| | |  | Education | Home » » Ectaco XL-1500 Partner Multilingual Talking Dictionary | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Brand New Electronic Translator. Factory Sealed Box. AramediA is an Authorized Reseller, we Provide Superior Service, and Support by Manufacturer. We Ship All Around the Globe Via USPS, FedEx, and UPS. We Ship to APO or FPO Military and P.O. Box Addresses Via USPS. Next Business Day, and 2-Business Day Shipping Options Available. | | | Features: | |
• Unlimited TTS voice function in English, Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish in the dictionary
• Reverse translation
• Multiple input methods for typing in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian entries
• Look-up function
• Award-winning Vector Ultima spell-checking system
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 8.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.6 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 12 reviews |
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43 of 47 found the following review helpful:
 R2D2 is easier to understandDec 05, 2006
By A. M. Jacobson
I was so dissapointed by this product. I had hoped to use it to identify and translate Japanses words and practice pronouncing them correctly.
It takes many steps to do simple translations. This was frustrating in a relaxed atmopshere. It would be near impossible underpressure.
When you press for the talking translation it sounds like a tired robot in a large can. Extremely difficult to identify what it is saying let alone try and duplicate it.
The other deal breaker was it only uses batteries. There is no way to charge it when not in use. You would need to carry around a case of batteries while traveling in order to use it throughout a trip.
The size was compact and light, that was a nice feature.
20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
 works very well for a translatorAug 20, 2008
By Asteriskx
This is everything it says that it is. It translates and it speaks.
Its translations are fine. I'm not quite sure what the previous reviewer meant when they said it gave them wrong translations. It gave me plenty of choices when I looked words up in German (and a couple other languages), and then checked them out by looking up the given German word or words. If you cross-check its quite easy to find the precisely-nuanced translation.
The speech function sounds robotic, but it is definitely pronounced correctly.
This device functions very well, it easily switches the direction of the language, and has a fast lookup with easy lookup of the defined words. If you switch applications, from dictionary to games to dictionary, you'll have to change the language back to what you were using. It takes a little bit to get used to-ten minutes reading the manual and you're fine. It's annoying to change the batteries, but mine came with an AC adapter, so if you're near an outlet, you'll be fine. Those are some minor issues, but what sets apart this translator is the sheer amount of entries that it has(450,000 per language, plus 200,000 phrases)--nothing else in this price range is even close.
This is easily the best value for anything you'll get in the $100-250 price range.
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
does what it saysJan 01, 2008
By C. Morris
"chricm77"
My wife is German and I am learning polish. This model had the most words out of the others that I researched for the price. Once you put an hour or two in on the manual usage becomes easy.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
disappointingSep 18, 2008
By mizzim
"mizzim"
I ordered the XL1500 because I am moving to China for my business. Unfortunately, I had to return the product. The voice feature is so poor, I could barely recognize the english speaking voice, much less the chinese voice. The french, spanish, and german voices were not too bad. I was also disappointed that I could not figure out how to enter pinyin chinese and radical chinese characters, even after reading the poorly written manual three times. The clincher for me was that the headphone jack did not work, it just muted the voice feature altogether. The unit does have an AC jack, but does not come with an AC adaptor. I called Ace Photo to return the product and was informed of the 10% restocking fee.
11 of 11 found the following review helpful:
 Keep TryingApr 05, 2008
By A. Wittmann
I bought the Ectaco Partner XL with high hopes it would help me in my Arabic class. My Arabic professor asked me where I got my translations for some of the words because they were not correct. I have found some of the translations useful, but for the most part, incorrect. I contacted the Ectaco and was told that if I wanted Arabic translation I should have bought just the Arabic-English Electric Dictionary instead of one with many languages. I'm hoping the translations for the other languages work better than the Arabic.
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