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Old 06-28-2005, 08:29 AM   #1
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Dictionary with pronunciation


Is these any dictionary/ thesaurus for linux which comes which pronunciation of the entry words? Something similar to oxford talking dictionary available for Windows.
 
Old 06-28-2005, 09:03 AM   #2
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I haven't seen any. However, I just open a web browser to http://webster.com and lookup the word there. Pressing the little red speaker icon plays a wav file with proper pronunciation.
 
Old 06-29-2005, 03:45 AM   #3
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What plugin should be installed to play this sound from firefox. My firefox browser was unable to find suitable plugin.
 
Old 06-29-2005, 06:10 AM   #4
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I use the mplayerplug-in for movie and sound playback.
 
  


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