Category | Price | Seller | Device |
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Reference | $24.99 | Word in the Hand | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
== Listen to Any Thai Word
Touch any Thai word/phrase in any of our 195,000+ entries to hear a high-quality sound recording of a native speaker, not a toneless gravelly robot as found in other software—more than 29 hours of studio-recorded sound included. Long-press to hear 2x/4x slow playback with no change in pitch.
== No Connection Required and No Data Charges
Works even when you're in a taxi or a countryside street market and not connected to the internet: all entries and sounds are stored right on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, and you will incur no data charges when you use the app.
== Big Text and Clear, Clean Layout
Make the Thai and English text as big as you want—no more reading glasses! Easily scroll through multiple, complete definitions on the screen at once. Customize layout.
== A Dictionary Crafted for Those Learning Thai
Unlike typical dictionaries based on low-quality, free internet data meant for Thai natives, our superb dictionary entries are hand-crafted by Paiboon Publishing with your needs in mind: if you're not familiar with the Thai alphabet, you can even look up Thai words by their sound using an easy-to-read pronunciation guide system (12 popular systems are supported). Hear somebody say "sa nuk?" Type "sa nuk" to find out what it means. All Thai words in every section are written using both Thai Script and your chosen pronunciation guide system(s).
Unlike dictionaries meant for Thais, we clarify critical shades of Thai word meaning and formality using English explanations, we list crucial Thai classifiers for more than 60,000 noun entries, and we even notate syllable stress.
== Built-In Phrasebook
Beginner or advanced, communicate in Thai easily! 12,000+ phrasebook entries in 300+ categories like “Language Difficulties,” “Hotel,” “Renting a Place,” “Food/Drink,” “Price Haggling,” “Transportation,” “Health,” “Shopping,” “Sightseeing,” “Love/Romance/Sex” and even “Swearing/Insults.” Two-way conversational format helps both of you communicate.
== Introduction to Thai Included
More than just a dictionary, our software includes a comprehensive, interactive introduction to the Thai language, including a "Speaking and Understanding" section with clickable sounds and detailed grammar coverage, and a "Reading and Writing" section with all the consonants and vowels in multiple, real-world fonts.
== Unique Thai Learning Tools
This app is loaded with amazing, industry-first Thai learning tools. You can touch any word to find out which component Thai words it's made from: a great way to learn new words quickly. You can see any Thai word written in multiple real-word fonts you are likely to see on signs and menus. You can touch any Thai word to see a detailed interactive breakdown of how to pronounce each syllable (with clickable sounds that let you compare nearby sounds) or see a detailed visual explanation of its Thai spelling—indispensable for learning how to read and write Thai.
Nothing like this has ever appeared in any dictionary software on any platform.
== Buy ThaiDict Now!
Don't go another day without this indispensable tool! Enjoy free lifetime upgrades as we add more vocabulary and more features. Our website has more screen shots and much more information.
Simply put the best foreign language app. Can help you learn or just get along on a trip. Helped me so much when I was in Thailand for two months. By the time I'd left the kingdom I was comfortable ordering food, directing basic cabs and doing things like adding money to my bts card and that's all without studying
This is by far my favorite Thai dictionary app! My favorite part is the "Find Words Inside", I've learned a lot just with that really neat little feature.
Absolute best Thai learning app... !! I have been using this app for years and love it along with everything produced by this publisher. The updates for this version are fabulous. So many features for different kinds of users without being overwhelming. I especially love the dictation feature. Thank you so much for all the hard work put into this new version. P.S. I liked the old colorful icon much better. The big character makes it obvious what the app is for but it is a little bit plain to look at.
This app has been an indispensable tool in helping me learn Thai for over a year. I was so surprised to open the app today to Version 2 and thought what happened to the app I was so familiar with! V2 is totally revamped and so much better organized. It has also included many useful sections like common phrases in different situations. Sample sentences to illustrate the use of a word is very helpful in helping to understand the Thai sentence structure. ชอบมากขอบคุณนะครับ
The easiest 5-star app review I've ever given. It's hard to understate the value of the work that goes into this dictionary and taking thoughtful advantage of the software platform, and the makers have generously made the huge 2.0 rewrite a free upgrade. The only slight negative I could say about it is that some UI conventions feel out of place on iOS given the cross-platform nature of the app, but it is nonetheless fluid and easy to use. The 2.0 release has answered every nit I have ever had about it: phrases (supercharged with a placeholder feature for customizing), favorites/study lists, making three-way search entry even easier, and unanticipated new features like (bilingual) voice dictation search, unit and currency converters integrated in phrase placeholders, and a URL scheme. This is without question the dictionary to buy for the serious Thai student—I bought it when it was released, and it obsoleted every other dictionary app I had previously tried. You would spend the same on Paiboon's printed dictionary, and this has the advantage of portability, audio, the real-world fonts, excellent "Find Words Inside" feature, etc. The latter, if you've not seen it in comprehensive feature descriptions of the app, lets you find root words that compound words are composed of. I find this to be a very useful way of approaching vocabulary study. If you're learning to read Thai, or perhaps even a native speaker learning English, this app is worth every penny and then some.
So I use this app everyday as I am currently in a 1 year Thai immersion. I find it very helpful, and now after this last update I find it very user friendly. Highly recommended.
The new update is impressive. Already the highest quality dictionary by far (by accuracy of definitions), and added some genuinely useful tools to it. Just about every UI element is out of place on iOS, but it works quickly and smoothly. I really wish there was a way to purchase the dictionary separately to add to the native dictionaries on my Mac and iOS devices - for when I don't need all this power stuff though.
Updated for v2.0 First off, let me just say thanks for making this upgrade free for version 1.x purchasers! I am thrilled to see the new favorites feature come to fruition. Incredibly useful. It would be even better if when you looked up a word in the dictionary, that it would indicate if it was already in your favorites... There are some UI quirks for certain but the power and completeness of this dictionary as both a learning and reference tool overcome them. And the authors have definitely taken time to make the app easier and faster to use. Impressive. -- Updated for v1.8 This update brings support for ios8 and iPhone 6/6+. Looks good. Really looking forward to the 2.0 upgrade! -- Excellent app for beginner and seasoned speakers. But this app desperately needs word lists with the following options: * time stamp of date word added * option to add an annotation * maybe a counter to see how often the word has been accessed * search / display options for the lists (nouns, verbs, date added, etc) * even a single global list would be great if it had appropriate searching
I leave for Bangkok in October so this update comes at a great time. I am looking forward to using this extensively the next two weeks getting ready for my trip.