Comparison of DEX software
This article provides a comparison of DEX software of different types that offer access to the Explanatory Dictionary of the Romanian Language DEX (Dicţionarul explicativ al limbii române).[1]
Online sync, periodically connect to the DEX online server and update the definitions
Blind support, user friendly interface for the visually impaired
Wild cards, can search by regular expressions and/or wildcards like "echi*" for echilibru, echinocţiu, etc.
Suggestions, offers related results when the search word is not matched exactly
W/O diacritics, can search words using diacritics or no diacritics
Full text search, can search not only by indexed words but also by contents of definitions
Inflection search, can search by inflection, e.g. "meargă" instead of "merge"
Word context, clicking on a word in the results pane will automatically start the search on that word
History, remembers last searches
| Name | Online sync | Blind support | Wild cards | Suggestions | W/O diacritics | Full text search | Inflection search | Word context | History | Microsoft Windows | Linux | Mac OS | Android | Windows Phone | Software needs | Storage needs MB | Author | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maestro DEX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Perl, wxWidgets, only on Linux | 490 | Octavian Râşniţă | GPL |
| PyDEX | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | wxPython | 250 | Cristian Năvălici | GPLv3 |
| Dixit | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | QT, g++, only on Linux | 48 | Octavian Procopiuc | GPL |
| DEX pentru Android | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | 3 | Adrian Vintu | Freeware | |
| DEX pentru Windows Phone | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | 1 | Adrian Vintu | Freeware | |
References
- ↑ "original list" (2010). Dexonline Dictionary. The data is gathered from the forum dictionar@yahoogroups.com in collaboration with the DEX software developers. Accessed January 29, 2015.