System requirements

• Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7
• Active Internet connection

Nano is a handy desktop reference tool that gives you access to different English resources.

Nano's dictionary includes more than 70,000 definitions, word classes, translations, example sentences and word families. Images from Google illustrate the meaning of words. British and American voices pronounce the words. Nano includes a mini-game gadget you can use to review the vocabulary you store in My Words.

Features

• Access a collection of more than 30 different resources to look up English definitions and usage on your desktop.
• Nano includes
  • a desktop dictionary search,
  • a gadget to practise your My Words vocabulary,
  • an automatic update feature.
• The Nano dictionary offers:
  • intelligent auto completion that predicts the word you are searching for,
  • multiple definitions, word classes, 87 translations, example sentences and word families
  • illustrative images from Google to visualize your search word(s)
  • alternative search suggestions and a spell checker
  • (automatic) pronunciation in UK or US English
• SMALL memory usage
• QUICK response
  

You can download handouts describing Nano My Words here (PDF document).