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Popup dictionary to help users quickly lookup meanings, pronunciation of words without needing them to switch between the apps.

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Popup Dictionary

✔️ Working

⚠️ Historical Project

This app was developed as an undergraduate mini-project. Its source-code does not adhere to standard conventions/practices and needs refactoring.

Functionality

  • This productivity enhancement tools was developed to help users quickly lookup meanings, pronunciation of words while they are reading, without changing the context.
  • The app works irrespective of specific application the user is currently using.
  • User has options to configure shortcut keys to invoke the lookup functionality. Also, user could view his/her search history.

Implementation

  • The underlying implementation relies on .NET clipboard-API, keyboad and mouse hooks. It listens to the key actions to invoke its operations.
  • It uses a SQLite database instance to store dictionary-data and user's search history.
  • The tool is configured to use an Online Api to provide pronunciation feature. (:warning: Currently broken.)

Dependencies

  • Works only on Windows.
  • Building of source relies on having dictionary-database file in the build directory. This has not been automated to use Resources instead.

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