Considering the Internet environment in Indonesia, Naver differentiated its service from other existing dictionary services by developing automatic completion feature which enables users to search the results even in offline mode. (image: Kobizmedia/ Korea Bizwire)
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire)– Naver, largest web portal in Korea, has begun offering its mobile dictionary application intended for overseas users — a first move for the nation’s portal industry — stepping up its investment in overseas market and mobile application, two pillars of the company’s business expansion plan.
The portal company announced last week, its signature mobile messenger app, Line, will be available for the purpose of dictionary service and its first language service will be exclusively for Indonesian speaking users.
Line Dictionary, as is called according to Naver, will serve as a mobile version of Indonesian-English dictionary which provides an extensive vocabulary database and excellent contents.
With over 200,000 headwords and high-quality 410,000 sample sentences, along with 50,000 audio files, this mobile dic offers its unique user interface (UI) feature: it allows users to choose either sentence translations functionality or search box for the related sample sentences automatically — user-friendly move on the mobile screen.
Taking the Internet environment in Indonesia into consideration, Naver differentiated its service from other existing dictionary services by developing automatic completion feature which enables users to search the results even in offline mode.
The application is equipped with other extra features like Text-to Speech (TTS) and sub-dictionary function which quickly displays the definitions of the words used in the sample sentences.
Moreover, the company plans to harness “crowdsourcing” concept in shoring up the dic’s database; the local users are encouraged to submit their translated sentences as other exemplary sentences pool, a move to enhance the database adding to the up-to-date contents used in real-life situations in the local region. The service, already available on the Naver Dictionary, enjoys more than 1,000 participations a day.
With over 200,000 headwords and high-quality 410,000 sample sentences, along with 50,000 audio files, this mobile dic offers its unique user interface (UI) feature. (image: Naver)
For now, Line Dictionary is served only in Android version and iOS version will be available in the near future. An official at Naver said, “More than 10 percent of the service users are foreign language users, illustrating more and more international users are interested in our dictionary service. We are planning to enhance convenient functions in the Line Dictionary while updating the contents regularly to meet the needs of users.”
Written by John Choi (johnchoi@koreabizwire.com)
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