Linxy App for iPhone Review
No matter how proficient you’re in English, occasionally you might come across an unfamiliar turn of phrase in the article you read or a blog you regularly follow. Linxy app for iPhone could help you find the meaning of such words in a very innovative fashion. You only got to point your iPhone camera to the concerned word, and soon you’ll be able to see the definition of the word on your iPhone screen. You can download Linxy iPhone app for free from iTunes App Store.
Linxy App Features
Linxy app for iPhone is quite easy to use. The text content provided by Linxy is based on Wikipedia and Wikitionary, distributed under the Creative Common Attribution-Share Alike License. So if you find similarity between the definitions and Wikipedia articles/definitions, this is the reason. This is good to find a simple explanation, but not so good if you’ve already looked up Wikipedia and is expecting more details. At present, Linxy has a database of over 400,000 word definitions. Another notable feature is that the app works offline; you don’t have to be connected to the internet to find the meaning of a word.
Linxy app for iPhone also supports manual lookup of words as well. It should be noted that you are not required to click pictures of the words. Instead, you only need to point your camera over the desired text.
One apparent downside is that iPhone Linxy application find words where there is no text at all. For example, just focus your camera on your bed cover and see what Linxy shows you. Also it would have been great had the app consistently recognized long words as a single word. Further, the free version of the app shows only one definition of the searched word. For more, you got to make an in-app upgrade for $1.99. Linxy is compatible with iOS versions 4.3 or later.
Conclusion
To point your iPhone camera over a word and get the meaning/definition of it is a fantastic idea. You don’t have to click any photo either. Also Linxy app for iPhone works 100% offline; there is no compulsion on the user to have a live internet connection running in the background. Of course, the app has got its share of shortcomings. But none is too serious to affect its overall user experience. Verdict: Good one!
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