The new upscale electronic eBookMan device will be your language assistant, easing your communication with foreign business partners, reading memos and translating correspondence.

These language pairs are available: English-Spanish, English-Dutch, English-German, English-French, English-Italian, English-Portuguese, and English-Swedish. Each of the 7 bidirectional dictionaries has a vocabulary of 520,000 entries. They are built using the latest technology and will act as a great learning tool and an extensive multipurpose linguistic resource.

Effective learning curve

Need to communicate in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish or Swedish regularly? Want to read, write and translate? Then this dictionary is for you. The language database is specially developed with professional translators’ needs in mind and is prepared with a rapid search function for finding the words you need in no time. The dictionary features coherent, context-sensitive word recognition.

The enlarged dictionaries will allow you to:

• start searching for entries as the first few characters are entered;
• entering a word in the special window lets you view all the relevant articles in both directions, and scroll through them easily;
• if you make a spelling mistake, the Spell Correction System will automatically give you a few spelling options to choose from;
• with only one click you can access the start page for easy selection of all dictionaries.

Additional Device features

• Display: 16-level grayscale display and high-resolution touch screen with enhanced polarizers
• Hardware features: USB port • MultiMediaCard (MMC) slot • Headphone jack • Speaker • Microphone • Backlight
• Accessories: Stylus • Removable lid • Cradle with USB connector (serial cradle sold separately)
• Memory: 16 MB SDRAM • MMC slot for expandable memory
• 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)
• Desktop software: eBookMan Desktop Manager with Outlook® synchronization powered by Intellisync® for eBookMan
• Core applications: Franklin Viewer • Franklin Reader • Audiobook Player • Music Player • Date Book • Address Book • Voice Memo • Memo Book • ToDo Book • Calculator

The eBookMan-911 differs from the 900 and 901 models in color (it comes in translucent black/black). It also has 16MB of RAM and a backlight. This model is compatible with Windows XP – you will be able to upload MP3 music and books through your desk top. However, address book and organizer synchronization is not available.

The User’s Manual is available in English. To download the Desktop Manager for eBookMan, please follow this link.