Hindi is a language spoken in many parts of India and one of the official languages of that country. This free program is a Hindi-English-Hindi dictionary. You can search how a Hindi word is written in English by typing it in the Search window, and the answer will appear on the right side of the interface. If you don't have a Hindi keyboard in your system, the program offers an onscreen keyboard to make things easier. It is also possible to do the opposite, that is, to search English words and their Hindi equivalents. The program works well and fast.
Interestingly, the program can be updated by adding new words and their corresponding Hindi or English equivalences. To do so, you only need to click on the "+" button or choose the corresponding option on the Word menu, and write the word you want to add and its English equivalence. You can use the program's onscreen keyboard to perform this task. Also, you can modify any of the existing words. You only need to double click on the word you want to change, and modify its writing or its English equivalent.
The new version has a lot of new words and the search function works faster. It also has several new enhancements.
In sum, this is a very useful program for those interested in Hindi, and in learning languages in general. And one of its best characteristics is that it is absolutely free.
v2.0 [Sep 14, 2014]
Sheels Dictionary Release 2.0 - September 14, 2014
1. Added new words in database, now it contains 1,95,699 words.
2. Added facility to search and type words phonetically.
3. Facility of typing comma (,) and some punctuation marks has been added while adding and modifying words.
4. Added Devnagari and Phonetic Keyboard help under Help menu.
5. Editing word has been made simple and now it does not require providing word number.
6. Fixed an issue with searching – In version 1.0 while searching “द” list of “छ” appeared.
7. Searching has been made faster by using new algorithm.
8. Added facility of state storing. Now the same dictionary will be opened on restarting software which was last closed. If user will close Hindi Dictionary, next time Hindi Dictionary will open and if user closes English Dictionary, next time same will open.
9. Graphical User Interface has been more simplified and now it takes less space on users system.
10. 3D toolbar has been removed.
11. Facility of Go To has been removed.
12. This version will use 75% less disk space.
13. Installation instructions have been updated. OCX error for Windows 8, Windows 7 and Vista has been fixed. Now no compatibility setting will be required after installation.
14. Older version of Sheels Dictionary i.e. Version 1.0 is now no longer supported.
Manisha Vishwakarma
