DEBDict — general dictionary browser

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Currently, DEBDict gives you access to the following dictionaries (all are Czech dictionaries, see dictionaries.bib for citations in the BibTeX format):

• three dictionaries of Czech language (SSJČ, SSČ, PSJČ)
• foreign words dictionary
• thesaurus
• idiomatic and phrasal dictionary (SČFI, split to verbal and nonverbal part)
• "all dictionaries" shows results from all these dictionaries at the same time

Apart from dictionaries, you can use the following resources:

• Czech morphological analyser (Ajka)
• geographical information system (map of Czech Republic)
• get results from an external website (Google, Answers.com, Wikipedia and Seznam Encyklopedie are current examples)
• CIA World Factbook (behaves similar to dictionary), you can search for part of country name or * to show the list of all countries

How to obtain login/password for access to DEBDict resources?

Go to http://nlp.fi.muni.cz/declaration/ (or http://nlp.fi.muni.cz/prohlaseni/ in Czech), fill in the form, print it, sign it and send it to the NLP laboratory address. Soon after that you will receive an e-mail with the access data.

How to use DEBDict

Extension for Mozilla Firefox

• Download installation package in Firefox. An extension installation dialog appears - the client will be installed as so called extension. Install it.
• Stop and start Firefox again.
• You can see the installed client in the list of Firefox extensions. Go to the main menu: Tools - Extensions

Run DEBDict using one of this three possibilities:

• In Firefox menu, choose Tools - DEBDict.
• Run Firefox and enter chrome://debdict/content to the address bar.
• Run Firefox with command-line parameter, for example firefox -chrome chrome://debdict/content

Tip: You can also create a client icon on the Desktop for easy running of the client.

• The Firefox installation program has created a Firefox icon on the Desktop. Copy it and name the copy e.g. "DEBDict".
• Adjust the command for the new icon: add the arguments '-chrome chrome://debdict/content' to the command in the icon Properties dialog. The whole command should look for example like this: "C:/Program files/Mozilla firefox/firefox" -chrome chrome://debdict/content (the double quotes are part of the command).
• Try to run the client with the new icon. You should see the client main window, now without the unneeded Firefox controls.

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