| | |  | Translation | Home » » English - Spanish BiDirectional Talking Dictionary ESB-3 | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | This new bilingual English <-> Spanish dictionary offers instant translation in both directions. With its powerful search functions, it is able to locate the word you are looking for in split-seconds. Capable of pronouncing both English and Spanish entries, it saves you time and effort and makes communicating in either language nearly effortless. Perfect for both native English speakers learning Spanish and Spanish speakers learning English, it includes Vector Ultima spell checker, a user's dictionary, English and Spanish idioms and English irregular verbs to help you attain proficiency in whichever language you choose. It also includes word games and exercises to make your learning experience both fun and effective.
Linguistic features
* Spanish Grammar Book
* Spanish verbs
* Spanish voice
* Phrasebook
Additional Device features
* Display: 16-level grayscale display and high-resolution touch screen with enhanced polarizers;
* Hardware features: USB port ? MultiMedia Card (MMC) slot ? Headphone jack ? Speaker ? Microphone ? Backlight;
* Two input methods: keyboard and handwriting recognition
* Accessories: Stylus ? Removable lid ? Headphones ? USB Cable (USB and Serial Cradle sold separately) with ECTACO Desktop Manager (downloadable for free);
* Memory: 8 MB SDRAM ? MMC slot for expandable memory and MultiMedia Card included;
* PC system requirements: IBM-compatible 486 PC or higher ? 256 color VGA monitor ? Mouse or other pointing device ? Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows XP? 50 MB free disk space ? 32 MB RAM (recommended) ? available serial or standard USB port ? Internet connectivity ? Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later) OR Netscape Navigator 4.02 (or later);
* Password protection
* Core applications: Music MP3 Player ? Date Book with audio reminders? Address Book ? Voice Memo ? Memo Book ? To Do Book ? Calculator | | | Features: | |
• Display: 16-level grayscale display and high-resolution touch screen with enhanced polarizers
• Core applications: Music MP3 Player ? Date Book with audio reminders?
• Address Book ? Voice Memo ? Memo Book ? To Do Book ? Calculator
• Two input methods: keyboard and handwriting recognition
• Word games and exercises to make your learning experience both fun and effective.
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 1.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1 reviews |
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Pros and ConsSep 30, 2005
By Alice
Overall I found this useful; the voice feature, while mechanical sounding, shows where to put stress on syllables and demonstrates the sounds produced from combining different vowels. Thanks to that I am speaking and understanding spanish better. Also it has a huge dictionary, so the majority of the words that I look up are available. Also it has a slang option you can turn on or off if this is for your kids. You can take it with you anywhere. It takes double A batteries, and can be plugged in as well.
All in all though this was not worth the price!
first it can't handle verbs unless they're in un-conjugated form, eg. estar, comprar... not surprising but for the price it would have been nice if it could. Second a lot of the dictionary's definitions come out with so many different definitions that it is difficult to say what the word actually means; and it is often not the first definition that the machine gives you so you need to try out the individual definitions in spanish and see if the english result matches up with what you meant. The buttons stick, which slows it down. And while it has a grammar section, it only explains the rules of english, and is written in spanish. If your set on this model go to the ectaco website, you can get more info on it there.
I might add that you can find better resources for anything this machine does online for FREE. It was still handy to me, but c'mon!
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