Category:	Talking bilingual dictionary expandable to include over 50 language combinations
Language pair:	English <-> Russian; Russian <-> English; English <-> English
Speech:	English and Russian for the Dictionary; English and Russian for the PhraseBook
Number of words:	over 1,030,000
Size:	6.6 x 3.9 x 0.9 in
Weight:	11 oz
Battery Type:	Li-Polymer rechargeable battery (3.7V, 1400mAh), included

The ECTACO Partner Dictionary and Travel Audio PhraseBook ER800 is the most popular and powerful bilingual travel companion available. With its sleek modern design, hi-res colour touch-screen and state-of-the-art language tools, it is truly in a class of its own. The exhaustive vocabulary features an extensive dictionary with more than 1,030,000 entries. Yet the most remarkable feature of this sophisticated handheld is the inclusion of the most advanced voice facilities in the world. As you would expect from the industry leaders, this unique device features both an advanced speaker independent speech recognition system and highly advanced English and Russian voice capabilities powered by the latest TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology. This allows for numerous learning and communication options available to frequent travellers and students alike. This impressive Audio Travel PhraseBook even goes as far as to include crystal-clear professionally narrated native-speaker voices for both languages in its arsenal of tools to help you get the most out of using another language. Smart, flexible and responsive in the extreme, this new-generation handheld is virtually packed with information and utilities that help you to maximise your foreign language skills for business, educational or leisure needs.

Highlights:

• Colour display: a hi-resolution colour screen with adjustable colour schemes that displays colour-coded parts of speech, samples of use and much more
• Expandable vocabulary: over 1,030,000 words are included in the general and specialized dictionaries – our largest vocabulary ever! Easily add more than 50 other language pairs available as ECTACO MMC Cards!
• Advanced English and Russian speech synthesis provides the pronunciation of any word you input or find
• Instant reverse translation and coherent full-text translation
• State-of-the-art English and Russian speech recognition. As an additional advantage of this function you may even test your pronunciation against the machine's speech-recognition module.
• Machine Translation system provides the pronunciation of translated text in both languages. Simply type any text and it will translate and speak the translation aloud using its built-in Text-To-Speech converter.
• Designed for the serious traveller, the Audio PhraseBook is useful for both leisure or business trips. It provides real human voice output in English and Russian for over 14,000 travel-related phrases. It also displays the usual responses you might receive in the 'You May Hear' section

Dictionaries:

• Princeton WordNet English-English dictionary of contemporary English contains more than 70,000 head words with detailed definitions
• Over 1,030,000 entries in the English-Russian general and specialized dictionary: Business, Financial, Law, Medical, Oil, Telecommunication and Computers.
• Synthesized English and Russian TTS voice output
• Advanced word recognition and MorphoFinder™
• Custom 'Add new word' function allows users to create and add personal vocabulary to existing dictionaries
• Slang lock allows users to exclude slang from translations
• Advanced search functions helps to navigate quickly and easily through the massive database
• Replaceable MMC/SD cards allow the addition of a variety of language pairs and exclusive linguistic content from ECTACO, Inc.

Language-learning:

• SAT 200 and SAT 5000 vocabularies help in preparation for these US standard English-language proficiency tests
• Language-learning games: Flash Cards, Pockets, Spell It, an a Translation Test all let users learn at their own pace, while expanding vocabulary and improving spelling
• Princeton WordNet English-English dictionary of contemporary English contains more than 70,000 head words with detailed definitions
• Over 1,030,000 words in the English-Russian general and specialized dictionaries, featuring synthesized English and Russian voice
• Phonetic transcription helps learners to speak and write properly
• Vector Ultima™ is an award-winning spell-checker

Travelling:

• English <-> Russian Audio PhraseBook with natural, native-speaker narration of thousands of travel-related phrases
• FlashCards is a classic language-learning game that lets you improve your vocabulary while you play!

And more…

• Bilingual interface
• Media Player - to help you at study and in play. Thousands of Audio Books are currently available to be stored in this player.
• Currency and metric conversions
• World Time
• Daily Alarm
• Calculator
• And More…

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

ECTACO Partner ER800 is the updated version of the Partner ER-X8 and ER-x8c. ER800 contains the following additional features: both Russian and English voice capabilities for the full vocabulary, colour display and player.

ECTACO Partner ER800 is an English <-> Russian translating device from the P800 series.

This model is normally operated in a silent mode and you will need to press the "Speaker" button or to choose the corresponding option from the menu in order to hear the translation spoken out loud.

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