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Questions tagged [dictionary]

For questions regarding the dictionary of auto-complete suggestions.

When using a "soft keyboard", most devices offer up suggestions of words that they think you're going to use. This predictive technology is supposed to help reduce keystrokes and increase accuracy on a small screen.

This tag is for questions about

  • The dictionary that comes pre-installed with the device/OS/keyboard
  • The custom words that the user adds to their auto-complete dictionary

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Strange .txt file that has the names of different presidents inside the android system folder

Browsing the systems files of my LG P350 I discovered a strange file inside what seems to be the XT9 files: there's a txt file called heads_of_state.txt, which contents are the following: Hamid Karzai Bamir Topi …
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How do you remove a custom word from SlideIT?

How do you remove a custom word from SlideIT? (hint: the User dictionary list in Language & keyboard settings, is, quite obviously, not the answer)
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Shorcut Field missing in Android Keyboard 4.3 Personal Dictionary Entries

While trying to add entries in the Personal Dictionary, you first enter the phrase and then on clicking done, it asks you to enter the shortcut. My new Xolo Q1000 Opus 2 phone has Android 4.3 and also an Android 4.3 keyboard. However when I enter…
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Show a dictionary when long-pressing a word

I have a Kindle app. My favorite thing about it is that I can long-press any word and a dictionary pops up for me. I am wondering if there's an app that does that for my phone. So if I'm reading a research paper or something, I can use the same…
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Remove a word from Stock dictionary

When I write the word "OK" in Swedish it says "Ook" which doesn't mean anything in swedish. I haven't added this ook myself so I can't find it in "Personal dictionary". I wonder if it is possible to simply remove this strange word that comes with…
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Batch remove entries from Multiling dictionary

In the Android dictionary, there are hundreds of abbreviations and all-caps combinations that are hardly ever used. However, when typing, these words keep popping up instead of the intended words. The system in question is a non-rooted Android 7,…
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Where did the google dictionary listen button go (on my Samsung Galaxy Phone)?

I use a Samsung Galaxy E7 mobile phone with the latest Google Chrome web browser installed. My android operating system version also up to date. Since yesterday, I experienced that the 'listen' button (marked on the snap-shot) has gone from Google…
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What are the required .aar files for aarddict?

I checked their wikipedia english dump which is about 14GB and opening it with utorrent I saw there are 4 or 5 seperate files. Do I have to download them all to aarddict to be functional or can I download just the 2GB file alone? (or one from the…
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How to enable voice button on android version of GoldenDict?

Android version of Goldendict has a 'say' button that should play the pronunciation of the current word. However it's disable for me. How should I enable it? I guess I should copy sound files to a specific folder. What is its path?
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