Clara BW You don't have an English dictionary installed?

ZodWallop · Today, 11:02 AM

See attached images. Sorry for the screen glare and fisheye effect. I'm in the office with awful overhead lighting.

I rarely use the built in dictionary, so don't know how long this problem existed. I discovered it last night (what is 'horehound candy'?). I have let the Clara sync repeatedly and have restarted it a couple of times, but no joy. It looks like the dictionary is installed if that little check means anything. But still, I cannot look anything up. Wikipedia worked when I tested it.

I have a Clara BW running 4.39.23027. I did install a few patches (remove row 3 from home screen and larger covers, maybe a couple of others I forgot about) and have the better hyphenation dictionary installed. I also have geometricprecision set. I have never messed around with replacing the installed dictionaries.

Aleron Ives · Today, 04:50 PM

Horehound candy is made from a plant in the mint family. It's notable for having a soothing effect on the throat, much like a cough drop.

It sounds like you probably need to connect over USB and replace the dictionary files. Perhaps your SD card is failing and corrupted the English dictionary?

JSWolf · Today, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZodWallop

See attached images. Sorry for the screen glare and fisheye effect. I'm in the office with awful overhead lighting.

I rarely use the built in dictionary, so don't know how long this problem existed. I discovered it last night (what is 'horehound candy'?). I have let the Clara sync repeatedly and have restarted it a couple of times, but no joy. It looks like the dictionary is installed if that little check means anything. But still, I cannot look anything up. Wikipedia worked when I tested it.

I have a Clara BW running 4.39.23027. I did install a few patches (remove row 3 from home screen and larger covers, maybe a couple of others I forgot about) and have the better hyphenation dictionary installed. I also have geometricprecision set. I have never messed around with replacing the installed dictionaries.

Ched the language identifier to see what language the eBook is set for. Also try another eBook to see if that works.

ZodWallop · Today, 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

It sounds like you probably need to connect over USB and replace the dictionary files. Perhaps your SD card is failing and corrupted the English dictionary?

Oh, I hope not. I've only had the reader for a month or so.

ZodWallop · Today, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Ched the language identifier to see what language the eBook is set for. Also try another eBook to see if that works.

It was a good guess, but I got the same response on three different books.

Alastair_S · Today, 06:34 PM

As per the second photo the dictionaries have not been downloaded. Sync should download the dictionaries that are ticked and not yet installed but it appears that this is not working in your case. You could try removing the ticks against all of the dictionaries, sync, re-tick the dictionaries that you want, then sync a second time, and see if that works.

Today, 11:02 AM	#1
ZodWallop Gentleman and scholar Posts: 11,173 Karma: 109515481 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Space City, Texas Device: Clara HD; Nook ST w/Glowlight, (2015) Glowlight Plus, Paperwhite 3	You don't have an English dictionary installed? See attached images. Sorry for the screen glare and fisheye effect. I'm in the office with awful overhead lighting. I rarely use the built in dictionary, so don't know how long this problem existed. I discovered it last night (what is 'horehound candy'?). I have let the Clara sync repeatedly and have restarted it a couple of times, but no joy. It looks like the dictionary is installed if that little check means anything. But still, I cannot look anything up. Wikipedia worked when I tested it. I have a Clara BW running 4.39.23027. I did install a few patches (remove row 3 from home screen and larger covers, maybe a couple of others I forgot about) and have the better hyphenation dictionary installed. I also have geometricprecision set. I have never messed around with replacing the installed dictionaries. Attached Thumbnails

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Aleron Ives Wizard Posts: 1,266 Karma: 15500000 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Horehound candy is made from a plant in the mint family. It's notable for having a soothing effect on the throat, much like a cough drop. It sounds like you probably need to connect over USB and replace the dictionary files. Perhaps your SD card is failing and corrupted the English dictionary?

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Alastair_S Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 1425448 Join Date: Feb 2014 Device: Kobo Touch	As per the second photo the dictionaries have not been downloaded. Sync should download the dictionaries that are ticked and not yet installed but it appears that this is not working in your case. You could try removing the ticks against all of the dictionaries, sync, re-tick the dictionaries that you want, then sync a second time, and see if that works.