Category:	Talking bilingual dictionary expandable to include over 50 language combinations
Language pair:	English <-> Russian; Russian <-> English; English <-> English
Speech:	English and Russian for the Dictionary; English and Russian for the PhraseBook
Number of words:	over 1,030,000
Size:	6.6 x 3.9 x 0.9 in
Weight:	11 oz
Battery Type:	Li-Polymer rechargeable battery (3.7V, 1400mAh), included

The ECTACO Partner ER800 is a revolutionary, expandable bilingual Dictionary and Travel Audio PhraseBook. With its cool modern styling, hi-resolution color touch-display and state-of-the-art linguistic tools it is one of a kind. The massive vocabulary contains general and highly specialized professional dictionaries. The inclusion of the most sophisticated and accurate voice facilities available on today's competitive market is the defining feature of this remarkable handheld. It features both state-of-the-art speech recognition and highly advanced English and Russian voice capabilities powered by the latest TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology. It even goes so far as to include crystal-clear native-speaker voices for both languages in the Audio Travel PhraseBook section as recorded by professionals.

This intelligent linguistic device is literally packed with information and tools to help you master your foreign language skills for either academic endeavors or travel. It employs the latest language learning technologies that use foreign language Speech Recognition modules, a bilingual Machine Translation system and Text-to-Speech processing.

Highlights:

• Color display: the luxury of a hi-res color screen with adjustable color schemes, customizable elements, color-coded parts of speech, samples of use and much more
• Expandable vocabulary: over 1,030,000 words already included in the general and specialized dictionaries - the largest vocabulary base ever! Plus you can easily add more than 50 language combinations available as ECTACO MMC Cards!
• Advanced English and Russian speech synthesis delivers the pronunciation of any text, not only dictionary entries
• Coherent full-text translation into English and Russian, instant reverse translation
• Superb English and Russian speech recognition. Test your pronunciation by trying to speak out a phrase in the foreign language and see if the Partner understands you. If it does - then everyone else would understand your speech too!
• State-of-the-art Machine Translation system with unlimited pronunciation of translated text in both languages. Type any text you want and it will translate and speak the translation out loud using its built-in Text-To-Speech processor.
• Designed with the real traveler in mind, the Audio PhraseBook is at your disposal on pleasure or business trips. It delivers real human voice output in English and Russian for over 14,000 pre-recorded phrases. It also provides the different responses you might receive in the "You May Hear" section

Dictionaries:

• WordNet Princeton edition English-English dictionary of modern English - over 70,000 head words and detailed explanations
• Over 1,030,000 words in English-Russian general and specialized dictionaries: Business, Financial, Law, Medical, Oil, Telecommunication and Computers. They all feature synthesized voice in both English and Russian as well as comprehensive examples for use in the real-life situations
• Advanced word recognition and MorphoFinder™
• Custom function "Add new word" allowing to create your own vocabulary bases and add them to the existing ones
• Slang lock: function allowing you to include or lock out slang from your dictionaries
• Look-up function helps you easily navigate through huge vocabulary bases at your disposal
• Interchangeable MMC/SD cards allow you to add a variety of languages and endless linguistic content from ECTACO, Inc.

Language-learning:

• SAT 200 and SAT 5000 vocabularies, helping you to prepare for these tough, English-language standard proficiency tests
• Linguistic games: Flash Cards, Pockets, Spell It, Translation Test: these help you learn at your own pace, expand your vocabulary and improve spelling
• WordNet Princeton edition English-English dictionary of modern English - over 70,000 head words and details explanations
• Over 1,030,000 words in English-Russian general and specialized dictionaries, featuring synthesized voice in both English and Russian
• Phonetic transcription, essential tool for those learning to speak and write properly
• Vector Ultima™ spell-checker

Traveling:

• English <-> Russian Audio PhraseBook with natural human-recorded speech will help you in a variety of standard everyday situations and activities
• FlashCards: the classic game that helps you improve your vocabulary while you play!

And more…

• Bilingual interface
• Media Player - to aid you in study and at play. Thousands of Audio Books are available to be programmed into this player.
• Currency and metric conversions
• World Time
• Daily Alarm
• Calculator
• And More…

This device is powered by AC/DC adapter and rechargeable battery (all included in the standard package)

ER800 is an updated version of the ER-X8. ER800 has the following additional functions: Russian as well as English voice feature for the whole vocabulary base, color display and player.

ECTACO Partner ER800 is an English <-> Russian 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.