Worldictionary Lite

Name: Worldictionary Lite
Rating: 3 (1058 reviews)
Author: Penpower Inc.

Smart tool for learning foreign languages

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Worldictionary Lite is a smart and intuitive Chrome extension designed for effortless foreign language learning and translation. Simply point your phone's camera at any word to instantly view definitions and translations across 15 languages, including Chinese, English, Japanese, French, Spanish, and more. This extension eliminates the need for manual typing or photo capture, offering real-time translation on the go.

Additional features include support for Stardic format dictionaries, phrase translation, audio pronunciation, and integration with Google, Wikipedia, and YouTube searches. Users can snap pictures of text and select specific words to explore in depth, as well as save their search history to build a personalized word database. Worldictionary Lite is an indispensable tool for travelers and language learners seeking quick and accurate translations, though an active internet connection is required to utilize its full capabilities.

By:: Penpower Inc.
Downloads:: 354,095+ 1
Rating:: 3.00
(1,058)
Version:: 3.3.3 (Last updated: 2020-12-11)
Creation date:: 2011-12-23
Email:: An*****@penpowerinc.com
URLs:: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Google Play Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 105,904 ▼ 127

User reviews

Users find Worldictionary Lite effective at OCR for English and Chinese and appreciate its dictionary functions. However, major concerns include intrusive permissions that harm privacy, a very limited trial period, and issues with missing definitions after purchase. Some users report app malfunctions and difficulty starting the app, which impacts overall satisfaction.

Pros

Good OCR capability recognizing English and Traditional Chinese handwriting and printed text fairly well.
Helpful and useful dictionary functionality appreciated by some users.
Easy to use with satisfactory performance in initial trials.
Overall positive impression from users discovering the app's features.

Cons

App requires suspiciously intrusive permissions such as access to contacts, raising privacy concerns.
Extremely short trial period limits user experience and evaluation.
Paid version lacks full word definitions, causing dissatisfaction and confusion about differences versus free alternatives.
App sometimes fails to start or work properly, causing frustration.

Recent reviews

Unable to work with usb pen power dictionary.

vin kok, 2021-04-03

We purchased Penpowers scanner pen to help with our son's reading. But this app won't start without access to contacts. There is no way that the functionality of the app needs this information. Uninstalled the app and returned the pen. Edit: Dev comment doesn't change anything. If specific niche functionality needs to be walled off due to insufficient permissions that's one thing. But locking the entire app behind the most sensitive permissions screams either "spyware" or a poorly written ap