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Hawai‘i Developer Coconut Info has released the very latest version of the Touch Hawaiian Pocket Dictionary for iPhone®, iPod®, and iPad® and iOS in the iTunes® App Store. Fully tested for iOS 5, with new entries and improvements. If you've already downloaded the App, congratulations. You're in on the ground level of a growing and comprehensive piece of work that’s packed with facts and reference. Read below for tips you might not know.

Abridged and cyclopedic, the Touch Hawaiian Pocket Dictionary features live searching in English or Hawaiian. It's also a handy reference. Diacritically correct... searching with the macron and the glottal stop enabled.

The database is large and search results change as you type. With Live Search (a feature of iOS) there is no need for indexing. Just start typing a few characters in the search bar and stand back and behold! (No need to type in the entire word or phrase you are looking for.)

Imagine also... you can search by subject. Type in a term, such as "hula," or "fish," or "endangered" and get all the entries on that particular subject search instantly.

Remember to single tap the status bar to jump scroll to the top. From the top you can search again.


Status Bar

You can search in Hawaiian or English, all from the same search field. Dismiss the keyboard by tapping the "Search" button or the "Cancel" button on the search bar.

For pronunciation try to remember to sound every letter of Hawaiian individually. A is "uh" as in above or "ah" as in father, E is "eh" as in bed (soft) or "ay" as in they, I is "ee" as in police, O is "oh" as in vote, U is "oo" as in true. The glottal stop (‘okina) is an interruption as in "oh-oh."

For more help with pronunciation see our apps with audio, Speak Hawaiian Places and Speak Hawaiian Phrases, both talking Hawaiian dictionaries.

To search with a macron (kahakō) over a vowel in Hawaiian tap and hold down the vowel on the iPhone keyboard until the accent options pop-up, including the macron.

To search with an ‘okina (‘u‘ina) over a vowel in Hawaiian tap and hold the apostrophe on the iPhone keyboard and the ‘okina will pop-up, as well as other options for the apostrophe.

Hot tip: Turn on Settings -> Accessibility -> Voice Over, triple-click to toggle, slowest speaking speed and have the definitions read to you. Now that's 2012!

Visit TouchHawaiian.com to learn more about our apps and publications for iOS devices. You may be interested in our alternative fonts for Hawaiian language.

Enjoy,

Coconut Info Software & Publishing
Making software in Hawai‘i in the shade since 1986.