ebook-reader-dict VS tone

I just stumbled across Kobo dictionaries, but none in a format which could be imported into Calibre, for further upload to Kindle. Copying the actual files or directories obtained by extraction of one of the Kobo dictionaries, into the documents directories of Kindle (as I've done to Littré and Roberts, to make them avail in the dictionary settings of Kindle) leads nowhere, either, so I am pretty much stuck.

I just had a look at a .dict from ebook-reader-dict (where the content comes from Wiktionary too, and they seem to deal with inflections too); "unfortunately" they seem to use .syn file too to store the inflections, so the behavior with the default dictionary app is similar... About further coding, I'll play with their code1 this week to check how the converting/compiling is done (who knows, maybe I/we can help there? :) ). So their is hope for a relatively quick solution :)

One can also access the whole content of Wikipedia -and a looot more- offline, thank to among others the project "Kiwix" (Wiktionaries can be found here, other readings are available also to download trough the app, and finally, you can always "ZIM it", if you don't find what you want in the lists). Kiwix doesn't have to be used in a "stand-alone" fashion, as you can access it within the pop-up window in NeoReader as shown in the 3rd pic (working on firmware 3.3.1 too). At last but not least, another offline solution based on Wiki AND in the StarDict format is the "e-book-reader-dict" project (thank to cerank for sharing it! I have to admit I didn't find it by myself before starting this...)

I use a stardict version of Wiktionary I have found on Github (others languages are available like French, German, ...)

I have no experience with studying/reading German books on a Kobo, so I cannot comment on that. However, the Kobo dictionaries are generally not very good for languages with a lot of inflection such as Spanish, Russian, etc. It seems there is a good French dictionary for it (but I don't read French either, so I cannot confirm): https://github.com/BoboTiG/ebook-reader-dict. (They also have a German dictionary that should support conjugated forms - check it out!)

You could look at https://github.com/BoboTiG/ebook-reader-dict

Wiktionary

I am trying to install these dictionaries using this guide.

I have not heard of the .dic format. Just check this link: https://github.com/BoboTiG/ebook-reader-dict You just need to download a zip file and copy it where you already tried to copy your other file.

Here are other Spanish dictionaries: https://github.com/BoboTiG/ebook-reader-dict/releases/tag/es

Have you tried using ABP's own metadata tool and then using that to embed the metadata? They use tone. Not sure if it will help you with the m4bs containing mp4 streams - I've never tried dealing with that.

[2]: https://github.com/sandreas/tone#custom-scripted-taggers-experimental

Feedback is highly appreciated.

[1]: https://github.com/sandreas/tone

- LG G5 H850 (optional with Bang & Olufsen Hifi-Plus module) + Audiobookshelf + Substreamer

Let me cite my comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32042780:

I use m4b-tool[1], tone[2] and audiobookshelf[3] together with an LG G5 H850 smartphone[8] with Bang & Olufsen Hifi-Plus Module for Audio Only and I am pretty happy with this config. For Music I use Navidrome[5] and Substreamer App[7]. Maybe I'll try out Jellyfin[4] or maybe Plex[6], but I really don't wanna go closed source.

I also thought about writing something self hosted in C# to have ONE solution for audiobooks, podcasts and music and started a small private project, but this will take a while until it is ready to release something...

You may ask: Why an LG G5 H850? Well, its relatively small and cheap (about 50 - 80 bucks used) it has an audio Jack, USB-C, you can change the battery, it can hold up to 2TB microSD storage, has an HiFi Plus module for audio enthusiasts and a descent screen. Besides that it can run lineage os...

Note: I'm the author of the first two projects :-)

[1]: https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool

[2]: https://github.com/sandreas/tone

[3]: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf

[4]: https://jellyfin.org/

[5]: https://www.navidrome.org/

[6]: https://www.plex.tv

[7]: https://substreamerapp.com/

[8]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_G5

> Very neat, I love it, I used to have a tool to do this but it's been ages and is now unmaintained.

Thank you :-) Glad to hear that.

> Just be sure to do input santization, since if someone else uses your code it could go from a very cool project to a backdoor that ends up on the front page for all the wrong reasons :-)

Good point. I think that the "scriptable" part needs special care regarding security issues, as well as the metadata-readers and JSON parsers. I don't want that to bite me in the neck because of a "malicious" file. Maybe it is worth to provide a responsible disclosure email and make a plan for security issues.

See https://github.com/sandreas/tone/issues/12