbi May 11, 2010 - 8:16 PM
I went to download this dictionary (right now I use the Kindle software on my laptop but I will be buying a Kindle soon) and before I could install it some pop-up said that I could only use it if I fly no more than 3 times in a 12-month period. I don’t fly very often, but what an odd restriction.
I’ve decided to wait but thanks for the information.
By Chris Walters May 13, 2010 - 8:56 AM
@Dehbi: I agree, it’s a strange licensing term. The company says that their goal is to make the software affordable (i.e. free) for people who can’t afford to buy it, but to also provide an incentive for others to cut back on the amount of air travel they do in order to cut back on air pollution.
If you don’t travel much, it’s a non-issue. However, their licensing agreement states that you can go ahead and install the dictionary and use the software now, and if you go over this air travel limit in the future at some point, then you’ll agree to uninstall it or pay the $30 registration fee then.
Here’s the page on their site that explains their position: http://wordweb.info/free/licence5.html