[Lexicog] TshwaneLex Electronic Dictionary Software Released

[David Joffe]

PRESS RELEASE: TshwaneLex Electronic Dictionary Software Released

January 23, 2007: TshwaneDJe HLT announces the release of software 
for publishing your dictionary as a CD-ROM or downloadable product

The TshwaneLex Electronic Dictionary software module is a complete, 
customisable solution for publishing your dictionary electronically 
-- as a CD-ROM, or for sale or download on the Internet, or both. 
The 'base package' provides all the functionality of a modern, user-
friendly Electronic Dictionary, but can be fully customised for the 
desired 'look and feel', branding (e.g. logo), dictionary content 
and language(s) of your product. This provides a highly cost-
effective solution for creating a professional Electronic Dictionary 
product, obviating the need for the kind of expensive custom-
developed solutions that have traditionally been required in the 
past.

The main features include:

- FULLY CUSTOMISABLE 'BRANDING': your own logo, icons, product name 
and so on

- FULL LOCALISATION ABILITY: make the interface available in any 
language(s)

- DYNAMIC METALANGUAGE CUSTOMISATION: present meta-dictionary-
contents in the language(s) of the user

- MULTIMEDIA: add any sound, images or video anywhere

- MICROSOFT WORD INTEGRATION: automatic lookups in the dictionary, 
as one types in text; indispensable for translators who wish to 
translate 'on the fly'

- SEARCHING: extremely fast, and customisable via a built-in 
scripting language

- FOCUS ON SPEED, AND SUPPORT FOR LARGE DICTIONARIES: thanks to 
smart indexes and memory-mapped I/O

- VARIOUS VIEWS: 'Translation Equivalent Fanouts' (automatically 
display entries that are related to the current one), 'Linked View' 
(automatically link related words across the two sides of a 
bilingual dictionary), 'Expanded View' (move between side-by-side 
view and an expansion of either side of a bilingual dictionary)

- AUTOMATIC / DOWNLOADABLE UPDATES: facilities to automatically 
update the dictionary software and/or the dictionary contents over 
the Internet

- SECURITY: your dictionary data is protected by default with 
encryption

- FURTHER CUSTOMISATIONS: adapt the styles and colours throughout, 
and add popup help files where desired

- 'TASKBAR / SYSTEM TRAY ICON' (Windows): for convenient access to 
the Electronic Dictionary

More details about the TshwaneLex Electronic Dictionary system can 
be found on our website:

http://tshwanedje.com/electronic/

TshwaneDJe HLT also offers custom development, data conversion and 
importing, support, training and consulting services for every 
aspect of the dictionary compilation process, both technical and 
lexicographic.


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TshwaneDJe Human Language Technology




 
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