[Lexicog] Publishing a dictionary on CD-ROM

[David Joffe]

Dear Michal,

We have a customisable Electronic Dictionary product designed for 
such purposes that I think may be well suited to the task in your 
case. There is a basic overview here:

http://tshwanedje.com/electronic/

I suggest we perhaps discuss this in further detail off-list.

Kind regards,

 - David Joffe


On 4 Jan 2007 at 19:30, Micilín Ó Mechúra wrote:

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From:           	Micilín Ó Mìchúra <MichalMechura at seznam.cz>
Date sent:      	Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:30:03 +0100 (CET)
Subject:        	[Lexicog]  Publishing a dictionary on CD-ROM
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> Hi all,
> 
> I wonder if anybody on this list could make recommendations or share
> their own experience of producing CD-ROM dictionaries? My organization
> maintains a large bilingual dictionary on-line (www.focal.ie) and we
> are looking at the possibility of publishing an off-line version for
> users who do not have (permanent) access to the Internet. 
> 
> Basically, we'd like to find a software program we could redistribute
> along with our dictionary on a CD. It should install with minimum
> fuss, work on all common platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux), have a
> localizable user interface, have smart search facilities, be able to
> digest a *lot* of data (our current database contains over 130,000
> entries) and have a data structure flexible enough to be able to
> accommodate our data. Our current on-line solution is a custom-made
> database implemented in Microsoft SQL Server.
> 
> So... anybody know of something they could recommend? This is a
> completely new territory for us, and instead of having to develop our
> own software, we are prepared to pay if the package is right.
> 
> Any suggestions will be very welcome!
> 
> Michal
> --
> Michal Boleslav Mechura, Fiontar, DCU
> michal.boleslav.mechura at dcu.ie
> 
> Bainisteoir Teicniúil, Fiontar Téarmaí Unedig
> Cad atá idir lámha agam? Féach air seo: http://www.focal.ie/

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