Customer Reviews

Franklin Youth Talking Spanish - English Dictionary

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This product is a good one for the beginning Spanish learner --- once you figure it out! The directions that come with the device are terrible, and the operation was not intuitive for me. However, once you know what to do, it is easy and works the way we all want it to. I called Franklin directly to find out the proper procedure.

* This device will SPEAK the word that is HIGHLIGHTED on the screen *

1. Type the word you want to learn in the language you know.
2. Hit "Enter".
3. Wait for the translation to appear on screen.
4. Hit "Enter" again. This will highlight the word you typed.
5. Now, use the arrow button to MOVE THE HIGHLIGHTING down to the translated word.
6. Once the translation is highlighted, hit "Speak" and it will say the word out loud for you with proper pronunciation!


I hope this helps.

Did not live up to our expectations at all. We have the English version of this, worked great for my visually impaired daughter. On that one, she can type a word, and the device not only pronounces the word, but speaks the entire definition, and it speaks the various other games and activities. She she can basically interact with all the features, since she knows the keyboard.

The Spanish-English does NOT work the same way. You type a word in English, "cat", it says "cat" (which you already know how to say). It prints "gato" on the lcd display, which is barely legible to a sighted person. It does NOT say "gato" or anything else. The manual says it can pronounce any highlighted word in a definition, but no words are ever highlighted! It CAN say "gato", if you type it in, but of course does not then say the English word "cat". So it cannot connect spoken English words with spoken Spanish words, and speaks no definitions. It only very minimally fulfils the "talking" part. So for us, it's pretty useless, while its English counterpart was quite useful.

Great for those trying to learn English, si hablan espanol. The only problem I encountered is how much battery it consumes when the speaker is used to listen to the pronunciation. But it is a very practical and easy to use instrument and my sister loves it.

product is good but a lot of words are not included which makes it unreliable source of information

I guess I expected a Spanish/English translation dictionary. I typed SIR, MISTER, LOVER,
and got no translation into Spanish for any of those words. Save your money, and don't buy
this product. Maybe other more expensive products are better, I am not going to find out.
Anyway, for translations of most languages, I recommend you goto Google for translations
of words and also phrases, it is much much more superior than this device, with the added
bonus that Google translations are free.

This device did not work according to how it was advertised. The words I put in for translation, were not compatible with what was in this device. Very simple words were not translated for me. This thing disappointed me very much.

My daughter is in 2nd grade of school and I bought it for her, but I'm not using this product because I can't find a lot of words or terms.
Probably I need to buy another model a little bit more sophisticated.

Bought this for my sis-in-law. She was delighted and found it very convenient now that she's learning English. It was my recommendation because you get your money's worth.

It works just fine. My daughter is in kindergarten, and it fits her needs as a beginner in Spanish. She is able to input both English and Spanish and listen to the pronunciation. The games are a bit advanced for her, but I am sure she will eventually be able to do them.

It doesn't translate some words, simple words are not in the dictionary, so we have to use the regular dictionary.