Since there was a way, with the screen to take words, making it easier to read the original books and foreign documents on the pc, today we do not talk about the way, and talk about using the ipad air 2 as the representative of the ios tablet can not get the same Or better reading experience. Focus on two softwares, which basically meet the needs of most foreign languages.
The first is apple's own ibooks, able to read epub, pdf, ibooks format suffix e-books. Ibooks comes with Oxford English-Chinese and English-English dictionaries.
advantage:
(1) comes with software, strong consistency with the system, typesetting is closest to paper books
(2) Bring Oxford English-Chinese, English-English dictionary, absolutely enough for general reading needs
(3) Enhanced eBooks capable of reading ibooks suffixes, multimedia interaction cannot be replaced
(4) Powerful bookmarks and notes
(5) Apple full platform synchronization, including mac, ipad, iphone
Disadvantages:
(1) The dictionary word database is not rich, reading professional books can not be considered particularly convenient
(2) pdf recognition rate is not as good as the European Road dictionary, a large probability will be pdf text recognition as a picture
Like this
European recognition is very successful
(3) The inquired words are not automatically saved as new words, which is not conducive to subsequent review and other operations
(4) No voice reading
Two other programs:
A: ibooks+mdict/Europe, using the ipad dual screen function, select the words to be translated in ibooks, click on the copy, open the split screen, the copied words will automatically appear in mdict and Europe, but the general experience , Suitable for emergencies, and able to save words in new words, conducive to review. (The program is applicable to all software, including adobe and office, etc.)
B: By long-pressing the desired translation text, pop-up menu, select "share", you can share to mdict or Europe, ios9 and ios10 are like this, ios8 I do not know.
Mongo Reader
Software size 169m, as long as it is not a very professional vocabulary, the built-in dictionary can basically cover, support for the eB and apple Kindle comes with the mobi format, of course, also supports txt and doc files, unfortunately does not support pdf, Of course, it does not support the expansion of the dictionary database.
Click on the bottom of the title bar, out of the menu
The advantages of this software are of course also very significant, which is to make reading English books very convenient. The software comes with a set of algorithms that can detect some of the rare words in the books, and annotate them with different colors. Appear on the left, a small screen, so that even if you do not know the word, you do not need to go to the special investigation, eyes to the left to look just fine, greatly improving the efficiency of reading. It can be said that it is the best choice for reading English novels.
advantage:
(1) Reading in epub format is very powerful and fast
(2) The algorithm is very good, generally rare words or high-level words will be marked with color, the default with sidebar, Chinese interpretation interpretation, reading efficiency is very high
(3) Review of new words This function is more powerful, which is conducive to learning applications
(4) with a voice library, and not the kind of mechanical voice, female voice, or good
Disadvantages:
(1) Does not support PDF
(2) Thesaurus cannot be extended, conventional enough
(3) Typesetting is not as good as ibooks, but colorful characters are not used to the first time to see a little bit of the sense of washing and blowing. If you are accustomed, you know that you have high efficiency.
European Road Dictionary Plus:
It can be said that the ios on Dacheng Dacheng's original reading software (not limited to English), this software is a powerful place in the expansion of the thesaurus, I believe that the value of early playing mobile phone will certainly remember the WM era Mdict, even if the software is now The view is also quite remarkable, not to mention that of the year, the biggest feature of Mdict is the massive expansion of the thesaurus, including not only the traditional language translation dictionary, but also covers various fields, including encyclopedias, humanities, popular science and so on.
Mdict Thesaurus Website:
The download of the self-owned lexicon in the dictionary is not limited to English, including other mainstream languages ​​and other professional vocabulary. It is very, very powerful.
The difference between the European Way Dictionary and Mengge, the European Road supports the reading of pdf files, although there are also split screens, but it is not the labeling of rare words like Mongo, but a dictionary interface, for the puzzled words, Oulu It can only be translated by clicking on the word on the screen, but it is also very convenient. It is the same as mouse-dashing. However, there is another problem with Oulu. It is the past tense of vocabulary when pdf is taken. It is not particularly good to recognize changes in words such as complete or nominalization. At this time, you have to enter manually.
The thesaurus file is not small, for the limited capacity of friends, you can also use online thesaurus, in short, do not tangle.
advantage:
(1) able to read pdf documents, reading speed is not bad
(2) The expansion function of God level, do not have to worry about the use of the dictionary completely, and most of the words are with example sentences. If the iPad has enough capacity, it can also have encyclopedic interpretation.
(3) Not only limited to English translation, if you have a thesaurus
(4) Multiple pronunciations library expansion, beautiful sound, full-featured new word function, review necessary
Disadvantages:
(1) pdf recognition is not perfect, it may be that a word can only be selected a small part, and then the word variants, past tense, future style, etc., or adverbial form recognition occasionally show
(2) Note function and tagging function are not as good as ibooks. Generally, they can be translated directly without extension menu.
MDICT:
Due to the limitation of IOS itself, Mdict can't do cross-software word capture like the WM era. SO, we can think of it as an encyclopedia and learning material. Also very powerful.
The vocabulary comes with pictures. It is a learning tool. Mdict is more than just a dictionary. It is an all-encompassing encyclopedia. Although in the past so many years, the brilliance of Mdict has not been as brilliant as that of WM, but it is not until today that Mdict’s The lexicon update has never been broken, and new lexicons have been added. Including the dark blue on Europe Road and Android, their development does not stand on the shoulders of giant Mdict.
advantage:
(1) The beginning of the thesaurus expansion, absolute absolute level software in palm and wm platform
(2) In addition to the copy and split screen in the above ibooks, ibooks and safri are also able to “share†them to Oulu or Mdict, but personal feelings are still more tedious.
Disadvantages:
One of the quintessences of Mdict was to use cross-software words. Unfortunately, due to the limitation of ios, this was hopeless. On the Android platform, the problem of flashback caused poor use of Mdict, making it better. Dark blue dictionary alternative.
TRVL
Staying at home, viewing the global scenery, English magazines, the first phase is generally based on a city as the theme, the pictures are basically shot by senior photographers, beautiful. Language expression is relatively simple and suitable for elementary reading. It is not difficult.
Of course, there are video introductions in the magazine, but they need to be played outside the wall.
to sum up:
(1) To read English novels or non-monographs, it is best to use the Mengge reader. Reading quality and efficiency will not disappoint everyone.
(2) Reading non-English foreign language books, pdf documents, monographs, recommending Oulu
(3) Mdict is suitable for special learning, which is very interesting
(4) Friends who love to travel abroad, it is recommended to take a look at Trvl
(5) ibooks are very good, not particularly complex texts, I basically use ibooks more
The first step is to start the project. These are just some of the software that I personally use and are accustomed to. I dare not say the best.
About Android version: I personally feel better than the ios platform, first of all can really support cross-software word picking, followed by most of the pdf software is very powerful, high recognition rate, but I do not have Andrews tablet, basically all use mobile phones, so basic Rarely use mobile phones to read for a long time.