DictzCE

Well, it is a free program that can load dictzip dictionaries. The picture on the left is the PDA that I'm using right now (Toshiba e550G, PocketPC 2002).

If you have devices that need different versions of DictzCE, feel free to send me a request at hoang027@umn.edu

Here is a brief explanation for using it:

DictzCE is a dictionary interface, that means it contains no word or definition. Instead, it will open any dictionary in Dictzip format, which are available for free on the internet.

For your reference: Dictzip is the format where a flat dictionary file is divided into small chunks and compressed into zip format, then create an index file to map the address of a word in the compressed file. Thus, a dictzip dictionary includes 2 files: the compressed data file  (*.dz) and the index file (*.index).

I have developed and tested it firstly on my Casio BE-300 (WinCE 3.0 MIPS) and then Toshiba e550G (PPC2002, ARM/XScale). The program itself require only 2 files:

- dictzCE.exe: the program itself
- zlibce.dll: the library file for decompressing zip format

In order to use it, beside having two above files, you need to have at least a dictionary (which include 2 files for each dictionary as I mentioned above). The program itself is kind of self-explained, read the manual for detailed instruction.

Note: if you download dictionaries from www.freedict.de, you need to change the extension of the data file from *.dict.dz to *.dz. Also, PocketPC2002 only allow you to scan documents under My Document folder, so remember to put them there.

The current version 1.22 Beta has been re-coded and improved a lot. I've been using it for a year without any problem, maybe I will just take out the word Beta and re-compile it again!