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For usage, you can grab any stardict dictionary and place them in MyDocs/mstardict/
For usage, you can grab any stardict dictionary and place them in MyDocs/mstardict/


Then launch the program, and type a query.
Then launch the program, make sure to enable the dictionary you just copied and type a query.


There's also espeak (and a different one thats just >20000 .wav files??) TTS for reading out the entrynames.
There's also espeak (and a different one thats just >20000 .wav files??) TTS for reading out the entrynames.

Revision as of 06:45, 29 September 2022

Extras/MStarDict
MStarDict SelectDictionary.png
Status Working
Devices Nokia_N900,Motorola_Droid_4
Import date 2022-09-16
Website https://github.com/norayr/mstardict
Leste repo https://github.com/maemo-leste-extras/mstardict
Category Category:Utilities
Packager User:Norayr

What is this.

MStarDict is a simple dictionary based on code of StarDict written in C++ using Gtk2. It allows you to use stardict compatible dictionaries and reference books, of which many can be found.

The original announce thread from 2010 is on https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=44979

How do i use it

For usage, you can grab any stardict dictionary and place them in MyDocs/mstardict/

Then launch the program, make sure to enable the dictionary you just copied and type a query.

There's also espeak (and a different one thats just >20000 .wav files??) TTS for reading out the entrynames.

Some pictures

Other links

Also

Devuan has 'qstardict', 'goldendict' and 'sdcv' in its repos which all support the same dictionary files as input. Also there is 'distconv' to convert em back and forth.