Thanks. I’m interested in foreign language stuff, so I don’t think word web is an option here. At least it didn’t used to be. So we’ll see how this goes. Mary thanks. I’m interested in foreign-language stuff, so I don’t think word we have is an option here. At least it didn’t used to be. So we’ll see how this goes. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2018, at 2:44 PM, Michael Feir <michael.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The right place is in setttings, general, dictionary. It is right near the > language and region button. Double-tap on dictionary and select the ictionary > and thesaurus you want to use from the options. Once that's done, they should > download and be ready for use. > > While you're writing something, you can type the word, turn the rotor to > "edit", swipe down until you get to "select" and double-tap that. Swipe down > again until you reach the "look up" option in the edit menu. Double-tap that > and you'll be presended with a screen containing any information about the > word from various available sources including the dictionary and thesaurus. > Personally, I don't find anything from the thesaurus but the dictionary works > great. > > For me, third party apps have proven far more useful. A good starting one is > Wordweb. It can work along with the Chambers dictionary and thesaurus apps if > you need heavier artillary. Hope that helps. > >> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 5:25 PM Maria Reyes <blindstar2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, go to settings > general and keep flicking until you hear dictionary. >> double tap on that and you will see a whole bunch of dictionaries you can >> add. >> >> Get Outlook for iOS >> >> From: 20375670060n behalf of >> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2018 5:20 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: How to use onboard dictionaries >> >> OK. I went into settings, general, keyboard, and the only thing I found was >> dictation languages. Is that what it is? I thought it was something where >> you could look stuff up. I already have two of them. And it didn’t show me a >> listing for anymore. So if I know something in English and want to know how >> to say it say in Arabic, I can type English. I cannot type Arabic, and I >> don’t want an Arabic keyboard, even if there is one. I guess that means I >> can’t do that kind of look up. I thought I remembered hearing that there was >> an Arabic dictionary now available. But perhaps I just totally missed the >> boat. >> >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 20, 2018, at 2:06 PM, Maria Reyes <blindstar2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, It's in keyboard settings. >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 5:00 PM Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Somebody mentioned that you could find dictionary in settings. I went in >>> there, and I didn’t see any. I looked in Siri, then I looked in the basic >>> settings app down the list of all the apps that I have, a lot of them, and >>> I didn’t see anything. Where can I find these dictionaries and decide which >>> ones I want? It’s probably obvious, but I’m just not seeing it. >>> Mary >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> > On Sep 20, 2018, at 1:49 PM, Anna Dresner <wadres...@att.net> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi Ketan, >>> > >>> > 1. Type the word you want to look up. >>> > >>> > 2. Turn the rotor to Edit. >>> > >>> > 3. Choose Select. >>> > >>> > 4. If "Look up isn't in the menu that pops up, select "Show more items." >>> > >>> > 5. Choose "Look up." >>> > >>> > A screen will open with your word looked up in whichever dictionaries you >>> > selected, as well as any other relevant sources. >>> > >>> > Best, >>> > Anna >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >> On Sep 19, 2018, at 12:16 AM, Ketan Kothari <muktake...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Hi friends, >>> >> >>> >> I see that in the settings app there are quite a few dictionaries but >>> >> how does one use them? Siri is not using them as I tried to translate >>> >> from English to Hindi and Siri told me that it cannot do this at >>> >> present. 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