dict.cc+ Dictionary

Submitted by Unregistered User on 19 October, 2012 and last modified on 4 October, 2017

Description of App:

Dictionary for 51 language combinations, usable without an internet connection (offline dictionary). Vocabularies can be downloaded and updated within the app for free.German-English dictionary: 920,000 translationsAll dictionaries are bidirectional, so German-English doubles as English-German. Just type in your keyword in either language.

The following languages are available in combination with German and English:Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, TurkishNew translations and corrections can be suggested at http://contribute.dict.cc/. Every translation gets checked by several other contributing users. The downloadable vocabularies are updated daily.This app is ad-free and contains the additional features "Recent Searches" and "Quiz Game".Clarification due to some comments regarding the value-for-money ratio: This app is being developed directly by the founder and maintainer of www.dict.cc. The downloadable vocabularies contain around 15 man-years of development and maintenance work by the maintainer only, along with huge efforts from the community.Please direct any questions to paul@dict.cc!

Apple Watch Support:

Not Known

Version:

2.4

Free or Paid:

Free

Device(s) App Was Tested On:

iPhone

Accessibility Comments:

This is fully usable with VoiceOver. A few buttons need some custom labels - the back button and the button to hear the audio clip of a word - but this is minor.

VoiceOver Performance:

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling:

Most buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability:

There are some minor accessibility issues with this app, but they are easy to deal with.

Other Comments:

This is not a full-blown dictionary, in that you don't get definitions. However, if all that you want is to find what a word is in another language, this does that very nicely.