Ebook Reader for Arnova Tablet (Android) That's Good for Reading in Spanish
First let me warn you that I'm relatively hopeless when it comes to technology.
I received an Arnova tablet which uses Android apps. I'm not sure if I want to read digital books on a tablet (eye-strain, glare) but I want the option because it'll probably be a while before I get an e-book device. I am looking for a good, and hopefully free, e-reader app with a Spanish-English dictionary (and maybe just a Spanish dictionary as well) that will give me definitions quickly and easily. Any suggestions?
From the bit of research I've done so far Moon+ Reader and CoolReader look promising.
2 Answers
Those two are both good ebook readers. Moon+ Reader also has the option of looking up words online, in whatever site you specify. So go to Miscellaneous - customize dictionary, and choose "customized online dictionary". In the textbox that pops up, type in http://www.spanishdict.com/translate?word=%s
If you want to save bandwidth, you can instead type http://www.spanishdict.com/m?word=%s
In that case, though, you won't see the translations from Collins, which is a pity.
Alternatively, you can install your own dictionaries and use GoldenDict, but that requires a bit of non-helplessness with regards to technology. There are other options as well, but most good ones are unfortunately not directly accessible from ebook readers.
Good luck ![]()
Thank you so much for your response, Vikingo. As it turns out my version of the Arnova, the PhillyTable, doesn't have Google Play so I can't download Moom+ or CoolReader :( However, I downloaded the Kindle app for Android then I got a free book in Spanish and selected a word from that in order to download the Spanish and Spanish to English dictionaries. Unfortunately the Spanish to English dictionary doesn't recognize a lot of the words, but maybe that's for the best; hopefully I'll be able to figure out most of the words based on the Spanish definition and context, if not I can just look up the word online.