Whether you're on a short trip to Thailand or studying the Thai language in-depth, this is the one dictionary you can really use. 150,000+ entries, crisp clear sounds for every Thai word, works without an internet connection and without any data charges, includes both pronunciation guides (12 different systems) and Thai Script with the Thai and English text as big as you want, includes a guide to speaking and writing Thai and other mind-blowing features for exploring the Thai language—nothing else even comes close!
== Supports iOS 7
NOTE: iOS 7 users should choose an alternate Thai font in our app's Settings screen.
== Listen to Any Thai Word
Touch any Thai word in any of our 150,000+ entries to hear a high-quality sound recording of a native speaker, not a toneless gravelly robot as found in other software. More than 18 hours of studio-recorded sound included with the software!
== 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, Sensible Layout
Just pinch to make the Thai and English text as big as you want—no more reading glasses!
Simply touch with your finger to scroll through multiple, complete definitions on the screen at once with a clean layout that avoids click fatigue.
== 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 "sanuk?" Type "s-a-n-u-k" 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 list crucial Thai classifiers for more than 15,000 noun entries, we notate syllable stress, and we clarify subtle shades of meaning and formality using English explanations.
== Useful Vocabulary
Whether you are visiting Thailand for a short while or living there, you will find most of the vocabulary used in everyday life, including basic medical, cultural, political and scientific terms. 150,000+ entries: more than five times as many as Paiboon Publishing's 2009 printed volume.
== Find Words Inside
Touch any Thai word to see all the other dictionary words contained inside it. This fun and innovative feature is great for learning how complex ideas are expressed in Thai, and learning new words too!
== 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 a "Reading and Writing" section with all the consonants and vowels in multiple, real-world fonts.
== Learn Real-World Thai Script
You've probably noticed that the Thai letters appearing on signs and menus in Thailand often look nothing like those in textbooks. Touch any Thai word to see it written in a set of real-world fonts that you are likely to see on signs, menus, documents, and even in Thai handwriting.
== Explain Spelling
With our ground-breaking "Explain Spelling" feature, you can touch any Thai word and call up a visual explanation of its Thai Script spelling that shows you how the vowels and consonants of each syllable fit together, and how to determine each syllable's tone.
== Buy it Now!
Don't go another day without this indispensable tool! Enjoy free lifetime upgrades as we add more vocabulary and more features. Check our website for more screen shots and much more information.
NOTE: iOS 7 users should choose an alternate Thai font in our app's Settings screen.
Version 1.6 delivers another massive increase in the number of dictionary entries from 100,000+ to 150,000+ bold entries (from 134,000+ to 220,000+ translations), plus another 28,000+ entries (not counted above) containing the names of cities, subdistricts, districts, and provinces of Thailand.
This is just another step in Paiboon Publishing's ongoing, multi-year dictionary production project, and you are able to enjoy the fruits of this labor as it progresses. In this release, we added words in all letters of the Thai and English alphabets, but in particular we filled out thousands of words in the English letters D, E, F, G, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, and R as the second phase of our dictionary expansion begun in late 2010. Now all letters of the English alphabet are equally detailed. Stay tuned for additional releases in the future which add even more entries to all sections.
As always, there is a high-quality sound recording of a native Thai speaker for every single Thai word in the dictionary.
In addition to the huge increase in entries:
- We now show playback icons right inline with each Thai word, so you can hear any Thai word with just one easy touch. If you prefer to fit more information on-screen, you can enable and disable the speaker icons in the Settings tab.
- We added a handy, unified "Quick Click Chart" in our Help section on "Reading and Writing" that shows all Thai consonants and vowels at once on your screen (designed for iPad), allowing you to click to hear each one or to go to its details in the relevant section.
- We made a large number of improvements to the Help, including a lot more sound recordings for sample phrases, more sample words, and playback icons in our charts of Thai vowels.
