Franklin OEC-570 Compact Oxford English Dictionary with Thesaurus and Spell Correction

by Franklin Electronics

Product Details

• Item Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001KUSXDA
• Item model number: OEC-570
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #24 in Electronics > Office Electronics > Electronic Dictionaries, Thesauri & Translators > English Dictionaries
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 14, 2004

Product Description

This powerful reference tool includes dictionary content from Oxford, the world's most trusted dictionaries. It is ideal for high school and university students, or for anyone who wants to build their vocabulary and language skills. And in addition to the dictionary and thesaurus, this language tool, like other Franklin products, is loaded with extras such as Phonetic Spell Correction, word games and exercises, and many other helpful features.

Customer Reviews

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good device for elementary and maybe middle school, September 4, 2010

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Victorystarr "vsa13" (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Franklin OEC-570 Compact Oxford English Dictionary with Thesaurus and Spell Correction (Office Product)

I bought five of these electronic dictionaries for my five homeschooled children. Some words we tried to look up weren't in this dictionary. My highschool son just looked up a word today "cachinnate" and it wasn't in there. He had to go to the hardcopy dictionary. I purchased Franklin SCD-1890 for myself. I can't remember it not having any words we needed. We have had both of these dictionaries in our home for at least 4-5 years. I don't like that the Franklin MWD-1490 takes a large watch-type battery. The SCD-1890 takes AAA batteries, which we are more likely to have on hand at home. I currently have four high-school kids now and I find the MWD-1490 inadequate for their needs. It is still a good tool for my 6th grader.
For the cost and constant use the $50 plus spent on it was worthwhile. I am now ready to upgrade their dictionaries to a larger word database for highschool,community college and beyond.Franklin MWD-1490 Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus with Comprehensive Reference SetFranklin SCD-1890 Speaking Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rich with featurs, but keys are sluggish, January 18, 2010

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E. Downer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Franklin OEC-570 Compact Oxford English Dictionary with Thesaurus and Spell Correction (Office Product)

On the plus side the letters are large and legible. I like the ability to store up to 40 words and recall them later for practice. Very compact, fits in a shirt pocket.
On the down side, you really have to press down on the keys even having to press the first letter of a word twice before it would respond. For this reason I subtracted one star.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great bargin for school, April 26, 2010

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G. piskiel "gp" (usa) - See all my reviews
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My wife is going to a community college. She is not a native english speaker and this electronic dictionary is a huge help for her to quickly check on the meaning of words so she can understand a lecture or find synonyms and antonyms. We are not exactly poor and sure as heck not rich but for [...] bucks the features and number of words available on this machine are awesome.