13 Ekim 2012 Cumartesi

Best Android apps this week (25/05/12)

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This is list of new apps from pcauthority.com.au. They have listed some of apps for Android that is fun, here's their pick of best new apps for Android.


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Mass Effect

Mass Effect: Infiltrator
You can get this game for 30% OFF during our launch special
this weekend only!


Sidecar

Sidecar.me
- Photos: Snap brilliant pictures, or share photos from their phone’s library. 
- Locations: See where you are in relation to each other, and share locations.
- Contact Information: Pass along and integrate contacts from their phone’s address book. 
- Whisper Text: Send a private text message to another Sidecar user during a call.



Trainyard

Trainyard


Google+

Google+
- Turn on Instant Upload to sync photos from your phone to a private Google+ album
- Video chat with up to 9 friends with mobile Hangouts in Messenger
- Chat with a friend or all your friends at once with Messenger
- Check out the What’s Hot stream to see trending topics
- View the Nearby stream to see what people near your location are saying

Gold Miner

Gold Miner
- Classic (one miner) and Innovative Advance (two miners) Mode
- Day and Night game scenes
- Cute character and outstanding graphics

How to use DioVoice

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Have you installed DIOTEK's new translation app DioVoice?
This is how to use it, Go Google Play and install it! (IT'S FREE!!)
DioVoiceOk, Go Google Play, Search DioVoice or DIOTEK.
You will find its logo in Green and yellow. Green one has more data and takes time because it contains lots of memories (and you don't need to be connected internet with this Green DioVoice). Choose one of DioVoice, and install it. 
DioVoiceAfter install it, (again, DioVoice All-in-one, the green one, takes some time)
run DioVoice. You'll need to sign up before use this. Just need your name and email, and log in. You don't have to need your ID and Password every time you run this, it'll automatically log in. 
DioVoiceNow, this is DioVoice. touch the arrows icon, then you can change the language you can speak (or write) and the language you need to translate.
DioVoice can only convert Korean to English and Korean to Japanese. (vice versa as well)
translationAfter this, if you want to say it, go interpret icon (the microphone icon). 
Say what you want to say and translate, and submit it.
If you want to write it, use the right button (pencil icon), then Diovoice will translate your sentence and show it in the box below.
translationtip : you need to speak it slowly and clearly. otherwise, DioVoice will wrong result and cause some troubles . :) But overall, DioVoice did good job with converting sentences. 
DioVoice is specialized for travelers, If you go abroad alone without any help, go ith DioVoice and get some language help.   

Men In Black 3 mobile app, MIB 3

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MIB3
go Google Play

MIB3 mobile app is now on Google Play and it's FREE.
Select a character of your choice, and named it. Kill the monsters (alience, of course) and get some rewards. After the job you do as a MIB, remove memories of witness. It's just like a movie story! 


MIB3

CREATE AND MANAGE YOUR OWN MIB AGENCY
• Train your agents and assign them to missions
• Access a wide range of MIB weapons and gadgets like the Neuralyzer, the Deatomizer and the infamous Noisy Cricket. 
• Build dozens of different rooms to upgrade your weapons and develop your agency.
TAKE DOWN ENEMIES IN 1969 & 2012 NEW YORK 
• Travel in time to fight aliens in different areas of New York including Brooklyn, Times Square, and Central Park
• Utilize your agent’s futuristic weapons and equipment
• Meet dozens of aliens faithfully inspired by the Men in Black universe
ASK YOUR FRIENDS TO JOIN THE AGENCY
• Invite your friends from Gameloft LIVE! & Facebook to play
• Ask for your friends’ help during fights to defeat powerful aliens
• Visit your friends’ headquarters and get rewarded for lending a hand

Smart Search by DIOTEK, smart way to find your apps and numbers!

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DIOTEK’s another free application for Android Smart Phone users.
DIOTEK’s SmartSearch is a simple application for the Android OS with SmartSearch. You can search address book, music, applications and Internet bookmarks with a simple finger gesture, or voice command.


Let's see how it works. Go Google Play and fine Smart search diotek.
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Open you Smartsearch.
It shows all the apps you have installed and contact numbers, Bookmark and Music. These are so many and if you wanted to find something, you always had to drag down when the app or number is comes up.
Now,with SmartSearch, you just write!

diotek

When you write, the letter you write will be marked in yellow and automatically find icons with the letter you wrote. SmartSearch – a smart, fun application that is provided by DIOTEK, the top mobile application company in Korea. SmartSearch is available for free for Android Smart Phone users. Please refer this application to other users by using ‘Share with Friends’ under the settings menu.

MobiReader BizCard & Docu OCR by DIOTEK

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MobiReader Pro is an useful business tool app that make users capture, document, and organize everything from business cards and contacts to entire documents easily and effectively. 
MobiReader can process text written in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian. To capture contact details on any business card, simply take a photo of the card with your mobile device’s camera. This will instantly recognize and categorize the contact’s name, their area of business, the company name, phone number, email address, and postal address.

Features

• Converts photos of business cards into text and stores relevant contact info categorized in your address book.
• Converts photo or image of any type of document into a PDF file. 
• Can translate documents into 54 different languages.
• Sends documents to Google Docs, E-mail, Document folder and MMS 
• 6 Supported Languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian)
• ‘Image to PDF’ & ‘Google Docs’ capabilities






12 Ekim 2012 Cuma

ECTACO Info | Электронные учебники в России - итоги годового эксперимента.

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по материалам www.cnews.ru

В России подвели итоги годового эксперимента по использованию электронных учебников в школах девяти регионов. По его результатам были сделаны выводы о надежности устройств и влиянии электроники на успеваемость школьников.Подробнее: http://www.cnews.ru/top/2012/09/10/eksperiment_planshet_chubaysa_lomaetsya_chashhe_vseh_502355 В России подвели итоги годового эксперимента по использованию электронных учебников в школах девяти регионов. По его результатам были сделаны выводы о надежности устройств и влиянии электроники на успеваемость школьников.Подробнее: http://www.cnews.ru/top/2012/09/10/eksperiment_planshet_chubaysa_lomaetsya_chashhe_vseh_502355 В России подвели итоги годового эксперимента по использованию электронных учебников в школах девяти регионов. По его результатам были сделаны выводы о надежности устройств и влиянии электроники на успеваемость школьников.Подробнее: http://www.cnews.ru/top/2012/09/10/eksperiment_planshet_chubaysa_lomaetsya_chashhe_vseh_502355 В России подвели итоги годового эксперимента по использованию электронных учебников в школах девяти регионов. По его результатам были сделаны выводы о надежности устройств и влиянии электроники на успеваемость школьников.Подробнее: http://www.cnews.ru/top/2012/09/10/eksperiment_planshet_chubaysa_lomaetsya_chashhe_vseh_502355 В России подвели итоги годового эксперимента по использованию электронных учебников в школах девяти регионов. По его результатам были сделаны выводы о надежности устройств и влиянии электроники на успеваемость школьников.Подробнее: http://www.cnews.ru/top/2012/09/10/eksperiment_planshet_chubaysa_lomaetsya_chashhe_vseh_502355 В России подвели итоги годового эксперимента по использованию электронных учебников в школах девяти регионов. По его результатам были сделаны выводы о надежности устройств и влиянии электроники на успеваемость школьников. Подведомственный Минобрнауки Федеральный институт развития образования (ФИРО) выпустил отчет об итогах масштабного эксперимента по использованию электронных учебников в российских школах. Эксперимент проводился в 2011-2012 учебном году в рамках проекта «Развитие электронных образовательных интернет-ресурсов нового поколения, включая культурно-познавательные сервисы, а также систем дистанционного общего и профессионального обучения (e-learning)», утвержденного распоряжением правительства.

В пилотном проекте приняли участие 38 школ из 9 субъектов России: в общей сложности около 3,5 тыс. учащихся и 503 педагога. Основную часть «подопытных» составили учащиеся 6-7 классов, которые использовали электронные учебники для занятий по основным школьным предметам. В качестве материалов электронных учебников выступали электронные копии классических учебно-методических материалов, изначально подготовленных для печати, говорится в отчете ФИРО. Помимо них использовались и другие образовательные ресурсы, конвертированные под мобильные устройства, главным образом, для фронтальной работы в классе.
Чаще других ломалась «читалка Чубайса» На сайте мониторинга эксперимента говорится, что в нем использовались 927 устройств PocketBook Pro 9XX, Plastic Logic 100 - 834 штук, Ectaco JetBook Color - 126 штук, Intel Classmate PC - 127 штук, Asus Eee PC 1015PW - 60 устройств, и enTourage eDGe - 35 устройств. Они закупались за счет региональных бюджетов, рассказал CNews начальник отдела Центра образовательных информационных технологий, ресурсов и сетей ФИРО, руководитель проекта по апробации электронных учебников Виктор Тармин. В том же источнике указано, что устройства enTourage и Asus дошли до учащихся в полном составе, а остальные - от 16,7% до 49,4% от объема поставки. «Устройства закупались с запасом на случай поломок плюс устройства для учителей и других работников системы образования», - говорит Тармин. Для каких еще сотрудников системы образования, помимо учителей, закупалась эта техника, в ФИРО затруднились ответить: «это определяли сами регионы, это их деньги».

Что касается поломок, по данным мониторинга эксперимента чаще всего выходил из строя Plastic Logic 100, известный как «планшет Чубайса» - 8,4% от поставленных устройств. На втором месте, но с большим отрывом, оказался Pocketbook - 0,32% устройств.
iPad не прошел Напомним, что в образовательных учреждениях США в настоящее время все большую популярность приобретает iPad. По мнению местных аналитиков, в школах этой страны он даже начинает вытеснять ПК. В российском эксперименте iPad не вошел в список используемых устройств. «Более года назад были довольно долгие и содержательные дискуссии по поводу мобильных устройств для проекта. iPad не выбрали, в первую очередь, из-за того, что не было электронных образовательных ресурсов, которые можно воспроизводить на нем. Большинство таковых сделано с использованием технологии Adobe Flash, а iPad ее не поддерживает», - говорит Виктор Тармин.

Adobe осенью 2011 г. заявила о прекращении разработки Flash-плеера для мобильных устройств. Представители компании тогда указывали, что все популярные мобильные устройства поддерживают технологию HTML5. «Стандарт на HTML5 до сих пор официально не утвержден, насколько я в курсе. И это планируется сделать только года через два. Год назад мы находились в ситуации с очень сжатыми сроками. Разрабатывать новые электронные образовательные ресурсы в новой технологии возможности на тот момент не было», - отмечает представитель ФИРО. Где электронный учебник, там «отличников» меньше В отчете ФИРО приводится сравнение общей успеваемости за учебный год учащихся из экспериментальных классов, использовавших электронные учебники, и контрольных классов. Так, в экспериментальных классах среднегодовая доля «отличников» составила 5,5%, а в контрольных - 7,3%. Вместе с тем, в классах с электронными учебниками оказалась ниже и доля «троечников»: 38,9% против 47,1% в контрольных классах, говорится в отчете.

Сравнение успеваемости учащихся по группам предметов на конец учебного года показывает, что наилучшие результаты учащиеся 6-х классов имеют по тем предметам, где преподавание велось с использованием как электронных, так и бумажных учебников, а учащиеся 7-х классов – по предметам, преподававшимся только с использованием электронных учебников.

Сравнение среднего балла за учебный год по группам учебных предметов.
Учителя, в свою очередь, констатируют, что «работа с электронными учебниками способствует формированию таких предметных, интеллектуальных и общеучебных компетенций, как способность быстрого восприятия учебного материала, развитие визуального внимания и умения анализировать, оценивать результат, умение планировать работу по выполнению задания, информационная культура и коммуникабельность», говорится в отчете ФИРО.

Родители не в восторге
  Организаторы эксперимента поинтересовались отношением родителей учащихся к электронным учебникам: всего было опрошено 819 человек. Больше всего они оказались удовлетворены удобством переноски электронных учебников домой и в школу - 80% опрошенных сошлись во мнении, что это очень удобно. 71% анкетированных также считает, что их очень удобно хранить. Аналогичные преимущества в первую очередь отмечают и сами ученики.

Родительские оценки потребительских характеристик носителей электронных учебников оказались сравнительно невысокими. По сравнению с началом апробации к концу учебного года большее количество родителей отдает предпочтение бумажному учебнику, нежели электронному, констатирую в ФИРО.

Готовность родителей учащихся платить за электронный учебник.
Меньше всего родителям нравится цена электронного учебника (при опросе использовалась стоимость в 12 тыс. руб.). 30% считают, что она «не лезет ни в какие ворота», а свыше 40% родителей видят ее как среднюю. 70% родителей не готовы платить за электронный учебник: при этом подавляющее большинство из них мотивирует нежелание тем, что электронные учебники им обязано предоставить государство, и чуть более 20% родителей - тем, что они им не нравятся.
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ECTACO Info | Electronic textbooks - Russian school experiment: iPad out of the game.

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Recall that in the educational institutions of the United States is now becoming more popular iPad. According to local analysts, in the schools of this country, he even begins to displace the PC. In the Russian experiment, the iPad is not included in the list of devices used. "More than a year ago, there were quite long and informative discussion of the mobile device to the project. iPad is not chosen in the first place, because there was no electronic educational resources that can be played on it. Most of those made using the technology of Adobe Flash, and the iPad does not support it ", - said Victor Tarmin.
Autumn 2011 Adobe announced the termination of the development of Flash-player for mobile devices. Company representatives then pointed out that all the popular mobile device supports HTML5. "The standard for HTML5 is still not officially confirmed, as far as I know. And it will only do a couple of years. A year ago we were in a situation with very tight deadlines. Develop new electronic educational resources for new technology opportunities at that time was not, "- said the representative of FIED.

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ECTACO Inc | Travel Talking Phrasebooks for Android (2)

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ECTACO.CZ | Travel Talking Phrasebooks for Android (2)

These Ectaco Phrasebooks turn any Android device into a travelers dream. With no internet connection required and speech recognition tagged together with fluent pronunciation, you won’t have a problem communicating with anyone, anywhere.



Ectaco Talking Phrasebook English <-> Dutch for Android

Ectaco Talking Phrasebook English <-> Estonian for Android

Ectaco Talking Phrasebook English <-> Finnish for Android

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ECTACO Info | New Study Shows Tablet Use Causes Melatonin Suppression

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By Michael Kozlowski http://goodereader.com/     There is no denying that for long term reading sessions on an electronic device, e-readers are the way to go. A new study from the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that a two-hour exposure to electronic devices with self-luminous “backlit” displays causes melatonin suppression, which might lead to delayed bedtimes, especially in teens.   In order to simulate typical usage of these devices, 13 individuals used self-luminous tablets to read, play games, and watch movies. “Our study shows that a two-hour exposure to light from self-luminous electronic displays can suppress melatonin by about 22%. Stimulating the human circadian system to this level may affect sleep in those using the devices prior to bedtime,” said Mariana Figueiro, associate professor at Rensselaer and director of the LRC’s Light and Health Program.   So what is melatonin and why is it a big deal? Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland at night and under conditions of darkness in both diurnal and nocturnal species. It is a “timing messenger,” signaling nighttime information throughout the body. Exposure to light at night, especially short-wavelength light, can slow or even cease nocturnal melatonin production. Suppression of melatonin by light at night results in circadian disruption and has been implicated in sleep disturbances, increased risk for diabetes and obesity, as well as increased risk for more serious diseases, such as breast cancer, if circadian disruption occurs for many consecutive years, such as in nightshift workers.   The research team established that duration of exposure and the distance between the eye and the display (which determines the amount of light reaching the back of the eye) affects melatonin levels. Melatonin suppression after a one-hour exposure to the tablet was not significantly affected. However, after two hours of exposure, there was significant suppression. Many people who are serious and voracious readers often turn to e-readers because they do not emit light that causes these sorts of problems. The next generation of e-ink with glowing functions are front-lit instead of back-lit. There has been no long-term studies on the new types of technology found in the Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Glo, or Barnes and Noble Simple Touch with Glowlight.   ECTACO Info   www.ectaco.cz, www.ectaco.es, www.ectaco.fr


ECTACO Info | 4 Reasons Why Every Child in the United States Should Speak Spanish

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post by Ana Flores http://spanglishbaby.com   ...  
Look, I’m a fervent believer in more American kids learning Chinese. But the language that will be essential for Americans and has far more day-to-day applications is Spanish. Every child in the United States should learn Spanish, beginning in elementary school; Chinese makes a terrific addition to Spanish, but not a substitute.
In recent years, the Mandarin language has acquired a level of prestige for over-achieving and competitive parents who want their children to be able to fairly compete in our 21st Century’s business world. However, the argument is made that the real social and economic advantage in today’s world comes from knowing how to communicate en español.

The reasons are very clear:

1. Spanish is the second most-spoken language in the United States. In fact, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau numbers, 34 million people in the U.S. speak Spanish at home, making this the country with the second largest population of Spanish-speakers in the world. That’s ahead of Spain and following only México. Think about that a second or two. You would allow your child to grow up, say in Argentina, and not teach him the native language? We have more Spanish speakers here than they do in any of the countries in Latin America, except for one! A child that does not speak Spanish is at a disadvantage when it comes to engaging in many of the day-to-day activities and interactions that make up the thread of this nation.   2. U.S.–Latin American relations are increasingly more closely knit. Barriers have blurred and, no matter how high the walls we try to build, we live a co-dependent existence with our neighbors across the border. The NYT columnist points out that the economies in the Latin American region were some of the few which nicely survived the economic crisis. We are more and more doing business together, as well as traveling back and forth as Latin America becomes highly attractive in every sense. Our children will most likely encounter many career, business and lifestyle opportunities south of the border, and speaking Spanish will be essential.   3. Spanish is becoming the language of business in the United States. No matter which career you choose nowadays, you will likely encounter a need to speak in Spanish in the U.S. Not only is it usable in daily interactions, but also to expand business and reach a wider net of the population.   4. Spanish is an “easy” language to learn and get exposed to in daily American life. Kristoff argues that although it is important to learn Chinese, it is pretty much a career to do so because of the complexities of the verbal and written language. Spanish, on the other hand, is easy to grasp, practice and put to use in every day life. There are many opportunities to engage in it, to find peers to practice with, to inexpensively travel to immerse yourself in it and to feel an immediate sense of accomplishment by using it often. I really hope there comes a day when it will be absurd to write a post listing reasons, as if convincing people, about the need to learn Spanish at an early age. I know that if you are reading this you probably have more personal reasons–such as heritage, family connections, academic benefits, etc–to teach your child Spanish. I hope this article serves to reinforce your decision and as a document to share with those who are hesitant to make the sacrifices necessary to guarantee a bilingual education for their children. The benefits are just so clear.   ECTACO Info   www.ectaco.es - Los diccionarios electrónicos y traductores de mano – más de 70 títulos para 20 idiomas – son dispositivos modernos, ligeros y de moda con una gran variedad de funciones. Un diccionario electrónico se está convirtiendo en el artículo indispensable en muchas áreas de negocios. La mayoría de nuestros modelos están basados en tecnologías de reconocimiento de voz y de Texto a Voz y tienen capacidades adicionales de un organizador de negocios. Un diccionario nuestro es habitualmente un diccionario electrónico bidireccional e incluye reconocimiento y/o sintetizador de voz, extensas bases de diccionario (hasta 1,000,000 de palabras), referencias gramáticas, vocabularios que contienen frases de uso común, expresiones coloquiales, verbos irregulares, etc.    


11 Ekim 2012 Perşembe

ECTACO.CZ | Western European Dictionary Pack for Android

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Price: $89.95
Downloads: 0
Download Time: .00 min at 56k
Platform: Android OS (Android 1.6 and above )
Type: Software Collection
Vocabulary size: 600,000 (words/phrases)
Payment: credit card / PayPal / Bank / This pack consists of: Ectaco Talking Dictionary English <-> Dutch for Android (Retail price: $19.95)
Ectaco Talking Dictionary English <-> Finnish for Android (Retail price: $19.95)
Ectaco Talking Dictionary English <-> French for Android (Retail price: $19.95)
Ectaco Talking Dictionary English <-> German for Android (Retail price: $19.95)
Ectaco Talking Dictionary English <-> Greek for Android (Retail price: $19.95)
Ectaco Talking Dictionary English <-> Italian for Android (Retail price: $19.95)
Ectaco Talking Dictionary English <-> Portuguese for Android (Retail price: $19.95)
Ectaco Talking Dictionary English <-> Spanish for Android (Retail price: $19.95)
Ectaco Talking Dictionary English <-> Swedish for Android (Retail price: $19.95)


THE LARGEST AND MOST EXPANSIVE BI-DIRECTIONAL DICTIONARIES ON ANDROID PHONES!
A book weighing 5 pounds won’t have as many words as this dictionary. NO NEED FOR AN INTERNET CONNECTION OR 3G - the entire app comes pre-loaded with everything you need for studying, traveling, or anything on the go.
Ectaco Western European Pack for Android Contains:
    An exquisite collection of extensive vocabularies for English <-> Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish; a choice of 7 display languages; advanced TTS (text-to-speech) for English, German, Greek, Spanish, French, Italian, Hebrew, Japanese, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian and also Real Voice capabilities. It’s a user-friendly translation tool that includes up to 1,000,000+ words depending on the language.

Ectaco Western European Pack for Android Features:
  • Comprehensive and fully updated bilingual, bidirectional vocabulary database
  • Translations complete with parts of speech, gender, comments, transcriptions, and examples
  • Advanced TTS (text-to-speech) functionality
  • English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish and Russian display language options
  • Quick paste and translate (translates a selected word in other application with just one click)
  • Input Line search finds any word matching the sequence of symbols you enter
  • History function to view and select previously entered words
  • Intergrated support for C-Pen (C) Bluetooth scanner for text input

PLEASE NOTE: The applications have TrueVoice technology where you can download human voice pronunciation depending on your language pair.
To do so:
Open application -> Go to settings menu -> Choose TrueVoice language to download
It will automatically install into the app. Enjoy!
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ECTACO.CZ | Multilingual Talking Electronic Dictionary Partner 13MT900 Deluxe

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ECTACO.CZ | Multilingual Talking Electronic Dictionary Partner 13MT900 Deluxe

 
Category: Talking multilingual dictionary expandable to include over 50 language combinations
Language pair: English <-> English,
English <-> Spanish, Spanish <-> English,
English <-> French, French <-> English,
English <-> German, German <-> English,
English <-> Italian, Italian <-> English,
English <-> Polish, Polish <-> English,
English <-> Portuguese, Portuguese <-> English,
English <-> Arabic, Arabic <-> English,
English <-> Japanese, Japanese <-> English,
English <-> Korean, Korean <-> English,
English <-> Farsi, Farsi <-> English,
English <-> Russian, Russian <-> English,
English <-> Chinese, Chinese <-> English
Speech: English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish for the PhraseBook
Number of words: 7,000,000
Battery Type: Li-Polymer rechargeable battery (3.7V, 1700mAh), included
  Unsurpassed Translation With a massive 7,000,000 entries English <-> Spanish, English <-> French, English <-> German, English <-> Italian, English <-> Polish, English <-> Portuguese, English <-> Chinese, English <-> Arabic, English <-> Japanese, English <-> Korean, English <-> Russian, English <-> Farsi Translating Dictionaries, an easy to use bilingual translating Picture Dictionary, a complete English explanatory dictionary and Full Text Translation, the remarkable new 13MT900 Deluxe contains everything you need for superior translation and accurate communication. Exclusive User Dictionaries allow you to store your own personalized lists of frequently used words and a history function remembers your most recent translations to provide instant access to the information you need to understand and be understood.Scan and Read TranslationUsing the included Ectaco/C-pen Handheld Scanner you can now translate things you never dreamed possible as easy as grabbing an entire text wherever you find it. Simply scan text from any surface - a book, newspaper, doctor’s prescriptions or a poster on the wall - upload it and get an instant translation. Using the latest Full Text Translation modules the 8K900 Deluxe translates complete texts easily and accurately! In addition, with the help of the included mini-USB to USB adapter and ECTACO software (sold separately) you can use the Ectaco/C-Pen to import image data to your desktop or laptop PC as well.Advanced Speech Capabilities Delivering flawless voiced output of all the words in its enormous database with True Voice human pronunciation, the 13MT900 Deluxe offers a unique chance to improve your pronunciation by hearing how a native speaker says a word or phrase. A pre-recorded word list provides access to the dictionary’s spoken entries. The world’s most advanced English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Farsi Recognition modules let you speak into the device in your own language and get an instant, hands-free translation that can be spoken out loud in the target language.Dependable Audio PhraseBook A fully functional talking, translating Audio PhraseBook provides you with all the words and phrases you need to communicate in almost any situation. Divided into 15 easy to navigate topic areas, it includes 14,000 phrases so that there's nothing you won’t be able to say. Simply select a category, press the 'Say' button and the translator speaks the phrase fluently in the language of your choice.  http://www.ectaco.cz/ectaco_dictionary/partner_p900/Partner_13MT900_Deluxe_Multilingual/