OT: I lost my dictionary

OT: I lost my dictionary

[Charles Hallenbeck]

On archlinux I seem to have lost access to my online dictionary after a
recent upgrade. I have been using dictd. The file /etc/dict/dictd.conf
says is will find a list of dictionaries under /usr/lib/dict, but that
seems to be an empty directory.

Anybody else seeing this? Anybody know how to fix it?

Chuck


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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[acollins]

Hello Chuck!  dict is a client server application, have you looked to
see if you have dictd installed, which is the server side of the
program.  You could also look at dict.conf to see if their is a defualt
net sever that you can uncoment.  If you have dictd installed, then
maybe the actually dictionary files didn't get installed.  Whether this
is an arch problem, or whether the package has been split in to multiple
components, I can't say as I am a Debian user.  But I know what you
mean, dict is certainly very useful.

Gene Collins


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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Hi Gene,

I have had the dictd service running on this arch system for years, and
use it regularly, so it's been fully functiional until just a few days
ago. I'm the kind of guy who can't read a book without a dictionary
handy. Now I see that it's tagged in at least some of the arch
repositories as out of date, with no obvious text mode command line
substitutes. Plenty of gnome dictionaries, but nothing I want to use.

Pity.

Chuck


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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[acollins]

Hi Chuck.  Try pointing your config file at http://www.dict.org, and see
if that helps.

Gene


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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Hi Gene,

You suggested pointing my browser at www.dict.org to see what I can
learn. I got the same results with both elinks and edbrowse, and
discovered that the website does not respond. It doesn't fail, it just
does not respond. I'm curious what would happen if you were to try that.
Perhaps the problem is theirs, not mine.

Chuck


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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[acollins]

Hi chuck.  I get absolutely no response from www.dict.org either.  I
tried looking atthe site with nmap, and got no response.  I also tried
pointing lynx at it and got no response either.  So it's either really
down, or they really don't want anyone accessing it.

I don't no what port my server is on, so I'll have to check.  Once I
find out, and set things up on my router, you could  try using dict
--host collinsnet.net, but it will be a while before I can check that
out.  I'll let you know when I'm ready to try.

Gene

Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[acollins]

Well, Chuck, I'm  sorry.  This would take a bit more setup than I'm
willing to fiddle with.  Not only would I have to open up port 2628 on
my router, but it appears that the config file requires the specific
acceptence of specific ip addresses.  It's more than I'm willing to
fiddle with.


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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Hi Gene,

Don't worry about it. But I gather from what you said that you are still
able to use the dict command successfully, even though www.dict.org does
not respond to your direct probes. If that's the case, perhaps that URL
only resp;onds to the servers on the end users' hosts.  That would mean
the problem is still on my setup.

Chuck


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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[acollins]

Hi Chuck.  I think what probably happened to you is that your local
dictionary files somehow got wiped.  I'd try reinstalling gcid, and if
you like a more modern dictionary, wordsmith.  Or, irf you like, point
your weg growser at www.dictionary.com.  Of course, if you have a second
generation victor stream, you could always use it to search
wictionary.org.  (grin)

By the way, I'm sure looking forward totheir upgrade for the victor
stream, which is supposed to let you search bard, and download
talkingbooks directly.  That is going to be just too stiffie!

Gene

Re: alternate dictionary server was Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Chris Brannon]

Charles Hallenbeck <chuckh@ftml.net> writes:

> Perhaps the problem is theirs, not mine.

Yes, dict.org is down for some reason.  This includes both their web
server and their dictionary server.  So I set up a dictd of my own.
Feel free to add
server the-brannons.com
to /etc/dict/dict.conf if you wish.  I'd put it before dict.org for now,
so that you don't get long waits while the dict.org connection attempt
times out.
I'm not running this on the-brannons.com itself.  It's actually being reverse
proxied through an ssh tunnel to another box, because it was easier to install
all these dictionaries on Gentoo than Arch.  Given that, it may be
flaky, so folks probably can't rely on it.  It works for now.

-- Chris

Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Hi Gene,

Thanks for the suggestions. I may be the only blind guy in America
without a Victor Stream, but the direct download feature is very nice.
For six months I used an iPhone where the bard-mobile app by NLS did the
same thing, turning the device into a DTB reader. It turned out to be
too expensive to keep though. And way too much junk mail from Apple.



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Re: alternate dictionary server was Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for those suggestions. I may add your server temporarily, and
perhaps look beyond dictd for dictionary access.

Chuck



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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Kyle]

LOL you're not the only blind guy in America without a Victor Stream. I
also don't have one, and don't even feel the need, nor have the money to
purchase something like that <smile>. In fact, I don't have a lot of the
things that They, you kno, the They with a capital T, think we should
have lol. No Victor, none a dem crapple apples, no specialized or
temporarily marked up appliances, and certainly none a dat windblows and
shark biting a CD crap. Believe it or not, My family has gone almost
completely Linux and Linux related. Linux computers, Android phones,
Chromebooks and Sansa players running Rockbox, all of which are working
nicely. Yeah, it would be nice to get direct NLS downloads and to be
able to play them on our Android phones, but They, again that's the They
with a capital T, don't think we should have something nice like that,
so They aren't developing it for anyone other than those who do what
They say and get a crapple apple or a piece of specialized blindy tech.
I also thought it would be a good idea to develop a drop-in Rockbox
plugin that could be downloaded from the BARD website, so that we could
use off-the-shelf Sansa players to play books, but again, They with a
capital T don't think we should be using such things I guess. But then
again, I've always been one to buck the system, fight the power and use
mostly off-the-shelf products wherever possible, and adapt them using
free and open source technology if they don't already have it.
~Kyle
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Re: alternate dictionary server was Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Kirk Reiser]

If it were to become a desired need, I would be willing to open my
dictd server up to the general network as well. I don't know why the
folks that created the software would decide to not support it any
more but I too would be lost without access to a dictionary
continually.

On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Thanks for those suggestions. I may add your server temporarily, and
> perhaps look beyond dictd for dictionary access.
>
> Chuck
>
>
>
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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Hi Kyle,
On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, Kyle wrote:

> LOL you're not the only blind guy in America without a Victor Stream. I
> also don't have one, and don't even feel the need, nor have the money to
> purchase something like that <smile>. In fact, I don't have a lot of the
> things that They, you kno, the They with a capital T, think we should
> have lol. No Victor, none a dem crapple apples, no specialized or
> temporarily marked up appliances, and certainly none a dat windblows and
> shark biting a CD crap. Believe it or not, My family has gone almost
> completely Linux and Linux related. Linux computers, Android phones,
> Chromebooks and Sansa players running Rockbox, all of which are working
> nicely. Yeah, it would be nice to get direct NLS downloads and to be
> able to play them on our Android phones, but They, again that's the They
> with a capital T, don't think we should have something nice like that,
The issue of NLS books is complicated by the copyright problem. As I
understand it, publishers have agreed to extending blanket permission to
waive copyright restrictions for the reproduction of books in an
accessible format for the blind and physically handicapped, providing
the special format cannot be played on standard devices by the general
public.


> so They aren't developing it for anyone other than those who do what
> They say and get a crapple apple or a piece of specialized blindy tech.
> I also thought it would be a good idea to develop a drop-in Rockbox
> plugin that could be downloaded from the BARD website, so that we could
> use off-the-shelf Sansa players to play books, but again, They with a
> capital T don't think we should be using such things I guess. But then
> again, I've always been one to buck the system, fight the power and use
> mostly off-the-shelf products wherever possible, and adapt them using
> free and open source technology if they don't already have it.
> ~Kyle
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Re: alternate dictionary server was Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Hi Kirk,

The dictd software is certainly convenient, and if it can be kept alive
by creating or sharing other databases it would be a real advantage. The
default dict.conf comes with two servers specified, localhost and
dict.org.  It says the initrc script will scan /etc/dict for local
dictionaries, but on my system that directory is empty. So perhaps it
makes sense for users to populate that directory with appropriate
dictionaries.  I put Chris's server in the dict.conf file as #2, and it
works fine. But other servers would be nice to have in a pinch.

Chuck


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Re: alternate dictionary server was Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Woops! I misspoke myself below:

On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:

> Hi Kirk,
>
> The dictd software is certainly convenient, and if it can be kept alive
> by creating or sharing other databases it would be a real advantage. The
> default dict.conf comes with two servers specified, localhost and
> dict.org.  It says the initrc script will scan /etc/dict for local

Actually it will scan /usr/lib/dict, not /etc/dict.

> dictionaries, but on my system that directory is empty. So perhaps it
> makes sense for users to populate that directory with appropriate
> dictionaries.  I put Chris's server in the dict.conf file as #2, and it
> works fine. But other servers would be nice to have in a pinch.
>
> Chuck
>
>
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Re: alternate dictionary server was Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Chris Brannon]

Charles Hallenbeck <chuckh@ftml.net> writes:

> It says the initrc script will scan /etc/dict for local
> dictionaries, but on my system that directory is empty.

Chuck,
You need to install dictionaries separately from the dictd daemon in
order to run a local server.  As far as I can tell, on Arch, they have
to be built from source.  There are PKGBUILDs in the AUR.
Unfortunately, the sources are on dict.org, which isn't responding at
the moment.

As for dict.org itself, I hope the downtime is just temporary.

-- Chris

Re: alternate dictionary server was Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[acollins]

Hi Chuck.  Where does arch get it's packages from?  You should be able
to search the package list for a package called dict-gcide, or
goldendict-wordnet, which is a more modern dictionary module for dict.

Gene

Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Al Sten-Clanton]

Kyle, glad you can do that.  My wife and I haven't gone that far along 
the freedom trail, but it's still my long-term goal.

Al

On 7/29/2014 12:00 PM, Kyle wrote:
> LOL you're not the only blind guy in America without a Victor Stream. I
> also don't have one, and don't even feel the need, nor have the money to
> purchase something like that <smile>. In fact, I don't have a lot of the
> things that They, you kno, the They with a capital T, think we should
> have lol. No Victor, none a dem crapple apples, no specialized or
> temporarily marked up appliances, and certainly none a dat windblows and
> shark biting a CD crap. Believe it or not, My family has gone almost
> completely Linux and Linux related. Linux computers, Android phones,
> Chromebooks and Sansa players running Rockbox, all of which are working
> nicely. Yeah, it would be nice to get direct NLS downloads and to be
> able to play them on our Android phones, but They, again that's the They
> with a capital T, don't think we should have something nice like that,
> so They aren't developing it for anyone other than those who do what
> They say and get a crapple apple or a piece of specialized blindy tech.
> I also thought it would be a good idea to develop a drop-in Rockbox
> plugin that could be downloaded from the BARD website, so that we could
> use off-the-shelf Sansa players to play books, but again, They with a
> capital T don't think we should be using such things I guess. But then
> again, I've always been one to buck the system, fight the power and use
> mostly off-the-shelf products wherever possible, and adapt them using
> free and open source technology if they don't already have it.
> ~Kyle
> http://kyle.tk/
>

Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[John G. Heim]

I'd have sworn NLS made an Android version of their app. I wouldn't just 
dismiss the value of that mobile app though. If you use the mobile app, 
you have a book or two or two  dozen with you where ever you take your 
smart phone. You can get more any time you have a network connection. I 
never use the digital player they sent me any more. I probably use the 
tape player more often. That mobile app is a beautiful thing. It is sweet.
I don't know if there is an android version but another seet app is 
read2go for bookshare.



On 07/29/14 14:09, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> Kyle, glad you can do that.  My wife and I haven't gone that far along
> the freedom trail, but it's still my long-term goal.
>
> Al
>
> On 7/29/2014 12:00 PM, Kyle wrote:
>> LOL you're not the only blind guy in America without a Victor Stream. I
>> also don't have one, and don't even feel the need, nor have the money to
>> purchase something like that <smile>. In fact, I don't have a lot of the
>> things that They, you kno, the They with a capital T, think we should
>> have lol. No Victor, none a dem crapple apples, no specialized or
>> temporarily marked up appliances, and certainly none a dat windblows and
>> shark biting a CD crap. Believe it or not, My family has gone almost
>> completely Linux and Linux related. Linux computers, Android phones,
>> Chromebooks and Sansa players running Rockbox, all of which are working
>> nicely. Yeah, it would be nice to get direct NLS downloads and to be
>> able to play them on our Android phones, but They, again that's the They
>> with a capital T, don't think we should have something nice like that,
>> so They aren't developing it for anyone other than those who do what
>> They say and get a crapple apple or a piece of specialized blindy tech.
>> I also thought it would be a good idea to develop a drop-in Rockbox
>> plugin that could be downloaded from the BARD website, so that we could
>> use off-the-shelf Sansa players to play books, but again, They with a
>> capital T don't think we should be using such things I guess. But then
>> again, I've always been one to buck the system, fight the power and use
>> mostly off-the-shelf products wherever possible, and adapt them using
>> free and open source technology if they don't already have it.
>> ~Kyle
>> http://kyle.tk/
>>
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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Gregory Nowak]

Crapple, I like that LOL! I too don't have a victor stream, and don't
plan to get one, since I'm still quite happy with my booksense XT. I
probably wouldn't have one of those either, if I wasn't able to get it
at a significant discount when GW Micro was getting rid of their demo
units a few years ago.

As for the BARD ap on Android, someone on the eyes-free list said they
were planning to release it in the Fall, but I'll believe it when I
can download and use it on my phone.

Greg


On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 12:00:45PM -0400, Kyle wrote:
> LOL you're not the only blind guy in America without a Victor Stream. I
> also don't have one, and don't even feel the need, nor have the money to
> purchase something like that <smile>. In fact, I don't have a lot of the
> things that They, you kno, the They with a capital T, think we should
> have lol. No Victor, none a dem crapple apples, no specialized or
> temporarily marked up appliances, and certainly none a dat windblows and
> shark biting a CD crap. Believe it or not, My family has gone almost
> completely Linux and Linux related. Linux computers, Android phones,
> Chromebooks and Sansa players running Rockbox, all of which are working
> nicely. Yeah, it would be nice to get direct NLS downloads and to be
> able to play them on our Android phones, but They, again that's the They
> with a capital T, don't think we should have something nice like that,
> so They aren't developing it for anyone other than those who do what
> They say and get a crapple apple or a piece of specialized blindy tech.
> I also thought it would be a good idea to develop a drop-in Rockbox
> plugin that could be downloaded from the BARD website, so that we could
> use off-the-shelf Sansa players to play books, but again, They with a
> capital T don't think we should be using such things I guess. But then
> again, I've always been one to buck the system, fight the power and use
> mostly off-the-shelf products wherever possible, and adapt them using
> free and open source technology if they don't already have it.
> ~Kyle
> http://kyle.tk/
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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Chuck:

I was about to post here asking very much the same question. I have been
unable to use dict for several days now on any system I have access to,
mostly Fedora 20, but that isn't the problem as I think you've found
out.

So, it's a mystery. I hope we get an answer and a revived dict soon. I
don't want to switch! <grin>

Janina

Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
> On archlinux I seem to have lost access to my online dictionary after a
> recent upgrade. I have been using dictd. The file /etc/dict/dictd.conf
> says is will find a list of dictionaries under /usr/lib/dict, but that
> seems to be an empty directory.
> 
> Anybody else seeing this? Anybody know how to fix it?
> 
> Chuck
> 
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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Scott Henning]

Hello all,

Yes, dict.org disappeared. I just tried it and viola! It is back! I was 
hoping I would not have to swim with sharks and use "free" commercial 
dictionaries...they are hard to access.

And Kyle, I laughed out loud when I read your comments about Apple, et 
all. Here, I thought I was the only fiercely non-commercial 
human...sorry to say I use W7 and JAWS but sometimes one has to 
compromise...

Scott

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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Scott Henning]

FYI dict.org mail is webmaster@dict.org. I just sent them a thank you 
for getting the site back.

Scott

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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Janina,

The dict.org server is back in operation as of earlier today.

Chuck

On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Hi, Chuck:
>
> I was about to post here asking very much the same question. I have been
> unable to use dict for several days now on any system I have access to,
> mostly Fedora 20, but that isn't the problem as I think you've found
> out.
>
> So, it's a mystery. I hope we get an answer and a revived dict soon. I
> don't want to switch! <grin>
>
> Janina
>
> Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
> > On archlinux I seem to have lost access to my online dictionary after a
> > recent upgrade. I have been using dictd. The file /etc/dict/dictd.conf
> > says is will find a list of dictionaries under /usr/lib/dict, but that
> > seems to be an empty directory.
> >
> > Anybody else seeing this? Anybody know how to fix it?
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >  Chuck in Ghent, northeast of Hudson on the Hudson.
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@linux-speakup.org
> > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> --
>
> Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
> 			sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
> 		Email:	janina@rednote.net
>
> Linux Foundation Fellow
> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org
>
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Chair,	Protocols & Formats	http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
> 	Indie UI			http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Speakup@linux-speakup.org
> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

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Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Janina Sajka]

Yes, I see we were all all over this one with relief and much gratitude.

Long live dict!

Janina

Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
> Janina,
> 
> The dict.org server is back in operation as of earlier today.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, Janina Sajka wrote:
> 
> > Hi, Chuck:
> >
> > I was about to post here asking very much the same question. I have been
> > unable to use dict for several days now on any system I have access to,
> > mostly Fedora 20, but that isn't the problem as I think you've found
> > out.
> >
> > So, it's a mystery. I hope we get an answer and a revived dict soon. I
> > don't want to switch! <grin>
> >
> > Janina
> >
> > Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
> > > On archlinux I seem to have lost access to my online dictionary after a
> > > recent upgrade. I have been using dictd. The file /etc/dict/dictd.conf
> > > says is will find a list of dictionaries under /usr/lib/dict, but that
> > > seems to be an empty directory.
> > >
> > > Anybody else seeing this? Anybody know how to fix it?
> > >
> > > Chuck
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >  Chuck in Ghent, northeast of Hudson on the Hudson.
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org
> > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> > --
> >
> > Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
> > 			sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
> > 		Email:	janina@rednote.net
> >
> > Linux Foundation Fellow
> > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org
> >
> > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> > Chair,	Protocols & Formats	http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
> > 	Indie UI			http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@linux-speakup.org
> > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> 
> -- 
> 
>  Chuck in Ghent, northeast of Hudson on the Hudson.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@linux-speakup.org
> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
			sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
		Email:	janina@rednote.net

Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Chair,	Protocols & Formats	http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
	Indie UI			http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/

Re: OT: I lost my dictionary

[Willem van der Walt]

Under Ubuntu/debian there are dictionary packages which contain the actual 
dictionaries and the dictd server which, together, can provide one with an 
off-line version of dict.
HTH, Willem


On Wed, 30 Jul 2014, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Yes, I see we were all all over this one with relief and much gratitude.
>
> Long live dict!
>
> Janina
>
> Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
>> Janina,
>> 
>> The dict.org server is back in operation as of earlier today.
>> 
>> Chuck
>> 
>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2014, Janina Sajka wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi, Chuck:
>> >
>> > I was about to post here asking very much the same question. I have been
>> > unable to use dict for several days now on any system I have access to,
>> > mostly Fedora 20, but that isn't the problem as I think you've found
>> > out.
>> >
>> > So, it's a mystery. I hope we get an answer and a revived dict soon. I
>> > don't want to switch! <grin>
>> >
>> > Janina
>> >
>> > Chuck Hallenbeck writes:
>> > > On archlinux I seem to have lost access to my online dictionary after a
>> > > recent upgrade. I have been using dictd. The file /etc/dict/dictd.conf
>> > > says is will find a list of dictionaries under /usr/lib/dict, but that
>> > > seems to be an empty directory.
>> > >
>> > > Anybody else seeing this? Anybody know how to fix it?
>> > >
>> > > Chuck
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > >
>> > >  Chuck in Ghent, northeast of Hudson on the Hudson.
>> > >
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > Speakup mailing list
>> > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org
>> > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
>> > 			sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
>> > 		Email:	janina@rednote.net
>> >
>> > Linux Foundation Fellow
>> > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org
>> >
>> > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
>> > Chair,	Protocols & Formats	http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
>> > 	Indie UI			http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
>> >
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > Speakup mailing list
>> > Speakup@linux-speakup.org
>> > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>> >
>> 
>> -- 
>>
>>  Chuck in Ghent, northeast of Hudson on the Hudson.
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Speakup mailing list
>> Speakup@linux-speakup.org
>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
> -- 
>
> Janina Sajka,	Phone:	+1.443.300.2200
> 			sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net
> 		Email:	janina@rednote.net
>
> Linux Foundation Fellow
> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:	http://a11y.org
>
> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
> Chair,	Protocols & Formats	http://www.w3.org/wai/pf
> 	Indie UI			http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@linux-speakup.org
> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
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