Category:	Talking bilingual dictionary expandable to include over 50 language combinations
Language pair:	English <-> Spanish; Spanish <-> English; English <-> English
Speech:	English and Spanish synthesized for the Dictionary; English and Spanish human voice for the PhraseBook
Number of words:	over 1,010,000
Size:	6.6 x 3.9 x 0.9 in
Weight:	11 oz
Battery Type:	Li-Polymer rechargeable battery (3.7V, 1400mAh), included

  Speech Recognition Enabled!  

The ECTACO Partner ES800 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 1,010,000 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 and Spanish speech recognition and highly advanced English and Spanish 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. It employs the latest language learning technologies that use foreign language Speech Recognition modules, a bilingual Machine Translation system and Text-to-Speech processing.

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 1,010,000 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 Spanish speech synthesis delivers the pronunciation of any text, not only dictionary entries
• Coherent full-text translation into English and Spanish, instant reverse translation
• Superb English and Spanish speech recognition. Test your pronunciation by trying to speak out a phrase in the foreign language and see if the Partner understands you. If it does – then everyone else would understand your speech too!
• Designed with the real traveler in mind, the Audio PhraseBook is at daily disposal on pleasure or business trips. It delivers real human-voice output in English and Spanish 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 1,010,000 words in English-Spanish 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 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 1,010,000 words in English-Spanish general dictionary, featuring synthesized voice in English and Spanish as well as comprehensive examples for use in real-life situations
• English phonetic transcription, essential tool for those learning to speak and write properly
• Vector Ultima™ spell-checker

Traveling:

• English <-> Spanish 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 ES800 is an English-Spanish translating device from the P800 series.