Paragon Software/Epocware released SlovoEd dictionary series 4.0 for S60 3.0 and 5.0 Symbian smartphones. The most notable improvement of the new version deals with the use of a touchscreen (for S60 5th Edition devices), with controls being optimized for finger use. Moreover, there are other changes included, such as:
- New pop-up “Help Tips”
- OTA forms that allow every user to help improve the program with comments, bug reports and suggestions
- Ability to add unfamiliar words to flash cards and test your knowledge as many times as needed with the “Flash Card Quiz.”
In addition, the standard features of the earlier releases are available in the new version as well, including:
- Cross-lookup feature between articles and directions.
- Search words in any grammatical form (for English, French, Russian and Spanish languages)
- Audio pronunciations prerecorded by English, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and French native speakers
- Possibility to translate not only words but entire words combinations.
- Find words not knowing their exact spelling using wildcards (“*”, “?”, etc.).
- List of irregular verbs for English and German dictionaries.
Finally, the list of supported languages include English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian. SlovoEd is available in three packages – Compact ($19.95), Classic ($39.95) and Deluxe, which costs $59.95.