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Focalbeo Irish <-> English dictionaries app for iPhone and iPad


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Reference Education
Developer: Paragon Technologie GmbH
Free
Current version: 3.58.537, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 12 Aug 2013
App size: 39.66 Mb

Irish-English and English-Irish dictionaries available for in-app purchase
Full wordlist and 100 sample translations of each dictionary to preview before buying
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The app allows you to easily and quickly navigate through and try out any dictionaries, as well as experience the most advanced search, learning and translation features.

Now you can make sure that a dictionary complies with your language level and contains all words you need before purchase. Full-fledged versions are available for buying with the in-app dictionary catalog.

Search and translate features:

• You can now look up words while reading in Safari. Highlight any text and send it to the dictionary via the “Share” button. Please first enable the dictionary as a Safari extension.
• New multiple clipboard look-up! You can now copy as many words as you need while reading – even the whole text, - switch back to the dictionary app and view all the relevant dictionary entries one-by-one.
• PenReader multilingual handwriting recognition support.
• List of similar words in case of misspelling.
• Wildcard Search if you are unsure of the exact word spelling. Use “?” and “*” symbols to replace the missing letters.
• English morphology module helps to translate words in any grammatical form.
• Search for anagrams (e. g. tab-bat).
• Hyperlinks between articles and directions.

Learning features:

• English audio pronunciations recorded by native speakers.
• Flash Card Quiz to memorize new words and test your knowledge as many times as you wish.
• Favorites - to quickly access frequently searched words.
• Handy Converter support.
• Search History to revise your recent translations

Interface features:

• Built-in dictionary catalog for in-app purchases.
• Improved user interface for your better experience.
• Enhanced customization options allow you to modify animated menus and choose background colors.
• Enlarge or reduce font size for your comfort.
• Landscape-mode support.
• Fully iPad optimized interface.
• No Internet connection required: purchase a dictionary once and use it on your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch without any additional expense.
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About Focalbeo

The focalbeo dictionary is the product of several years of comprehensive research. At this stage it is a comprehensive and definitive English-Irish-English Dictionary. It consists of an English-Irish dictionary and a reverse Irish-English dictionary that work together to provide fast and accurate Irish language translation.
It is primarily intended for use on mobile phones and it is an invaluable utility for people with a reasonable knowledge of Irish. As the screenspace on mobile phones is limited in most cases it is designed to appear clear and uncluttered on these devices. It works on all mobile platforms and on PCs/Macs. This dictionary was designed and built from the ground up and it innovative in many respects.
The advanced version of the dictionary contains a combined total of 199,353 headword translations. It is the most comprehensive Irish dictionary in terms of headword count, new words and terminology available at present.