Portuguese Speech-to-Speech Electronic Interpreters

This product is one of the most popular translators from our famous iTRAVL series. This new generation portable device is the ultimate talking dictionary available today. Complete with the most sophisticated voice capabilities available anywhere, this device features a unique combination of state-of-the-art speech recognition allowing your machine to understand an individual user"s voice, professionally recorded real human voice output, and advanced TTS voice synthesis. Featuring over 14,000 phrases it can voice in Portuguese and English, this unmatched phrasebook is a must-have for international travelers, helping them to navigate foreign language terrain and communicate efficiently. It gives one a comprehensive two-way dictionary and easy-to-use sentence builder pronunciation for every word from shopping and eating to camping and football: everything the traveler needs; it includes useful everyday conversation topics giving one an immediate insight into foreign language culture. Complete with fun and efficient FlashCards for optimized language learning: you can pick any of four entertaining games, go at your pace, and build up your vocabulary.

Enclosed into a water-resistant and dustproof case this rugged, durable, and compact handheld translator with a fine quality loudspeaker is a swift little machine made for effective communication.

Phrasebook

• The ultimate source of ready-made phrases, expressions, and lists of single words, the phrasebook includes the following topics: Basics, Traveling, Hotel, Local Transport, Sightseeing, Bank, Communications means, In the restaurant, Shopping, Repairs/Laundry, Sport/Leisure, Health/Drugstore, Beauty Care.
• "You may hear it" is the function, allowing you to see what you may hear in reply to the voiced phrase. For instance, having picked the topic "In a restaurant" you chose the phrase "I would like some white wine please". When you choose "You may hear it" option, the system will display the potential answers you may hear from the waiter in response to your request.
• "Useful words" function displays the key words in a given topic, which are the most important for the traveler to memorize.
• Advanced human-recorded speech output in Portuguese and English
• Superb English speech recognition technologies allow the device to transform your speech into digital information. Once your speech has been transformed, it can then be translated and/or spoken aloud.
• Single words or whole phrases search function
• Flashcards for effective language learning: this classical setup uses the card system to help you effectively memorize foreign words and quickly expand your vocabulary

Expanded vocabulary

• Advanced speech synthesis in Portuguese and English
• Phonetic transcription is helpful for mastering your pronunciation and spelling
• Instant reverse translation for added convenience
• Look-up function lets you navigate easily through volumes of information
• Advanced word recognition and MorphoFinder™
• "Add New Word" function
• The virtual keyboard provides access to the dictionary
• Slang Lock feature
• Easy expandable by adding MMC/SD cards with more languages and ultimate linguistic content from ECTACO, Inc.

Additional Features

• MP3 player
• MultiMedia Card slot (Card included) for simplified content replacement and updates, you can add up to 20 languages on MMC and over the Internet
• World Time
• Daily Alarm
• Calculator
• Currency and Metric conversion
• Touch screen (320x240 pixels)
• Screen backlight
• Auto Off function will shut off translator when it’s idle
• Pouch, AC adapter, MMC Card English-Portuguese iTRAVL - 128MMC TL-EPg and rechargeable battery are included in the package. Rechargeable battery charges by adapter.

PLEASE NOTE: A New version has recently been released. Have a look at the ECTACO iTRAVL English <-> Portuguese NTL-2Pg Talking 2-way Language Communicator and Electronic Dictionary

Introducing the new ECTACO iTRAVL TL-2EW6 (Western). The latest and greatest from our most outstanding line of portable translation solutions, this revolutionary handheld is the most remarkable talking dictionary available anywhere. It understands what you say into it in English, Spanish, French, Italian, German and Portuguese - thanks to its state-of-the art, speaker independent speech recognition system. It then goes on to translate any one of the entries from its Audio PhraseBook and speak them aloud using professional native narrator voice output! Featuring over 84,000 phrases, it can speak any word or any phrase in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. A must-have for international travellers, this incredible device will help anyone navigate foreign languages easily and communicate effectively. It provides a comprehensive bi-directional dictionary with easy-to-use sentence-builder pronunciation for every word from shopping and eating to camping and football; everything the demanding traveller needs. It also includes useful everyday conversation topics that give one an immediate insight into foreign language culture. With the inclusion of the ever-popular FlashCards - our fun and efficient way to speed up language learning – you can choose any of four educational games to help you improve your vocabulary on the go.

Enclosed within a ridged, water-resistant and dustproof case, this durable yet compact handheld translator features a touch screen with backlight and oversized powerful loudspeaker for the voice output.

Phrasebook

• The ultimate source of ready-made phrases, expressions, and lists of single words, the phrasebook includes the following topics: Basics, Travelling, Hotel, Local Transport, Sightseeing, Bank, Communications means, In the restaurant, Shopping, Repairs/Laundry, Sport/Leisure, Health/Drugstore, Beauty Care.
• Superb English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish speech recognition, allowing your machine to fine-tune to the individual user’s voice
• Advanced human-recorded speech output in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish in the PhraseBook
• "You may hear it" is the function that allows you to see what you may hear in response to a phrase. For instance, having picked the topic "In a restaurant" you chose the phrase "I would like some wine please". When you choose the "You may hear it" option, the system will display the potential answers you may hear from the waiter in response to your request.
• "Useful words" function displays the key words in any given topic, which are the most important for the traveller to memorize.
• Single word or whole phrase search functions
• Flashcards for effective language learning: this time honored classic uses the card system to help you effectively memorize foreign words and quickly improve your vocabulary

Expanded vocabulary

• Bi-directional English<->French, English<->German, English<->Italian, English<->Portuguese, English<->Spanish dictionaries includes an extensive general lexis
• Advanced speech synthesis in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish
• Phonetic transcription for mastering English pronunciation and spelling
• Instant reverse translation for increased comprehension
• Look-up function lets you navigate easily through volumes of information
• Advanced word recognition and English and Spanish MorphoFinder™
• "Add New Word" function allows to add new entries and to existing dictionaries
• Virtual keyboard provides access to the dictionary
• Slang Lock feature
• Easily expandable by adding MMC/SD cards with more languages and exclusive linguistic content from ECTACO, Inc.

Additional Features

• MP3 player
• MultiMedia Card slot (Card included) for simplified content replacement and updates, you can add up to 20 languages via MMC and over the Internet
• World Time
• Daily Alarm
• Calculator
• Currency and Metric conversion
• Touch screen (320x240 pixels)
• Screen backlight
• Auto Off function will shut off translator when it’s idle
• Pouch, AC adapter and rechargeable battery are included in the package. Rechargeable battery charges with adapter.

  Speech Recognition Enabled!  

The ECTACO Partner EPg800 is a revolutionary, expandable bilingual Dictionary and Travel Audio PhraseBook. With cool modern styling, hi-resolution color touch-display and state-of-the-art linguistic tools it is one of a kind. The massive vocabulary contains over 565,000 words and is one of the biggest around. The inclusion of the most sophisticated and accurate voice facilities available on today’s competitive market is the defining feature of this remarkable handheld. It features both state-of-the-art English speech recognition and highly advanced English and Portuguese voice capabilities powered by the latest TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology. It even goes so far as to include crystal-clear native-speaker voices for both languages in the Audio Travel PhraseBook section as recorded by professionals.

This intelligent linguistic device is literally packed with information and tools to help you master your foreign language skills for either academic endeavors or travel.

Highlights:

• Color display: the luxury of a hi-res color screen with adjustable color schemes, customizable elements, color-coded parts of speech, samples of use and much more
• Expandable vocabulary: over 565,000 words already included in the general dictionary - the largest vocabulary base ever! Plus you can easily add more than 50 language combinations available as ECTACO MMC Cards!
• Advanced English and Portuguese speech synthesis.
• Instant reverse translation
• Superb English and Portuguese speech recognition.
• Designed with the real traveler in mind, the Audio PhraseBook is at your disposal on pleasure or business trips. It delivers real human-voice output in English and Portuguese for over 14,000 pre-recorded phrases. It also provides the different responses you might receive in the "You May Hear" section.

Dictionaries:

• WordNet Princeton edition English-English dictionary of modern English - over 70,000 head words and details explanations
• Over 565,000 words in English-Portuguese general dictionary
• Advanced word recognition and MorphoFinder™
• Custom function "Add new word" allowing to create your own vocabulary and add them to the existing ones
• Slang lock: function allowing you to include or lock out slang from your dictionaries
• Look-up function helps you easily navigate through huge vocabulary bases at your disposal
• Interchangeable MMC/SD cards allow you to add a variety of languages and endless linguistic content from ECTACO, Inc.

Language-learning:

• SAT 200 and SAT 5000 vocabularies, helping you to prepare for these tough, English-language standard proficiency tests
• Linguistic games: Flash Cards, Pockets, Spell It, Translation Test: these help you learn at your own pace, expand your vocabulary and improve spelling
• WordNet Princeton edition English-English dictionary of modern English - over 70,000 head words and details explanations
• Over 565,000 words in English-Portuguese general dictionary, featuring synthesized voice in both English and Portuguese
• Phonetic transcription, essential tool for those learning to speak and write properly
• Vector Ultima™ spell-checker

Traveling:

• English <-> Portuguese Audio PhraseBook with natural human-recorded speech will help you in a variety of standard everyday situations and activities
• FlashCards: the classic game that helps you improve your vocabulary while you play.

And more…

• Media Player with MP3 support to aid you in study and at play. Thousands of Audio Books are available to be programmed into this MP3 player.
• Currency and metric conversions
• World Time
• Daily Alarm
• Calculator
• … and more

This device is powered by AC/DC adapter and rechargeable battery (all included in the standard package)

ECTACO Partner EPg800 is an English <-> Portuguese translating device from the P800 series.

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Speech Recognition Enabled!

The ECTACO EPg850 is the newest generation talking handheld translation device from the remarkable Partner line.

You have never seen anything like it before! Imagine a translator that not only helps facilitate communication with others and translates anything you want, but now teaches you the language too!

It's like having your own personal private tutor; the Language Teacher section speaks to you using fluent native-language voice narration giving you step by step instructions, quizzes, and pronunciation help so you can start speaking correctly in no time at all!

Combining words, pictures, and lessons, you talk into the translator and it tells you if you're pronouncing the words or phrases properly and then actually shows you how to say them, so you'll learn through speaking and listening at the same time.

If that weren't enough, you have access to a complete dictionary filled with over 560,000 words you can look up instantly if your having trouble. And don't forget that there's a section of over 14,000 pre-recorded phrases spoken in fluent English and Portuguese.

Language Teacher

Opening a book and studying words for hours on end sometimes just won't cut it. But with a little help and a push in the right direction, learning an entire language can be accomplished in no time! The Language Teacher gradually builds up your vocabulary and pronunciation through lessons and quizzes you can take at your own pace. It even shows the percentage of how many lessons you have completed and how well you're doing!

Text Translation

Need a fast translation you can't find anywhere else? Just type in a word and hit the translate button! From English to Portuguese or Portuguese to English, your translation will appear instantly. Then have it pronounced by the translator or you can try yourself!

Speech Recognition

With 14,000 built in phrases, there's nothing you can't say! Just select a category, press the 'Say' button and the translator will recognize your phrase and give you a full translation which can then be pronounced fluently in that language.

Highlights:

• Advanced speech recognition modules understand what you say and let you test your pronunciation by comparing your speech with that of the device. If the Partner understands you then so do will everyone else.
• Unique combination of authentic native-speaker voice narration in the PhraseBook and state-of-the-art TTS (text-to-speech) voice synthesis in the Dictionary.
• Fully expandable vocabulary that includes over 560,000 words pre-loaded on the device in the general and specialized dictionaries - the most extensive vocabulary database ever assembled! More than 50 additional language combinations are also available as ECTACO MMC/SD Cards which can supplement the device!
• Audio PhraseBook designed with the frequent traveler in mind delivers authentic human voice output in both languages for over 14,000 pre-recorded phrases for commonly encountered situations. The included "You May Hear" section displays the different answers you might receive in response to your speech.
• Color display with adjustable color schemes, customizable elements, color-coded parts of speech, usage examples and more

Dictionaries:

• WordNet Princeton edition English-English dictionary of contemporary English with over 70,000 headwords and detailed explanations
• More than 560,000 entries in dictionary that offers comprehensive usage examples and intelligible synthesized voice output of words in both languages
• Advanced word recognition and Morphofinder
• Custom "Add new word" function allows you to create your own personal vocabulary databases and incorporate them into the existing dictionaries
• Slang lock: function allowing you to eliminate slang from your dictionaries
• Responsive look-up function helps you easily navigate the extensive linguistic resources
• Interchangeable MMC/SD cards allow you to easily add languages and linguistic content from ECTACO, Inc.

Language-learning:

• Language Teacher program acts as your own personal language tutor to help you learn more effectively and improve your skills
• English idioms and irregular verbs included
• Flash Cards, Pockets, Spell It, Translation Test linguistic games help you to learn at your own pace, expand your vocabulary and improve spelling
• WordNet Princeton edition English-English dictionary of contemporary English with over 70,000 headwords and detailed explanations
• Over 560,000 words in general and specialized dictionaries, featuring synthesized voice for both languages as well as comprehensive examples for use in real-life situations
• Vector Ultima™ spell-checker

Traveling:

• 14,000 entry Talking Audio Travel PhraseBook with authentic human voice narration helps you to communicate effectively in a variety of standard everyday situations and activities
• Classic FlashCards language-learning game helps you improve your vocabulary while you play!

And more…

• Voice recorder
• Media Player with MP3 support to aid you in study and at play offers the ability to listen to the thousands of Audio Books that are available in MP3 format. The device comes pre-loaded with Rick Steve's Audio Tours.
• Metric conversions and size equivalents
• Calendar and Tasks
• World Time
• Daily Alarm
• Calculator
• American citizenship exam preparation guide
• And More…

This device is powered by AC/DC adapter and rechargeable battery (all included in the standard package)

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Absolutely unique in the world of handheld language and travel assistants iTRAVL includes everything the business or leisure traveler needs to make visiting foreign destinations an enjoyable and easily navigated experience.

• The world's most sophisticated Speech Recognition System that understands and instantly translates any of the tens of thousands of pre-programmed words and phrases contained in the iTRAVL
• Unsurpassed Travel Voice PhraseBook translates and speaks 14,000 phrases using native-speaker voice narration
• iHELP for instant access to emergency and frequently used phrases which can be spoken immediately
• Indispensable travel resources that include Fodor's Travel Guide, CIA World Factbook and Travel AudioBooks
• Amazing Language Teacher system to help you learn foreign language in the time it takes to fly to your destination.
• Reliable and accurate 2-way Full-text Machine Translation with voice output
• Exhaustive Translating Dictionary that pronounces English and Portuguese words using state-of-the-art Speech Synthesis
• Hands free, voice navigation and hi-res touch screen for easy access to information
• Responsive virtual keyboard for each of the included languages
• Extended functionality and responsiveness powered by Windows CE
• Outstanding Mp3 player for your media files to keep you entertained on the road
• Language-learning games including FlashCards, Language Pockets, Translation Test and Spell-It-Right.
• Plus much, much more!

Innovation Award 2008 from the Consumer Electronics Association

Loaded with a full range of the most useful communication tools. By simply speaking into the iTRAVL, you can have your phrases instantly translated and spoken aloud using a sophisticated combination of speech recognition modules, real human voice narration and speech synthesis. Helping you to enjoy sightseeing more, meet new friends and deal with emergencies, it is loaded with a full range of the most advanced language management tools ever combined and includes iHELP which lets you immediately access a list of emergency or most frequently used phrases instantly. Thanks to its remarkable Speech Recognition modules all you have to do is pronounce a voice tag and iTRAVL will speak the phrase immediately. A real life saver!

Lost? Never Again. Detailed maps with destination advice and addresses will help you find your way around in no time. Need a more hands on approach? Now asking for directions has never been easier. The combination of a fully translating Dictionary, PhraseBook and Travel Guide offers a compact and easy to use resource that fits in the palm of your hand. The inclusion of the world-renowned Fodor's Travel Guide lets you benefit from expert advice on hotels, restaurants, local attractions and transportation. Equipped with the CIA World Factbook, detailed information on every nation in the world is now just a click away.

No more books or papers! Now you can leave it all at home, greatly reducing the time and energy necessary to access the information you depend on most while traveling. Before and after your trip you can also use the built-in speech enabled Language Teacher and language-learning games to improve your speech and accent. You can even use iTRAVL to communicate with your non-English speaking housekeeper or construction workers, to impress your visiting business partners with your knowledge of their language or to show your friends and family how much you know. Speaking another language has never been easier or more fun!

The Best of the Best! Easy to navigate and user-friendly iTRAVL offers a hi-resolution touch-screen interface that puts Windows CE powered convenience at your fingertips. A responsive virtual keyboard for each of the included languages makes entering text quick and easy. A robust MP3 player lets you enjoy all your favorite media files and AudioBooks. Whether you're on the go, or ready to study, this global travel companion is always at your side. With the inclusion of a convenient metric converter and a talking calculator, you can now verify exchange rates and have them pronounced instantly. In addition, a world clock is now accessible so you can check the time in any time zone just by clicking the location on a virtual map. The newest and best there is to offer, ITRAVL is like no other communication device in the world.

All the Extras! iTRAVL comes complete with the remarkable hands/ eyes-free Car Infotainment System that makes the trip into work more productive and more enjoyable by letting you use “down time” for to practice your language skills. Add on the Ectaco/C-Pen Handheld Scanner (purchased separately) and you will be able to scan, upload and translate complete foreign language texts wherever you find them - in a book, newspaper or magazine, on a doctor’s prescription or even from a poster on the wall! Fully customizable, additional language pairs are also available as easily installed memory cards so that you can customize the iTRAVL to suit your changing needs.

Once you take a trip with iTRAVL, you'll never leave home without it!

Specifications:

• 565,000 entry English <-> Portuguese translating dictionary with voice synthesis
• Audio Travel PhraseBook with speech recognition that translates and speaks 14,000 travel-related words and phrases
• Audio Travel PhraseBook includes the following topics: Basics, Traveling, Hotel, Local Transport, Sightseeing, Bank, Communication means, In the restaurant, Food/Drinks, Shopping, Repairs/Laundry, Sport/Leisure, Health/Drugstore, Beauty Care, Calling for Police
• iHELP pronounces Emergency or frequently used phrases instantly
• Fodor's Travel Guide with maps and essential information for 50 cities and CIA World Factbook for 180 countries around the world: Maps, Flags, Country Profiles, People, Geography, History, Economy, Essential Statistics, International Organizations and Groups and more
• Consistent Full-text Machine Translation
• 70,000 WordNet English explanatory dictionary
• Windows CE powered for advanced functionality and responsiveness
• Hi-resolution touch-screen and hands-free speech navigation functionality
• Mp3 player, games, calculator, metric converter, and word time clock utilities.

AC adapter, rechargeable battery and two LCD protecting films are included in the standard package.

The entire linguistic content of the iTRAVL is included on a 512 MB SD card which comes with the device.

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The ECTACO iTRAVL Multilingual Euro TL-2EWE10 is the most remarkable talking dictionary available anywhere. An ultra-sophisticated translation handheld, it is the most spectacular new addition to our distinguished line of iTRAVL translators because it can understand and speak some of the most popular European languages. Complete with the widest range of voice capabilities contained in any portable translator, the iTRAVL TL-2EWE10 features speaker-independent speech recognition of spoken English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish that lets the machine understand what is being said to it. Its professionally narrated, real human voice output then lets the device speak any of its more than 126,000 travel-oriented phrases in English, Czech, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Ukrainian. Absolutely indispensable for international travelers, this incredible Audio Travel PhraseBook has been designed to help anyone communicate efficiently no matter what the situation. Also providing users with bi-directional dictionaries containing a combined total of up to 10,000,000 words, the iTRAVL TL-2EWE10 features advanced English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish TTS (text-to-speech) voice synthesis that lets it pronounce dictionary entries as well as easy-to-use sentence builder pronunciation for every word covering topics such as banking, sightseeing, shopping and dining – plus many more; in fact, everything the demanding traveler needs. It even includes useful everyday conversation topics allowing you to make new friends in an instant.

Encased within a stylish, water-resistant and dustproof case this sturdy, pocket-sized and sophisticated handheld comes complete with a top-of-the-line loudspeaker that makes effective communication easier than ever. Audio PhraseBook

• Remarkable speech recognition understands what is said to it in English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish and then converts it into digital information for immediate translation
• Advanced output of English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian native-speaker voice narration for all travel-related phrases.
• 126,000 ready-to-use phrases include everyday expressions and lists of single words for the following topics: Basics, Hotel, Traveling, Local Transport, Sightseeing, Bank, Communication means, In the restaurant, Shopping, Repairs/Laundry, Sport/Leisure, Health/Drugstore, and Beauty Care.
• "You may hear it" function lets users see examples of what they might hear in response to a phrase they choose from the phrasebook. For example, having chosen the topic "Shopping" you select the phrase "I would like to try this on, please". When you switch to the "You may hear it" option, the system displays the responses you can expect to get from the salesperson according to your request.
• "Useful words" function supplies the most useful key words within a given topic that travelers should memorize
• Search by single word or complete phrase

Expanded vocabulary

• Bi-directional dictionaries for 10 languages: English<->Czech, English<->French, English<->German, English<->Italian, English<->Polish, English<->Portuguese, English<->Russian, English<->Spanish, English<->Ukrainian
• Latest English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish TTS speech synthesis modules for superior pronunciation of dictionary
• Phonetic transcription lets you improve your pronunciation
• Instant reverse translation for better understanding
• Advanced Look-up function allows you navigate easily throughout the entire database
• Award-winning English, Polish, Russian and Spanish MorphoFinder™ word recognition
• "Add New Word" function allows users to add personal entries to existing dictionaries
• Virtual keyboard provides quick access to the dictionary
• Slang Lock feature ‘locks out’ slang from translations
• Easily expandable by adding additional MMC/SD cards with different language pairs and other exciting content from ECTACO, Inc.

Additional Features

• MP3 player
• MultiMedia Card (included) for simplified updates and content replacement
• World Time
• Daily Alarm
• Calculator
• Currency and Metric conversion
• Touch-screen (320x240 pixels)
• Backlit screen
• Auto Off function will power down translator when it’s idle
• Pouch, AC adapter, MMC Card English-Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian Spanish, and Ukrainian iTRAVL - 256MMC TL-2EWE10 and rechargeable battery are included in the standard package. Batteries are recharged using the included adapter.