Dictionaries
Information
- Authors: Rui Fontes, Ângelo Abrantes e Abel Passos do Nascimento Jr.
- Download stable version
- Compatibility: NVDA version 2019.3 and beyond
Introduction
This add-on provides a quick way to access, so far, 73 dictionaries.
In order not to overload the add-on , only the dictionaries for Portuguese, English and between these two languages are provided.
The remaining can be downloaded through the add-on itself, using the new interface for managing dictionaries.
We are available to add other dictionaries. So if you want to add a dictionary, please contact one of the authors.
Usage
To start using this add-on , press Control+Shift+F6.
A window will open where we find a list of the dictionaries present on our computer, from which we can choose the one we want to use, and open it with Enter.
We also have a button to access the window where we can manage dictionaries, a button to set the default dictionary, and finally a button to close the add-on , which is also achieved with Escape.
In the Manage Dictionaries window, we have two tabs: Manage and Download.
On the first tab, we can set the order in which the dictionaries appear in the list or delete the selected dictionary.
On the Download tab we can choose the dictionaries we want to download to use.
Commands
The commands to invoke the extra is Control+Shift+F6.
You can also use the command Control+Windows+F6 to access the default dictionary search directly.
Note: If you do not define a default dictionary, the first dictionary in the list will be used.
You can change these commands in the Input gestures dialog, in the Dictionaries section.
Changes
Version 2025.08.11
- Compatibility with NVDA 2025.1;
- Two more dictionaries, now totaling 73:
The dictionaries introduced are: Portugues_Wikctionary and English_Wikctionary;
- Some bug fixes.
Version 2024.03.21
- Compatibility with NVDA 2024.1;
- One more dictionary, now totaling 71:
The dictionarie introduced is: Music (in turkish)
- Some bug fixes.
Version 2023.07.19
- Compatibility with NVDA 2023.1;
- Small changes in code to call dialogs;
- New and updated translations.
Version 2022.10
- Two more dictionaries, now totaling 70:
The dictionaries introduced are: Tetun - Portuguese and Ottoman - Turkish;
- Some bug fixes.
Version 22.06
- Dictionaries are now 68
- Introduced a new command (Control+Windows+F6) to use the default dictionary directly;
- Introduced possibility to define a default dictionary
- Added possibility to sort dictionaries. If no default dictionary is defined, the first one in the list will be used.
- New interface for sorting dictionaries.
Version 22.05
- Added 15 more dictionaries
- Code fixes.
Version 21.12
- Added more dictionaries, now totaling 46
- Now using SQLite and .db files for speed;
- In the topic dictionaries the full index is displayed to choose what to search for and to allow you to walk through the list to find interesting topics to learn about!
- Several changes in the code.
Version 21.11
- Added more dictionaries;
- Changed search routine to not be capitalization sensitive;
- Changed the presentation of results, now allowing you to choose to search again, copy the result to clipboard or exit;
- The extra is provided only with the English and Portuguese dictionaries, and between the two languages, and it is possible to download the others using a button placed on the interface;
- The dictionaries are stored at www.tiflotecnia.net.
Version 21.10