This paper is published in Volume-7, Issue-4, 2021
Area
Computer Science & Systems Engineering
Author
Keerthana Mudadla, M. Sion Kumari, Sadasivuni Nikhitha, Padmanjani Darapureddy, Praneetha Meka
Org/Univ
Andhra University College of Engineering for Women, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Pub. Date
05 July, 2021
Paper ID
V7I4-1194
Publisher
Keywords
Text-To-Speech, Android Studio, SQLite Database, Java, XML

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Keerthana Mudadla, M. Sion Kumari, Sadasivuni Nikhitha, Padmanjani Darapureddy, Praneetha Meka. Android dictionary application in Android studio, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Keerthana Mudadla, M. Sion Kumari, Sadasivuni Nikhitha, Padmanjani Darapureddy, Praneetha Meka (2021). Android dictionary application in Android studio. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 7(4) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Keerthana Mudadla, M. Sion Kumari, Sadasivuni Nikhitha, Padmanjani Darapureddy, Praneetha Meka. "Android dictionary application in Android studio." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 7.4 (2021). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

For Students, Teachers and any individual across the world, Dictionary plays a significant role in their life in variety of ways. For instance, with the help of dictionaries, Students can understand their subjects better, improve their communication, and improve their grades by using the words correctly. For medical professionals, a dictionary consisting of medical terms, sorted alphabetically, will be helpful for quick reference. The first ever dictionaries are in the form of books, available even now in any bookstore. But they consume lot of time in searching and the risk of losing them or pages being torn-out is high. With the evolution of technology, it is now much easier to search the unfamiliar words on search engines such as google, etc., with an active internet connection. This advancement is much efficient than the custom book-form, yet is far from the best. This is because of some factors like battery consumption, internet charges, etc., that are evident with using search engines. Thus, the need for developing an android dictionary app is in excess. There are some offline dictionary apps that exist before which fulfill the basic requirement of providing meaning for a word or they’re just limited to few features. But they do not provide more features altogether in one app that would help user understand better. For example, a “Easy English Dictionary Offline Voice Word Meaning” app available in the google playstore does not contain features like antonyms, word sharing and it also doesn’t give the context in which the word can be used. In order to take care of all these issues, we created a platform where the user finds all advanced features of the dictionary in a single app. This helps them improve their language and expand their domain of vocabulary. This offline app is developed by using Java for back-end and XML for front-end development, SQLite Database for database creation, and with Android Studio as IDE. This paper gives an understanding about how our application is a package of many features available together, which a dictionary should essentially incorporate in order to provide the user with utmost understanding. In our app, we provide features like definitions, synonyms, antonyms, examples and pronunciations to the words using Text-To-Speech class. The main aspect which distinguishes and makes our app special from the other offline apps is its sharing feature. When a user browses through any document/site on his mobile and comes across a word that he/she is unfamiliar with, the word can be simply shared to the app from that document/site itself. The app then displays the word with its definition, synonyms, etc. This eliminates the extra effort and time spent in opening the app and then searching the word.