Italian <-> English Talking electronic dictionary and Audio Travel PhraseBook ECTACO SpeechGuard TL-2I

by Ectaco

Product Details

• ASIN: B000BXCXJ2
• Item model number: TL-2I
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 4, 2005

Product Description

Expanded bi-directional English <-> Italan talking dictionary (over 450 000 words) includes general lexicon and specialized dictionaries: Business Financial Law Medical Oil Telecommunication and Computers. Instant reverse translation. "Add New Word" function. Advanced voice output in Italan and English. Travel Audio PhraseBook featuring over 8 000 phrases with Italan and English human-recorded voice is a must-have for international travelers. It gives a comprehensive two-way dictionary and easy-to-use sentence builder pronunciation for every word in these topics: Everyday conversation Traveling Hotel Transport Sightseeing Bank Communications means Restaurant Shopping Repairs Laundry Sport Leisure Health Drugstore Beauty Care. "Useful words" function displays the key words in a given topic which are the most important for the traveler to memorize. "You may hear it" function allows you to see what you may hear in reply to the voiced phrase. English speech recognition allowing your machine to fine-tune to the individual user's voice. Voice prompted navigation. Single words or whole phrases search function. Complete with fun and efficient English <-> Italan FlashCards for language learning: you can pick any of 4 entertaining games to effectively memorize foreign words and quickly expand your vocabulary. Word recognition and MorphoFinder. Slang Lock feature. Phonetic transcription for mastering English pronunciation and spelling. MP3 player. World Time Daily Alarm Calculator Currency and Metric conversion. MultiMedia Card slot (Card included) for content replacement and updates. Touch screen display (320x240 pixels) Screen backlight. Water-resistant and dustproof case. Fine quality loudspeaker. Auto Off function. AC adapter and Li-Polymer rechargeable battery (3.7V 1800mAh) are included in the package. 1 year international warranty.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars not a high qaulity device, May 16, 2007

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David Nagel (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Italian <-> English Talking electronic dictionary and Audio Travel PhraseBook ECTACO SpeechGuard TL-2I (Electronics)

I thought the speech tools would be very helpful. The problem is that the unit, when it arrived was not working properly. It keep locking up and not being able to display the dictionary. The company sent me a replacement and the replacemnt unit keep reseting itself and losing all of my saved items,so the hours of speech and phrases it learned it lost. Their tech suport said the unit needed to be fully charged. I explained that the unit was using AC power at the time of the failure. I tried everthing to get it to wrk as per the manufactures instructions and it still is not working correctly. It randomly resets itself still. I did try to exchange the device for a different unit or get a refund, but the company policy is 7 days from the time of receipt of the original order. So in the end I have a $400.00 unit with what I consider to have very unstable circutry. I did take the unit on our trip and it did work although I didn't invest the time in trying to save anythig. I think my money would have be better spent if I would have bought software for my PDA instead of buying this item. I would not recomend this unit for purchase, unless you like to be fustrated.