--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] --- >To: <[log in to unmask]> >From: [log in to unmask] >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: #6697 CALL software idea -- exists? >Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 08:15:02 -0400 Hello Gabe. I'm not familiar with a software package that does this, but you might want to check out Voycabulary on the web. http://www.voycabulary.com/ This site allows you to put in the URL of any page on the 'net and it will turn each word into a clickable link to several different dictionaries, thesaurii, and many language translators. Sounds like the kind of thing you're looking for. Pretty cool, too! --mike Michael Nieckoski Director Educational Technology World Learning/School for International Training Brattleboro, Vermont, USA > --- Forwarded Message from "Gabriel J. Webster" <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 14:49:55 -0700 (PDT) > >From: "Gabriel J. Webster" <[log in to unmask]> > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Subject: CALL software idea -- exists? > > > Hi there. I have an idea for a cool piece of CALL software, and the > technical ability and desire to implement it, but I don't know whether > something like it already exists. It's an aid for reading foreign > language texts, where you can import any existing text into the program > (newspaper articles, textbook dialogs, etc.), and then be able to click on > any individual word to get its pronunciation (probably just written) and > meaning. The program would be designed to be easily modified to work with > different languages, which would require changing the dictionary that the > program uses to look up words in. The program would allow the user to add > words that are missing from the dictionary. It would ideally run over the > web, but in a pinch would just run on Mac and Windows instead. > Does anyone know of an existing program with some (non-zero!) subset of > this functionality? I'm personally interested in Mandarin Chinese and > French, and making the program work for these languages would make it work > for a great many more. I strongly suspect that the whole package does not > exist, but that something useful may be lying around somewhere. > Otherwise, anyone with technical know-how interested in collaborating on > such a tool (beginning in a couple of months) is invited to respond to me > off the list. Thanks, > > Gabe Webster > Staff Associate > University of Washington > Language Learning Center