Product: Oxford Advance Genie dictionary Price: $250 or bundled free with Oxford Advanced Learner's, Wordpower or Student's dictionary Pros: Defines words from within other applications, with a choice of British or American pronunciation Cons: Quirky interface, Windows-only
In 1478, the Oxford University Press jumped on the 15th-century equivalent of information technology and printed its first book using movable type.
Now, 526 years later, it is trying to show that it can handle the new IT.
As a dictionary, Genie is as good as one would expect from OUP.
What makes this one special is that it is supposed to work with wordprocessors, browsers and other applications.
You select a word by dragging the mouse cursor over text in Microsoft Word or a browser. The word underneath the cursor then appears in the Genie box.