Ultimate Talking Dictionary 3.0
New Interlinking technology helps you find words you don't know

What is the Ultimate Talking Dictionary? 

How does this compare to a standard dictionary? Well, a standard desktop dictionary contains about 110,000 words with definitions and is about 800 pages.  Can your desktop dictionary read the definition to you?  Can you make your dictionary display large print?  Does your dictionary provide you with a list of synonyms for the word you are looking for?  Does your dictionary tell you if the word you are looking for is misspelled and provide you with the correct spelling?  If the answer is “NO” to any of these questions, you will immediately realize the power of the Ultimate Talking Dictionary. 

Purchase Now

More than a Dictionary – INTERLINK technology

The UTD is more than just a dictionary.  With the UTD, you do not need to know the exact spelling of a word.  You just need to know some of the letters in the word.  If you try to look up a word that you have misspelled, the “Did You Mean?”  List will appear, giving you a list of words that you may have meant to spell.  Use your arrow keys to move through the list to hear each possible word to see if that is the one you want.  If you find the word you want, simply press the ENTER key to look it up.  This is a powerful feature but we did not stop there.

Now you can look up a word EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT SURE OF THE WORD YOUR ARE LOOKING FOR. That’s right, you can find a word without knowing the word itself.  Look up a word by only knowing what it is!  For example, I want to look up a type of “cloud”, but I can’t think of the name of that type of cloud.  I know what the cloud looks like, the shape, the color, etc, but I still only know that it is a cloud.  Just enter the word “cloud” and it will give you not only the definition of a cloud, but it will also list all the different “types of” clouds.  In another example, you can start by looking up “sky”; you can view all the parts of the sky such as “rainbow” and “clouds”.  You can then select “clouds” and then view the types of clouds.  Using this approach, you can find a definition of an acorn just by looking up the word “tree”.

Just use your arrow keys to navigate through the list of types and listen to pronunciation of the word describing the cloud that you want.  Once you hear the word you’re looking for, press the ENTER key to look up the definition of that cloud to verify that this is indeed the type of cloud you were thinking about.

To enable us to achieve these powerful searching algorithms, all of the words in the UTD are “interlinked” in a myriad of ways to allow cross-referencing on a variety of relational levels, so that it is easy to find a word just by knowing a concept or related idea.  Getting a definition of the word is great, but being able to easy find a word that you don’t know is even better.  Have you ever had a word at the tip of your tongue, but could not get it out?  How many times have you said, “Well, it’s one of those “things” when you couldn’t come up with the proper word?”  This is a fairly common occurrence for many individuals.  They know the concept or object, but the exact word escapes them.  They know what it is and will know it when they see it or hear it, but they just need help locating it.  A traditional dictionary would NEVER help you with this.  But with the UTD, you can find something just knowing a concept or idea and using the UTD with its INTERLINK technology to navigate through word relationships until you find the exact word you are looking for.      

Other Major Features

250,000 words: The UTD comes with a standard, unabridged dictionary that contains over 250,000 words.  When a word definition is provided, it is always accompanied by a sentence using the word in context for each sense / meaning of the word.  It even shows you the form of the word (i.e. noun, verb, adjective, etc.). The definitions are clearly written so that they can be understood by all age groups.

There's also an "abridged version" of UTD that has fewer definitions than the unabridged version by eliminating slang, jargon and vocabulary that may be too complex or unsuitable for younger users.  Both versions are available to schools.

Spelling:  Have you ever tried to look up a word, but can’t find it because you have misspelled it? The UTD takes care of that for you.  If you misspell a word, the UTD will “predict” the word you are trying to spell and present you with a list of potential matches to the word you are looking for.  Once you “select” the one you want from the list of possible matches, the UTD will read the word you have selected to you, so you can be sure that that indeed is the word you want and the UTD will then retrieve and display the definition to you.

Reading: The UTD will read the definitions to you so that you can hear the meaning of a word, as well as, how to use it in a sentence.  It can also highlight the word on the screen as it reads.  Both the “synonym” list and the “word prediction” list speak, so all you need to do is click on a word and it will be read to you.

Power search:  If you do not know how to spell a word, but know part of the word, you can do a “power search”.  A “power search” will provide a list of all the words that contain that sequence of letters.   Listen to the list and when you hear the one you want, simply click on it to select and hear it read to you.

Thesaurus:  Until now, dictionaries and thesauruses have almost always been separate books / documents.  Not with the UTD.  The UTD has a built-in thesaurus and will automatically look up alternative words “synonyms” and "antonyms" every time you search a word.  If you want to hear a definition of a synonym, just double click it.

Hot Key Word Lookup:  Definitions are only a key press away.  The UTD will work with virtually any program.  To look up a word, all you have to do is highlight it in your current application (i.e. email, word processing, Internet), press the F11 key and almost instantly you have the definition of the word being read to you. You can setup the UTD so that it automatically reads a definition to you.  You now have access to a dictionary that does not require you to stop what you are doing just to go elsewhere to lookup the meaning / synonyms / antonyms of a word.  This works great while surfing the Internet. Just highlight the word and press the F11 key. It is that simple.

Zoom:  In order squeeze the maximum number of words into a dictionary, many publishers often print dictionaries using smaller fonts than a person would typically find in a newspaper, magazine or book. The UTD can be made into a large print dictionary without any reduction of its total contents. The “zoom” feature allows you to enlarge the print up to 400% of its original size to meet your online viewing needs…all this while NOT reducing the number of words in the UTD.

Word History:  The UTD keeps a current “word session history”. Have you ever used a dictionary and you see a definition and it tells you to look up another word, or it gives you a definition that requires you to look up more words to understand that definition?  The UTD keeps a history of all the words you look up in a particular online session so that you can easily go back to the previous word just by clicking on the “Back” button. It is just like using a web browser.

Accessibility: The UTD is designed to work with screen readers and screen magnifiers.  The voice can be “turned off” so that it will not interfere with a screen reader voice.  After all, if you already have a screen reader you do not need another program that talks. The UTD can also be used with just simple keyboard commands and does not require the use of a mouse.

Antonym Support:  The UTD has a very robust Antonym support. The antonym support is very powerful because it matches up the correct antonym with the correct sense of a word.  It will also use it in a sentence so that you will understand how that antonym could be used in context.

System Requirements

• Operating System: Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 and XP.

• Memory: 64 MB of RAM

• Disk space: 34 MB

• CPU: 200 MHz or Faster

• Storage: 20 MB of Free space

• CD ROM Drive: 4X or Faster

• SVGA Monitor with screen resolutions set at 800x600 or higher

• Sound Card with Speakers

• Keyboard and Mouse

Price

$39.95  Call for volume discounts or site license.