guwahati anil baruah a desktop publishing dtp software operator in the city has brought out an assamese to english dictionary with the help of his assamese language software i am not an expert in languages but ever since i started working as a dtp operator two decades ago i wanted to compile a dictionary we would often face problems while checking spellings or typing on computers these problems prompted me to bring out a lexicon finally we have come up with a hard copy of the dictionary baruah said the hard copy running into 752 pages includes over 35000 words it lists some new terms and words for the first time several new words are being used now including political terms we have tried to cover as much ground as we could we have also added assamese terms to describe the functioning of the government including the names of different posts and scientific terms said lipika gogoi one of the editors of the dictionary baruah first came up with the assamese dictionary software in 2008 technology has placed us in a different world and if we do not keep pace with the latest developments we will be left behind baruah added his assamese dictionary software contains more than 80000 words and the english one contains over 40000 words it has over 5000 phrases synonyms and antonyms abbreviations common words official words numerous pictures and scientific terms in assamese i realized there are several things in our state which have no presence on websites so we have included photographs of those in the software the demand for it has been overwhelming he said