What is WordLookup?

WordLookup is a MacOS-X and iPhone application for converting words between languages using data that you can download from the internet. More information about setup and obtaining data for use with WordLookup can be obtained by reading the online help that is supplied with WordLookup.

Data Responsibility

WordLookup ultimately uses data that can be freely downloaded over the internet from other organisations or projects. This is a significant advantage for the WordLookup product as you can update the data used with WordLookup over time and you have the ability to utilise community-driven data sources. This fact does however mean that the author cannot take any responsibility for the content of the data that you download either manually or using the WordLookup software. If you have any corrections, would like to augment or comment on the data you are using with WordLookup please contact the author(s) of the data that you are using directly.

Requirements

WordLookup for MacOS requires MacOS-X version 10.4.4 or better. WordLookup for iPhone requires iPhoneOS 2.1 or better.

A Quick Tour (iPhone)

Here is a quick overview of what WordLookup looks like on the iPhone platform.

Searching the arabic-english dictionary for keywords.     The list of books which could be installed with WordLookup.

Installing the german-english book.     Searching the japanese-english dictionary for keywords.

A Quick Tour (Mac)

Here is a quick overview of what WordLookup looks like on the MacOS-X platform.

You can enter a keyword and then search for entries containing the supplied keyword or keywords.     The book installation panel allows you to load book data in.     WordLookup will try to show you entries that are closer to your keywords first, but if there are more entries found, you will be prompted.

You can use the Services feature in MacOS-X and a keyboard shortcut to lookup words in some other applications. Note that this may not work in all circumstances with all applications.     You are able to make entire-entry selections as well as partial-entry selections.     Flags are used to afford the user quick identification of language entries. If there are options as to which flag could be used, WordLookup allows you to choose.

Supported Books

These are a list of the books currently supported by WordLookup - the iPhone version supports a subset of these data sets. Any additional help or data download links are supplied below.

Note that the 'size' column shows the uncompressed size of the data at the time of writing to give some indication of the volume of data available.

WordLookup uses datasets which can be downloaded freely from the internet. The author of WordLookup takes no responsibility for the quality of the content of the data downloaded for use with the application nor the on-going availability of this data. Most data sets come with their own licenses which you should take note of before downloading. If you are having trouble downloading data for use with WordLookup, make sure you have the latest version of the application and check this website for updated information.

Licenses (Mac)

A license for WordLookup can be purchased for 10 euro and this allows use of the WordLookup application on one computer. There are no refunds possible with your license purchase so please ensure you have tested WordLookup for your needs before purchasing.

Licenses (iPhone)

You can purchase the WordLookup application for the iPhone platform from the iTunes Music Store.