diff --git a/tools/dicttool/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/dicttool/BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils.java b/tools/dicttool/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/dicttool/BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils.java
index 09717eb56..7a2fde8a0 100644
--- a/tools/dicttool/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/dicttool/BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils.java
+++ b/tools/dicttool/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/dicttool/BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils.java
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ public final class BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils {
     private final static String PREFIX = "dicttool";
     private final static String SUFFIX = ".tmp";
 
-    public final static String COMPRESSION = "compression";
-    public final static String ENCRYPTION = "encryption";
+    public final static String COMPRESSION = "compressed";
+    public final static String ENCRYPTION = "encrypted";
 
     public static class DecoderChainSpec {
         ArrayList<String> mDecoderSpec = new ArrayList<String>();
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ public final class BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils {
             mDecoderSpec.add(stepDescription);
             return this;
         }
+        public String describeChain() {
+            final StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder("raw");
+            for (final String step : mDecoderSpec) {
+                s.append(" > ");
+                s.append(step);
+            }
+            return s.toString();
+        }
     }
 
     public static void copy(final InputStream input, final OutputStream output) throws IOException {
diff --git a/tools/dicttool/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/dicttool/Info.java b/tools/dicttool/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/dicttool/Info.java
index e59261706..bafde627d 100644
--- a/tools/dicttool/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/dicttool/Info.java
+++ b/tools/dicttool/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/dicttool/Info.java
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@
 
 package com.android.inputmethod.latin.dicttool;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.dicttool.BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils.DecoderChainSpec;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.BinaryDictInputOutput;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FusionDictionary;
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.UnsupportedFormatException;
+
+import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.channels.FileChannel;
+
+import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
+
 public class Info extends Dicttool.Command {
     public static final String COMMAND = "info";
 
@@ -26,11 +42,57 @@ public class Info extends Dicttool.Command {
         return "info <filename>: prints various information about a dictionary file";
     }
 
+    private static void crash(final String filename, final Exception e) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("Can't read file " + filename, e);
+    }
+
+    private static FusionDictionary getDictionary(final String filename) {
+        final File file = new File(filename);
+        System.out.println("Dictionary : " + file.getAbsolutePath());
+        System.out.println("Size : " + file.length() + " bytes");
+        try {
+            if (XmlDictInputOutput.isXmlUnigramDictionary(filename)) {
+                System.out.println("Format : XML unigram list");
+                return XmlDictInputOutput.readDictionaryXml(
+                        new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file)),
+                        null /* shortcuts */, null /* bigrams */);
+            } else if (CombinedInputOutput.isCombinedDictionary(filename)) {
+                System.out.println("Format : Combined format");
+                return CombinedInputOutput.readDictionaryCombined(
+                        new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file)));
+            } else {
+                final DecoderChainSpec decodedSpec =
+                        BinaryDictOffdeviceUtils.getRawBinaryDictionaryOrNull(file);
+                if (null == decodedSpec) {
+                    crash(filename, new RuntimeException(
+                            filename + " does not seem to be a dictionary file"));
+                }
+                final FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(decodedSpec.mFile);
+                final ByteBuffer buffer = inStream.getChannel().map(
+                        FileChannel.MapMode.READ_ONLY, 0, decodedSpec.mFile.length());
+                System.out.println("Format : Binary dictionary format");
+                System.out.println("Packaging : " + decodedSpec.describeChain());
+                return BinaryDictInputOutput.readDictionaryBinary(
+                        new BinaryDictInputOutput.ByteBufferWrapper(buffer), null);
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            crash(filename, e);
+        } catch (SAXException e) {
+            crash(filename, e);
+        } catch (ParserConfigurationException e) {
+            crash(filename, e);
+        } catch (UnsupportedFormatException e) {
+            crash(filename, e);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     public void run() {
         // TODO: implement this
         if (mArgs.length < 1) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Not enough arguments for command " + COMMAND);
         }
-        System.out.println("Not implemented yet");
+        final String filename = mArgs[0];
+        final FusionDictionary dict = getDictionary(filename);
     }
 }