Collins Bilingual Talking Dictionary
CD-ROM French-English / English-French

Translation + pronunciation ! Now you can have the highest quality bilingual dictionary always to hand. The dictionary comes with a set of tools for speedy and accurate translation of any text on your computer. The Talking Dictionaries include electronic versions of Collins bilingual dictionaries and digital sound bases for all headwords.

CD-ROM in DVD case : 28 € VAT System Requirements : Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP 50 Mb free space Sound card Speakers or headphones, microphone CD-ROM Drive

The dictionaries can be used for the translation of individual words or of texts of any size. The program enables you to copy data via the Clipboard as well as by a drag-and-drop operation. If the text contains only one word it will be placed in the quick search field. If the text contains more than one word all the words will be placed in a special text window (the TextPad) which opens automatically. To move within the text, you can use the scroll bar and choose the required word by clicking on it or by pressing a key. The selected word is placed in the quick search field which enables you to edit the word and search for its different forms.You can search for the word in either section of the dictionary, which is especially useful when you have texts containing different languages. Additional facilities are provided by the MemoPad, in which you can enter any word from the dictionaries and use it as a bookmark to quickly switch to a required word. Also any chosen set of words can be transferred to the Shooting Gallery directly from the dictionary in order to practise the spelling or it can be saved as a separate file for further use in the dictionary or Shooting Gallery. Vocabulary Exercises The Shooting Gallery and Crosswords are a unique system of exercises to help you learn new words using the Talking Dictionaries as a database. You must guess the words from the dictionary you have selected using the translations as clues. Words are chosen from the dictionary at random, and the sets of words in the Shooting Gallery and crosswords are never repeated. You can gradually build up your vocabulary using sets of 500 / 1,000 / 1,500 / 2,000 / 2,500 / 3,000 most common words. In addition you can use the MemoPads you have set up in the dictionaries and learn only those words which are most important for you. By doing these exercises you can use the AudioPad to practise your pronunciation of new foreign words.