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The main advantage of JWPce is that it is extremely easy to install (it self installs the first time you run the executable) and doesn't require any additional libraries or fonts or text input support. It's probably more accurate to refer to it as "a text editor for entering Japanese text, with a built in user-extensible set of dictionaries." The author calls JWPce a "Japanese word processor" but I think that's a bit misleading, since its word processing features are extremely limited (it doesn't support character formatting capabilities and only has the most rudimentary paragraph formatting capabilities). It doesn't require Japanese language support to be enabled in your computer/PDA, since it comes with it's own fonts and automatically translates romaji entered into hiragana/katakana/Kanji.
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This works on PC (Windows XP) and PDA (Windows Mobile). There are lots of other good dictionary programs out there (including a few that support the PDIC format originally used on PalmOS handhelds), however, I have never tried them since I am perfectly happy with the ones I have tried. I have basically used the following programs: JWPce, EBWin/WBPocket, zdict, zten and sljisho. If you *are* interested in these electronic dictionaries, check out this link and this link.įirstly, let's cover off the software, then the devices supporting the software.
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The following paragraphs summarizes various PC or PDA based electronic dictionaries I have tried, on various devices (sorted by increasing sophistication, usability but also complexity and cost.) I have *not* tried the dedicated 電子辞書 (those small handheld electronic dictionaries from Sharp, Seiko, Casio, Canon etc.) mainly because these are difficult to purchase in Australia and besides, why spend hundreds of dollars buying a dedicated unit that doesn't do anything else when I can leverage my existing gadget collection (PCs, PDAs, mobile phones)?
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Cross indexing and searching - looking up the entry for one word allows related words to be looked up as well.Speed - paper based dictionaries can take minutes to search for entries, on an electronic dictionary, the search is complete within seconds of completing the handwriting.Ability to search by kana (or even romaji!).I have encountered more than a few phrases that was made clear only on one dictionary but not the others. Electronic dictionaries allow multiple dictionaries to be searched, and allow you to browse all matching results returned. Ability to look up multiple dictionaries simultaneously - no single dictionary is perfect.As a bonus, it allows you to practice your handwriting and also helps you remember the character (through motor memory). Handwriting input - by far, this is the easiest way to search for a character or a word - just write it, and the computer will recognise and automatically look it up.Some advantages of electronic dictionaries: As per my previous post, I far prefer using an electronic dictionary for studying Japanese over paper based dictionaries.