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New Slovoed 7.0 Engine with Extremely Fast Browsing, Highly Compressed Content for its Talking E-Dictionary Series on Windows Mobile Smartphones and Pocket PCs
Most Comprehensive & Efficient Translation and Reference Tools for Individual End-users, Business Organizations, Universities and OEMs/HW Providers

MOSCOW, Russia – August 19, 2008 – Paragon Software Group, the leading software developer and content provider for mobile devices and PC desktops, releases the new Slovoed 7.0 engine for its dictionary series on Windows Mobile smartphones and Pocket PCs, bringing mobile dictionary browsing to unprecedented levels of speed and accuracy while occupying a minimum amount of space on the device. Developed specifically for each type of hardware, the rich functionality of the Slovoed dictionary can be enjoyed equally on either the Pocket PC or Windows Mobile smartphone without any loss of attributes. The Slovoed series – from monolingual reference encyclopedias to bilingual translation dictionaries in 30 languages, including Chinese – offers a host of features and learning tools along with audio pronunciations for the most difficult words, which fits every learner’s level and learning style. Paragon’s technology makes it possible for mobile users around the globe to work and communicate in 30 languages even more easily, and, with licensed pre-installed software, Slovoed increases the value and attractiveness of mobile devices to end users worldwide.

Due to Paragon’s state-of-the-art Slovoed 7.0 engine, the dictionaries' most comprehensive databases can now be browsed even more rapidly, making wireless translation for language learners of all levels effortless and extremely fast. The high compression capabilities of the engine minimize even the most comprehensive unabridged dictionaries, and can even be installed to memory cards in order to economize memory space on the device. The add-on sound module prerecorded by native speakers makes full use of mobile audio with the most difficult words in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, enabling the user to listen to pronunciations with live speech quality. With this handy tool you can do everything from looking up words in a dictionary, in any grammatical form and in any application running on the device, to finding a specific term in the email you received – all without switching between programs.

All Slovoed dictionaries are based on the most reliable linguistic databases, which have been developed through years of extensive research, coming directly from the world’s leading publishers such as Merriam-Webster, Oxford UP, Duden, PONS and Harrap, to name a few. The multilingual on-screen keyboard layout for 30 languages enables users to enter and translate words and letters in different languages, even if it is not supported by device. Users can look words up with wildcards ("*", "?", etc.) when the exact spelling is unknown, while the “Search History” saves a list of the last 30 translations. Special learning tools such as "Flash Cards" allow users to add new words to flash cards and test their knowledge as many times as desired.
The Slovoed series is currently compatible with all Windows Mobile 5, 6, 6.1 devices. All online content updates are free of charge to users who purchase Slovoed programs. Slovoed Deluxe retails for 59,95 USD (44,95 EUR, VAT included); Slovoed Classic for 39,95 USD (29,95 EUR, VAT included), and Slovoed Compact for 24,95 USD (18,95 EUR, VAT included). For more information and screenshots, please visit http://www.penreader.com/pocket-pc-dictionaries/index.html. For corporate sales and licensing, please contact corporate-sales@penreader.com.

About Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group (PSG) is a technology solutions provider to the enterprise, SMB and consumer markets, worldwide. Founded in 1994, Paragon Software Group actively markets and sells in more than 150 countries and has offices in the USA, Germany, Japan and Russia. PSG consists of two divisions, System Technology, offering solutions for storage management and data safety, and Smart Handheld Devices Division (SHDD & Epocware), offering software for diverse classes of smart handheld devices (Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Symbian OS, Palm OS and mobile phones) and desktop PCs, including multilingual on-line handwriting recognition, localization, business and game applications and multilingual dictionaries. To learn more about Paragon Software's diverse product line, please visit:
Storage Management Division:
http://www.paragon-software.com
Smart Handheld Devices Division: http://www.penreader.com
Epocware: http://www.epocware.com

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