I want to get the best possible dictionary for KOReader. Does anyone have the Oxford English Dictionary in a way that is usable by KOReader? Or does anyone know of a similar dictionary?

What about dictionaries in other languages? Any way to convert Kobo dictionaries to KOReader dictionaries?

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[–] amos@slrpnk.net 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I found these links in a mobileread thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=358795

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (26 MB) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b2Z8qs8BU5k9U6le8VnvsyA4wdSfZ9TG/view?usp=sharing

Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Ed (203 MB) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YQ6eqWD5mCkQ3wYsSUhyayA_rpKF-dHB/view?usp=sharing

Edit: Here's a link to the color version of the SOED if anyone is interested in that one https://archive.org/details/soedrich-star-dict-2022-11-11

I haven't tested them yet. Maybe it would be nice if some other people saved them, to safeguard them.

EDIT: I tested them on KOReader. They work. Yay.

I am still looking for a good dictionary PT-PT. If anyone knows of anything, let me know, please.

[–] grill@thelemmy.club 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Best English dictionary in my opinion is Oxford Dictionary of English. This is default dictionary for Kobo ereader. I don't know a lot about KOReader, but it seems it uses Stardict dictionary. I uploaded my own stardict convertion of ODoE on my brench("Stardict_-_Oxford_Dictionary_of_English.zip" you need to unzip it). I hope it works (it should): https://gitlab.com/grilj.anze/e-reader-dictionaries-kobo-txt/-/tree/d83d17d2d006a13f0b406a6065cb04ae729d6153/

[–] amos@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Thank you!

Can you also do this with other languages? The PT-PT (Portuguese, from Portugal) dictionary on Kobo is quite ok. I would love to have it available on KOReader.

[–] grill@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I'll take a look when I have the time.

[–] amos@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

Thank you, that would be great!