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 for Android No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No 3 Adrian Vintu Freeware
DEX for Windows Phone No No Yes No No No Yes No Yes No No No No Yes 1 Adrian Vintu Freeware

References

  1. "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.
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