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[Agosto 26, 2009] Pronóstico del tiempo en tiempo real en los Smartphones
Paragon Software Group ha lanzado una nueva versión de su aplicación más vendida de pronóstico del clima en tiempo real, Handy Weather, para equipos S60 y Windows Mobile con pantallas táctiles. El programa ha sido rediseñado y optimizado completamente para poder tener un mejor control con los dedos, basado en la avanzada interfaz táctil de las últimas series S60 y Windows Mobile de smartphones, permitiendo que los usuarios móviles obtengan el pronóstico del tiempo más detallado con sólo un toque o deslizamiento del dedo.
Handy Weather es la manera más fácil y confiable de acceder a la información del tiempo local, nacional y mundial en grados Celsius o Fahrenheit en un entorno móvil. Los usuarios de Handy Weather pueden obtener en forma instantánea el pronóstico detallado del tiempo de cinco o siete días, soportado por mapas satelitales, para cientos de ciudades. Para obtener información experta sobre el tiempo, los usuarios pueden elegir cualquier ubicación de una lista preestablecida de 40.000 ciudades o determinar una ubicación utilizando el GPS. Los menús para manejar con el dedo y las opciones de la barra de la pantalla táctil facilitan el acceso instantáneo a los detalles del tiempo tocando dos veces la pantalla "Hoy".
Además de la nueva apariencia completamente rediseñada, Handy Weather (para S60) ofrece un nuevo protector de pantalla del tiempo, una nueva función "Lista de ciudades" que proporciona el pronóstico para varias ciudades al mismo tiempo, así como varios efectos animados que acompañan a la información del tiempo.
Características:
- Temperatura en grados Celsius o Fahrenheit
- Gráfico de temperatura máxima/mínima para cinco a siete días
- Lista preestablecida de más de 40.000 ciudades de todo el mundo
- Posibilidad de añadir una ubicación utilizando el GPS (para Windows Mobile)
- Pronóstico del tiempo de un día incluidos detalles para la mañana, tarde y noche
- Condiciones actuales del tiempo
- Pronóstico del tiempo por hora
- Tres clases de mapas tiempo en tiempo real para representaciones visuales (vistas “Satelital”, “Presión”, “Temperatura”)
- Actualizaciones automáticas del pronóstico cada ciertos intervalos o a una hora preestablecida
- Función “Panorámica”/”Zoom” para navegar los mapas (para Windows Mobile)
- Dos programas añadidos del tiempo predefinidos para la pantalla “Hoy” (para Windows Mobile)
- Actualización del programa en forma inalámbrica (para funciones nuevas)
- Dirección del viento
- Ráfaga y velocidad en mph, km/h o m/s
- Índice de UV (nivel de intensidad de los rayos ultravioletas del sol)
- Humedad relativa en %
- Varios efectos animados
[Agosto 20, 2009] Series of Popular ‘Talking’ Oxford Dictionaries for Mac OS Released
Paragon Software Group released Oxford dictionaries for Mac OS – the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Eleventh Edition, the Concise Oxford Thesaurus, the Oxford Russian Dictionary and the Oxford German Dictionary, Third Edition.
The most authoritative coverage of English vocabulary is coupled with Paragon’s advanced SlovoEd engine to bring premium dictionary content directly to the users’ desk. The original dictionary was adapted to the electronic versions for Mac users’ convenience to provide extensive translation or word definition by simply pointing the cursor over the word in question. Unknown words and phrases from any document, e-mail and web-page are defined in a matter of seconds. The detailed word definitions are accompanied by usage and a native British sound module of 20,000 words, transcription, grammar information, and color markup. Using unique compression technology, the dictionaries provide a very fast word database browsing and instant word search. There is no need to turn pages of imposing volumes to find the necessary word.
The Concise Oxford English Dictionary database contains more than 240,000 words, phrases and definitions, and is the most up-to-date dictionary of its kind available on the market.
The Concise Oxford Thesaurus contains over 365,000 synonyms and antonyms, and would be ideal for use in word games and puzzles, to improve your writing or to find the word on the tip of your tongue.
The Oxford German Dictionary includes more than 320,000 words and phrases, as well as 520,000 translations. The most essential grammatical information and word usage notes are available for both languages.
The Oxford Russian Dictionary covers more than 75,000 entries, 185,000 references, 290,000 translations including British and American English, regional Russian dialects along with numerous illustrative examples.
More info about Oxford dictionaries for Maс OS
[Agosto 06, 2009] Thirty Monolingual & Bilingual 'Talking' Slovoed Dictionaries for Mac OS Released
Paragon Software Group the released of 30 SlovoEd dictionaries for Mac OS. The original dictionaries from the world's leading publishers were adapted to the electronic versions for Mac OS users’ convenience to provide extensive translation or word definition by simply pointing the cursor over the word in question. In addition to quickly looking up a word and reading its definition, the user can also listen to pronunciations, find etymologies describing word origins, and view grammar info that will be particularly useful for language learners. SlovoEd for Mac can boast of fastest definition look-up, host of learning tools and features from world's leading publishers such as Larousse Editorial, Oxford University Press, PONS and many others.
SlovoEd for Mac OS X features include:
- Authoritative word definition from e-mails, documents, and Web pages by simply pointing the cursor over the unknown word.
- Word translation in any grammatical form (plural nouns, adjectives, different verb forms) using built-in morphology module (available for English, Russian, French and Spanish).
- Sound modules: listen to the correct word pronunciation pre-recorded by English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish native speakers.
- Instant grammar reference for every word in the dictionary.
- “Search history” and “bookmarks.”
- Check yourself with the words you have added to “Flash Cards.”
- “Fuzzy search” and wildcards ("*", "?", etc.) help find words even if you do not remember the exact spelling.
- “SlovoEd Online Update” informs about new available updates.
- The built-in online dictionary catalog allows to discover new dictionaries and download them directly onto your device.
- Enter words in your native language faster by using on-screen virtual keyboard available in many languages.
- Lists of irregular verbs (available in English and German dictionaries).
More information about SlovoEd dictionaries for Mac OS X
[Agosto 04, 2009] New ‘Talking’ Desktop Dictionaries for Individual Use and Educational Institutions
Paragon Software Group has launched the SlovoEd 7.0 series of multilingual dictionaries for Windows XP/Vista/2000 PC users. The new version of SlovoEd has been completely redesigned and now includes 24 additional dictionaries. These include German dictionaries from PONS GmbH, the English-French edition from Harrap, Turkish dictionaries from Mehmet Yuksel, Millennium’s Czech dictionaries, Swedish bilingual dictionaries from Peter Bondesson, along with 16 additional European languages. This dictionary line contains the most up-to-date content in complete accordance with the original sources.
There is no need to turn pages of imposing volumes to find the necessary word. The original dictionaries from the world’s top publishers were adapted to the electronic versions for PC users’ convenience to provide extensive translation or word definition by simply pointing the cursor over the word in question. Unknown words from any document, e-mail and web-page are defined instantly, appearing in the dictionary's pop-up window. The detailed word definitions are accompanied by usage and sound samples, transcription, grammar information, and color markup. Every dictionary contains the most updated modern vocabulary from a variety of areas such as the Internet, new media, technology and science. The user can also listen to the correct pronunciation.
Features include:
- Word Translation in a pop-up window. Read e-mails, documents and web-pages from your PC and get translation or definition without leaving your active application;
- Listen to correct word pronunciation using built-in Sound Modules, containing up to 90 000 audio samples in each dictionary pre-recorded by English, Spanish, German, French, Italian and Russian native speakers;
- Word search in any grammatical form (available for English, French, Russian and Spanish languages);
- Similar Word Search and Wildcards ("*", "?", etc.) help to find the word even if you do not remember the exact spelling; Flash Card Quiz enables you to add new words to flash cards and test your knowledge as many times as you wish;
- Virtual Keyboard allows entering words in any language of the dictionary;
- Lists of Irregular verbs for all English and German dictionaries;
- Dictionary Online Update feature allows to update the dictionary directly from the program;
- Online dictionary catalog where you can download new dictionaries directly to your computer.
More information about new SlovoEd dictionaries for Windows PC
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