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LingvoSoft Talking Dictionary English <-> Czech for Palm OS provides bidirectional word translation and speech synthesis. <p> Make your Palm speak English with LingvoSoft Talking Bidirectional Dictionary! Just select any English word and with one click make the speech synthesizer pronounce it for you. The synthesizer (Text-to-Speech engine) is based on a new approach to speech synthesis, i.e. formant synthesis, which creates a human voice simulation by modeling the sounds of natural language. <p> This new dictionary is an extensive language resource. It features a searchable database of 400,000 words and phrases. Each entry is completed with part of speech information and several translation options for all polysemantic words. <p> The new software is a combination of ease-of-use and flexibility. <p> The Talking Dictionary for Palm OS has the following features: <br> Special features: - Advanced English speech synthesis. The function is built on the TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology. <br> - MorphoFinder function helps you find source words (headwords) for English past participles, gerunds, plural forms, and adjective forms <br> - Spell-checker Vector Ultima. It allows you to enter a word as you hear it and choose a spelling option from the list of suggestions. <br> - High Resolution support <br> General features: <br> - Overview of all dictionary entries in the Main List. <br> - Overview of all possible translations of the selected word in the Translations' List. <br> - Quick back translation for proof of correct understanding. <br> - Quick search function: just start typing a word in the Input Line and words starting with these letter combinations will be displayed. <br> - Switch between languages quickly. By pressing the pop-up trigger in the upper right corner you can change the translation direction.