That's the one. I misquoted the price. I would definitely cough up thirty bucks if I knew I could use it.
On 5/25/12, Richard Turner <richard.turne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this the one you are talking about? > It is by a company called Handmark, Inc. I show a price of $29.99. > They also make a Pocket dictionary for $4.99. The Pocket has 150,000 words > and the "new Oxford American Dictionary" has 350,000 wordds. > My public library has the entire Oxford English Dictionary on-line through > their databases which works in Safari. However, the built-in dictionary in > the iPhone is actually quite good. I might be interested in one of these > though if they were fully accessible. > > New Oxford American Dictionary > Description > As Oxford's flagship American dictionary, the New Oxford American > Dictionary > sets > the standard of excellence for lexicography in this country. With more than > 350,000 > words, phrases, and senses, and hundreds of explanatory notes, this > dictionary provides > the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of American English available. > The dictionary draws on the two-billion-word Oxford English Corpus and the > unrivaled > citation files of the world-renowned Oxford English Dictionary to provide > the most > accurate and richly descriptive picture of American English ever offered in > any dictionary. > The Third Edition offers a thoroughly updated text, with revisions > throughout and > approximately 2,000 new words, phrases, and meanings. Many new words relate > to fast-moving > areas such as computing, technology, current affairs, and ecology, while > others have > recently entered the popular lexicon. Usage notes have been updated in > light > of the > most recent Corpus evidence, and a completely new in-text feature on Word > Trends > charts usage for rapidly changing words and phrases such as carbon, mobile, > or tweet. > In addition, the application has an attractive, modern new design that > makes > entries > easier to read and find. > One of the hallmarks of the New Oxford American Dictionary is the way it > reflects > the living language. Unlike in more traditional dictionaries, where > meanings > are > ordered chronologically according to the history of the language, each > entry > plainly > shows the principal meaning or meanings of the word, organized by > importance > in today's > English. Thus readers can be confident that the first definition they see > is > the > one most likely to be used by people today, and is not a sense that has > been > obsolete > for two centuries. > Offering clear, authoritative, and precise information, with the in-depth > and up-to-date > coverage that users need and expect, the New Oxford American Dictionary is > the benchmark > by which all other American dictionaries are measured. > Features > + Over 60,000 audio pronunciations for dictionary entries > + No wireless connection required (audio pronunciations require wireless > connection) > + Offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of current English > + New "Word Trends" feature charts usage for rapidly changing words and > phrases > + Powered by Oxford's extensive language research program, including the > 2-billion-word > Oxford English Corpus > + $29.99 represents a 50% discount from the $60 MSRP of the hardcover > version > New Oxford American Dictionary Support > What's New in Version 2.0.2 > Bug fixes and performance improvements > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Kimber Gardner > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 5:56 AM > To: viphone > Subject: VO accessibility of Oxford American dictionary? > > Hi All, > > Has anyone used the oxford american dictionary app? I'd like some opinions > before I plunk down 25 bucks for an app I won't be able to use. > > Kimber > > -- > Kimberly > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > -- Kimberly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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