Generate a pictorial dictionary

Images are well-suited for learning the words of foreign languages. Using Smage, image regions can be associated with words that are automatically translated into other languages when a coded image is explored. The connection between the image region and the word describing that region facilitates the learning process.

To encode a dictionary entry, the following steps are necessary:

• Selection of the image region, with which the dictionary entry is associated (left image below).
• Upon pressing the button highlighted in the right image below, a dialog for entering the vocable appears.

• The left image below shows the dialog for entering a vocable in an afore selected language. Typically, translations of this vocable are not necessary since the program is accompanied by a file with the basic vocabulary.
• After pressing the OK button, a D icon is integrated in the image (right image below). The vocable can be edited by selecting this icon.

• Finally, dictionary entries are encoded into the image by pressing the button highlighted in the left image below.
• The right image below shows the result. As the mouse cursor enters a coded region, a window appears that can be sticked at its location. The languages to be shown within this window can be selected in the menu Image Dictionary (right image below).

<-- Encoding the data