Voice Translator
bazza
January 19, 2008, 12:22 AM posted in General DiscussionI wonder if this is as good as it sounds.
It says you can speak English into it and it will say it back to you in Chinese. Sounds like it only has English speech recognition though.
Pretty expensive as well.
goulnik
January 19, 2008, 01:16 PM...Featuring more than 14,000 travel-related phrases that can be voiced in both Chinese-Simplified and English...voiced in Chinese-Simplified, now that's quite a feast :-)
crazykitty
January 20, 2008, 12:28 AMVoiced in Chinese-Simplified that IS quite a feat. Good thing it wasn't in Chinese-Traditional that would have been so much harder to understand... (Yes, I know, no one gets my humor. Ever.) -Melissa
patp
January 20, 2008, 02:02 AMGo to the ectaco web site and read the pdf manual carefully, you can not just say anything into it for it to translate.
marcelbdt
January 21, 2008, 09:54 AMJudging from how these people write their advertising and manual, I would strongly recommend to set the "slang lock" to "ON" at all times.
calkins
January 19, 2008, 03:09 AMbazza, here it is from the manufacturer's site for about £135 less: http://www.ectaco.co.uk/ECTACO-TL-2Ch/ It looks like a great translator.