Comparison of DEX software
This article provides a comparison of DEX software of different types that offer access to the Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian Language DEX (Dicţionarul explicativ al limbii române).
Online sync, periodically connect to the DEX online server and update the definitions
Blind support, user friendly interface for the visually impaired
Wild cards, can search by regular expressions and/or wildcards like "echi*" for echilibru, echinocţiu, etc.
Suggestions, offers related results when the search word is not matched exactly
W/O diacritics, can search words using diacritics or no diacritics
Full text search, can search not only by indexed words but also by contents of definitions
Inflection search, can search by inflection, e.g. "meargă" instead of "merge"
Word context, clicking on a word in the results pane will automatically start the search on that word
History, remembers last searches
Name |
Online sync |
Blind support |
Wild cards |
Suggestions |
W/O diacritics |
Full text search |
Inflection search |
Word context |
History |
Microsoft Windows |
Linux |
Android |
iOS (iPad, iPhone) |
Windows CE |
Mac OS |
Software needs |
Storage needs MB |
Author |
License |
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Perl, wxWidgets, only on Windows |
490 |
Octavian Râşniţă |
GPL |
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Java Virtual Machine |
250 |
Federico Mestrone |
Freeware |
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QT, g++, only on Linux |
88 |
Octavian Procopiuc |
GPL |
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75 |
Ion Silvestru |
Freeware |
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DEX for Android |
1 or 490 |
Freeware |
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55 |
Mobile Touch |
Freeware |
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70 |
Federico Mestrone |
Freeware |
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21 |
Alexandru Mirea |
Freeware |
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References
ro:Comparație a aplicațiilor software pentru DEX