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

ZodWallop · 07-30-2024, 12:02 PM

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 · 07-30-2024, 05:50 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 · 07-30-2024, 05:54 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 · 07-30-2024, 06:52 PM

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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 · 07-30-2024, 06:53 PM

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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 · 07-30-2024, 07:34 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.

ZodWallop · 07-30-2024, 10:59 PM

It is SO frustrating. I reinstalled vanilla 4.39.23027 thinking that would fix it for sure. No dice. So I synced again. Nothing. (And I noticed the date doesn't change. It always says last sync was June 23.)

I turned on Kobo desktop and synced that way and it even said it was downloading dictionary. Nothing.

I've just tried signing out and am signing back in. It is slowly importing content, so fingers crossed it works.

Aleron Ives · 07-31-2024, 02:32 AM

If the date of the last sync doesn't change, would that indicate a corrupt database?

DNSB · 07-31-2024, 03:47 AM

Very probably.

ZodWallop · 07-31-2024, 10:44 AM

Well, I fixed it by signing out and signing back in. If I had a corrupt database would that fix it?

The weird thing is the only problem I noticed was the lack of dictionaries. Everything else worked as expected. Since I rarely use the dictionary, I have no idea how long that problem was lurking beneath the surface.

mbovenka · 07-31-2024, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Well, I fixed it by signing out and signing back in. If I had a corrupt database would that fix it?

Yes, it would.

PeterT · 07-31-2024, 10:59 AM

Yes. Signing out basically deletes the database causing you to have to redo the setup.

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ZodWallop · 07-31-2024, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by mbovenka

Yes, it would.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

Yes. Signing out basically deletes the database causing you to have to redo the setup.

Thanks guys!

I thought a corrupt database would make the Kobo act crazy and give me problems connecting to calibre.

Quoth · 07-31-2024, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ZodWallop

Thanks guys!

I thought a corrupt database would make the Kobo act crazy and give me problems connecting to calibre.

It depends what is corrupt!

ZodWallop · 07-31-2024, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Quoth

It depends what is corrupt!

Well, I'm pretty corrupt.

07-30-2024, 12:02 PM	#1
ZodWallop Gentleman and scholar Posts: 11,346 Karma: 110455811 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Space City, Texas Device: Clara BW; Nook ST w/Glowlight, 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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ZodWallop Gentleman and scholar Posts: 11,346 Karma: 110455811 Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Space City, Texas Device: Clara BW; Nook ST w/Glowlight, Paperwhite 3	It is SO frustrating. I reinstalled vanilla 4.39.23027 thinking that would fix it for sure. No dice. So I synced again. Nothing. (And I noticed the date doesn't change. It always says last sync was June 23.) I turned on Kobo desktop and synced that way and it even said it was downloading dictionary. Nothing. I've just tried signing out and am signing back in. It is slowly importing content, so fingers crossed it works.

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Aleron Ives Wizard Posts: 1,431 Karma: 16297052 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	If the date of the last sync doesn't change, would that indicate a corrupt database?

07-31-2024, 03:47 AM	#9
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 40,555 Karma: 157444380 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Very probably.

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