Offering advanced English and Japanese TTS speech capabilities, this bi-directional electronic dictionary is one-of-a-kind. The only translating dictionary on the market to contain both English and Japanese speech synthesis, it is unique in the world of portable translation. A versatile and sophisticated language resource, it incorporates advanced text-to-speech technology that allows it to speak its hundreds of thousands of dictionary entries out loud. An important language study and pronunciation aid, it delivers fast, accurate and reliable assistance when working with a second language. With more than 450,000 entries this dictionary also converts letters into Hiragana, Katakana, or Kanji as well as providing Romanized pronunciation keys.
Effective learning curve If your goal is to communicate effectively - to read, write and translate to or from English or Japanese - this dictionary containing extended functionality and flexibility is your best choice. Based on the experience of professional translators working in the field, it has some of the fastest, most powerful search functions currently available to help you find what you need when you need it. Advanced English and Japanese voice capability. The dictionary of over 450,000 words also includes more than 1,200 useful phrases grouped by topic to make daily communication easy. All translations from English are displayed with Romanized pronunciation keys. Large, 5-line high-resolution graphic screen makes for natural, smooth font appearance that is easy on your eyes. Romanized input methods allow entering characters by their Latin transcriptions. Depending on the selected input method the string of letters is converted into Hiragana, Katakana, or KanjiVector Ultima" spell-checker allows you to enter words as you hear them and choose a spelling from the suggestions list.
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The Lingo Pacifica Talk is a convenient little translation handheld containing 200,000 words and 23,000 practical phrases! It also provides help with pronouncing foreign words correctly so you are certain to be understood.
Effective learning curve Able to display a wide variety of foreign language symbols, it also provides easy to understand phonetic information for the pronunciation of certain difficult letter combinations and then clearly speaks them aloud for you.
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Includes an MP3 Player to download and play MP3 files; enjoy music and more while looking up words and phrases