Paragon Software’s SlovoEd series can be considered one of the longest-lasting dictionary software series for mobile devices. They cover literally every platform, and offer a large selection of languages. For this review, I decided to torture their English/German dictionary -can the iPhone version stack up?
Starting the program puts you into Search mode immediately:
While this may be useful in some situations, clicking the Done button on the keyboard gets you into the normal words list (which lets you access further program options):
In both modes, tapping a word opens further information on it. The speaker icons play back a sound file which shows the pronunciation (somewhat accurate):
Declination is shown via one of the icons at the top of the listing:
When searching, two extra search modes are available in addition to the straight search offered on the word list:
Unfortunately, switching languages requires you to use the Dictionary picker – this is somewhat annoying:
The product furthermore includes a little flashcard game as gimmick:
In the end, it is very difficult to dislike Paragon’s latest offering: the product searched reasonably fast on my iPod touch, did everything needed and generally was helpful. Small UI eekers (like the extra tap needed for switching from German->English to English->German and vice versa) are slightly annoying, but should not detract you from the product.
P.S: The price of 15$ to 25$ is somewhat steep…
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