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Ebook Reader for Arnova Tablet (Android) That's Good for Reading in Spanish

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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.

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updated Aug 17, 2012
posted by broca23

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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 smile

updated Aug 17, 2012
posted by Vikingo
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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.

updated Aug 17, 2012
posted by broca23