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Electronic dictionary market shrinking in Japan

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨moe90@feddit.nl⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/13/companies/electronic-dictionary-sales-fall/

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Well… Yeah. Everybody’s using their phones instead.

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    • weirdboy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I still own an electronic Japanese dictionary but haven’t used it in about 10 years. I have a dictionary app on my phone that I use nearly every day.

      About the only thing the electronic version still does better than any of the apps I’ve tried, surprisingly, is handwritten kanji recognition, I think perhaps because it comes with a little stylus that makes it more precise.

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    • CalipherJones@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Lots of old people in Japan. When I went I found an entire floor of a department store dedicated to brand new fax machines.

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      • Lumidaub@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Which is probably why they do still sell these dictionaries, just not nearly as many as they used to.

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  • Chodi_MacCunt@lemmy.laitinlok.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    GOOD now they can learn anglish

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    • BlueChinchompa@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I still need to work on my anglish

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      • Chodi_MacCunt@lemmy.laitinlok.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔞 𝔣𝔬𝔬𝔩 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔱 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔫 𝔰𝔲𝔠𝔥 𝔞 𝔣𝔞𝔦𝔯 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔢𝔠𝔥

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