Category:	Talking bilingual dictionary expandable to include over 50 language combinations
Language pair:	English <-> Yiddish; Yiddish <-> English; English <-> English
Speech:	English and Yiddish for the Dictionary; English and Yiddish for the PhraseBook
Number of words:	over 35,000
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 Dictionary and Travel Audio PhraseBook EY800 is a powerful translating handheld that features the sacred speech of themame-loshn (n. ‘mother tongue'). Originally a code language that originated circa 1100, it is now the fastest growing and most fashionable dialect in Argentina, Canada, France, Israel, Mexico, Romania, and the United States. Spoken everywhere, from your local grocery shop to Hollywood production teams, Yiddish is the hottest thing since bagels and latkes. With its sophisticated voice capabilities and sleek modern design the EY800 features a high-res touch-screen that allows instant access to all your favorite topics. And by Making the font as large or as small as you want, you'll never have to squint to see the words. New state-of-the-art technology allows the translator to speak for you in English or Yiddish using crystal-clear, digital recordings of native-speakers. With its remarkable ability to recognize your voice, you can simply speak into it and have your words translated and spoken in Yiddish, Mozel Tov! Providing users with plenty of learning and communication options is what it's all about, and this extraordinary Audio Travel PhraseBook also includes a massive bi-directional translating dictionary. With more than 35,000 entries, 2,200 travel-related phrases and 1,000 heritage phrases, this extraordinary resource features a huge vocabulary and includes cutting edge English voice synthesis powered by the latest TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology among its collection of essential tools. And should you want to pick up a few dozen of words and phrases to use on a daily basis - Gesundheit! - the EY800 is your intelligent, flexible and responsive companion for communicating in this most interesting of languages.

Highlights:

• Superior English speech recognition
• Designed for the serious traveler, the Audio PhraseBook provides real human voice output of 2,200 travel-oriented phrases and 1,000 heritage phrases in English and Yiddish. It also displays the responses you can expect to your questions in the 'You May Hear' section
• Expandable vocabulary: over 35,000 words included in the general dictionary. Any you can easily add more than 50 other language combinations that are available as ECTACO MMC Cards!
• Advanced English and Yiddish speech synthesis pronounces any word
• Instant reverse translation
• Hi-resolution adjustable color touch-screen that displays color-coded parts of speech, samples of use and more

Dictionaries:

• Princeton WordNet English-English dictionary contains more than 70,000 head words with complete definitions
• Over 35,000 entries in the English<->Yiddish dictionary
• High-quality English TTS (text-to-speech) synthesized voice capability
• Advanced MorphoFinder™ English word recognition system
• Custom 'Add new word' function permits users to add personal vocabulary to existing dictionaries
• Slang lock allows users to ‘lock out' slang from translations
• Advanced search functions helps users to navigate effectively throughout the entire database
• Exchangeable MMC/SD cards allow for the addition of numerous language combinations and extensive linguistic content from Ectaco, Inc.

PhraseBook:

• English<->Yiddish Audio PhraseBook with professionally recorded, native-speaker narration of more than 2,200 travel-oriented words and 1,000 heritage phrases
• Contains the classic FlashCards language-learning game that lets users improve vocabulary while playing!

Language-learning:

• SAT 200 and SAT 5000 vocabularies help anyone preparing for these standardized proficiency tests
• Language-learning games: FlashCards, Pockets, Spell It, an a Translation Test all allow users to learn at their own pace to expand vocabulary and improve spelling
• Princeton WordNet English-English dictionary contains more than 70,000 head words with complete definitions
• Over 35,000 words in the English-Yiddish general dictionary, featuring synthesized English voice
• Phonetic transcription helps with pronunciation
• Features the award-winning Vector Ultima™ spell-checker

And more…

• 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…

Power is supplied by rechargeable battery or AC/DC adapter (both included in the standard package)

ECTACO Partner EY800 is an English <-> Yiddish 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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