Product Description

Youth Talking Spanish - English Dictionary

Product Details

• Brand: Franklin Electronics
• Model: BES1240
• Released on: 2005-12-01
• Dimensions: 4.00" h x 1.00" w x 6.00" l, .70 pounds

Features

• Translates and speaks 5000 entry words in text-to-speech in English and Spanish
• Verb conjugation
• 5 games, including Hangman, Gender Tutor, Word Train, Flash Cards and Jumble
• Cool, hip animations and graphics that appeal to older kids
• Dynamic Pronunciation Guide

Customer Reviews

Franklin Youth Talking Spanish - English Dictionary
Did not live up to our expectations at all. We have the English version of this, worked great for my visually impaired daughter. On that one, she can type a word, and the device not only pronounces the word, but speaks the entire definition, and it speaks the various other games and activities. She she can basically interact with all the features, since she knows the keyboard.

The Spanish-English does NOT work the same way. You type a word in English, "cat", it says "cat" (which you already know how to say). It prints "gato" on the lcd display, which is barely legible to a sighted person. It does NOT say "gato" or anything else. The manual says it can pronounce any highlighted word in a definition, but no words are ever highlighted! It CAN say "gato", if you type it in, but of course does not then say the English word "cat". So it cannot connect spoken English words with spoken Spanish words, and speaks no definitions. It only very minimally fulfils the "talking" part. So for us, it's pretty useless, while its English counterpart was quite useful.

GOOD FOR THE PRICE
Great for those trying to learn English, si hablan espanol. The only problem I encountered is how much battery it consumes when the speaker is used to listen to the pronunciation. But it is a very practical and easy to use instrument and my sister loves it.

It DOES work! Here's HOW!
This product is a good one for the beginning Spanish learner --- once you figure it out! The directions that come with the device are terrible, and the operation was not intuitive for me. However, once you know what to do, it is easy and works the way we all want it to. I called Franklin directly to find out the proper procedure.

* This device will SPEAK the word that is HIGHLIGHTED on the screen *

1. Type the word you want to learn in the language you know.
2. Hit "Enter".
3. Wait for the translation to appear on screen.
4. Hit "Enter" again. This will highlight the word you typed.
5. Now, use the arrow button to MOVE THE HIGHLIGHTING down to the translated word.
6. Once the translation is highlighted, hit "Speak" and it will say the word out loud for you with proper pronunciation!


I hope this helps.