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ECTACO

Partner

EP850

Hand-held Electronic Language Teacher

, Text Translator,

Talking Dictionary, and Audio PhraseBook™

USER MANUAL

Summary of Contents for Partner EP850

Page 1: ...ECTACO Partner EP850 Hand held Electronic Language Teacher Text Translator Talking Dictionary and Audio PhraseBook USER MANUAL...

Page 2: ...ure to back up all important data on other media to avoid data loss The contents of this manual are subject to change without notice No part of this manual shall be reproduced stored in a retrieval sy...

Page 3: ...protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruc...

Page 4: ...CO C Pen 12 Windows 13 Pop up Toolbar 13 Pop up Menus 15 Parts of Speech Gender Labels Abbreviations 16 Pronunciation of Words and Sentences 18 Online Manual 19 DICTIONARIES 19 Dictionary 19 WordNet D...

Page 5: ...Partner EP850 User Manual 5 ENTERTAINMENT 30 Audio Books 30 Audio Player 31 Voice Recorder 32 Calendar 33 Tasks 34 EXTRAS 35 Calculator 35 World Time 35 Size Equivalents 35 Metric Conversion 36 Setti...

Page 6: ...ranscriptions samples of usage part of speech labels WordNet dictionary 70 000 words with definitions Unlimited voice function based on TTS Text to Speech technology Phonetic transcription Instant rev...

Page 7: ...tible with the ECTACO C Pen hand held scanner for text recognition and translation Device is powered by AC DC adapter Travel Charger and rechargeable battery all included in the standard package Note...

Page 8: ...ording is in progress or data being transferred blinking red SD card is being scanned or the battery is critically low Note Charge the battery overnight prior to the first use of the device SD Card Be...

Page 9: ...ee the calibration screen with five targets appearing one after another as you tap them with the stylus Tap the screen to accept the new calibration settings Keyboard The American standard QWERTY keyb...

Page 10: ...l lines Page Up Page Down Switch Main Menu sections Enter space Display and Main Menu ECTACO Partner EP850 features a touch screen 320 x 240 pixels with a windows driven graphical interface The Main M...

Page 11: ...n to access Audio Books Audio Player Voice Recorder Calendar and Tasks Use the Extras section to access Calculator World Time Size Equivalents Metric Conversion and Settings To open a section do one o...

Page 12: ...text input tap on the sidebar to activate the on screen keyboard To hide it tap once again ECTACO C Pen1 With ECTACO C Pen you can acquire and then translate words or text portions from paper media I...

Page 13: ...TACO Partner EP850 appears in its own window A window is displayed as a framed screen area with two main elements the title bar and the close button or OK To move an overlapping window tap on its titl...

Page 14: ...corresponding icon Alternatively select it by using or and then press Toolbar buttons have the following functions Activate spell checker Display History Select options Switch language Add to Flash Ca...

Page 15: ...ort Filter Turn the sound off Turn the sound on Volume control The contents of the toolbar depend on the current application Pop up Menus With the help of pop up menus you can quickly choose an action...

Page 16: ...outside of the menu Parts of Speech Gender Labels Abbreviations In the Dictionary translations or definitions of a headword are shown with their parts of speech A adjective ABBR abbreviation ADV adver...

Page 17: ...ics farm pharmacy film cinema filoz philosophy fin finance fiz physics fizj physiology fonet phonetics fot photography garb tanning genet genetics geogr geography lit literature litur liturgical log l...

Page 18: ...teol theology tk weaving uniw university wet veterinary wojsk military wulg vulgar zool zoology zart jocular Pronunciation of Words and Sentences One of the most exciting features of ECTACO Partner EP...

Page 19: ...t and lower right corners of the screen to scroll through the displayed content DICTIONARIES Dictionary ECTACO Partner EP850 contains the most advanced electronic dictionary available on the market In...

Page 20: ...the translation direction tap on the pop up toolbar or press To list the words or phrases you translated tap on the pop up toolbar Alternatively select History in the pop up menu Note The maximum numb...

Page 21: ...the menu that appears or press E Note When viewing entries in the WordNet Dictionary tap on the underlined items in blue to follow the corresponding links The available pop up menu items are described...

Page 22: ...and change it to the trains The phrase translation will change accordingly Categories Subtopics Useful words You may hear All topics contain a number of subtopics To view the list of subtopics tap ne...

Page 23: ...the key If the phrase is on the list the highlight will move to it Text Translation ECTACO Partner EP850 features a highly efficient text translation program In the Main Menu tap or press 1 to open th...

Page 24: ...ght it and then press The list of verbs will be displayed Start typing the desired verb it will appear highlighted The verb s translation will be shown on the lower section of the screen To look up a...

Page 25: ...practice your pronunciation To achieve the best results please consider the following 1 Ensure the room is relatively quiet 2 Choose an optimum distance of 3 6 inches 8 15 cm from the built in microp...

Page 26: ...to the sample words by pressing the key Play the fascinating game Words You will see words illustrated by pictures Each word will be announced by voice Follow the instructions announced and try to me...

Page 27: ...ndicates that the option is selected Tap Create to activate the New Set window Specify the dictionary name and translation direction Tap OK to save your set To add or edit entries please follow the st...

Page 28: ...den source word put the card in the next pocket The goal is to move all cards to the fourth pocket You will direct most of your effort at learning difficult words while simple words will shortly jump...

Page 29: ...card When you reach the last card in a set you will return to the first unlearned card from the given set Tap on the Show translation message to see the source word To hide the source word just tap on...

Page 30: ...the chapters menu Use the Back and Next buttons to navigate through the questions To see the answer to a displayed question tap Answer Note No answers are available for some questions for example the...

Page 31: ...he Main Menu tap or press 3 to activate the Entertainment section Tap the application name Alternatively highlight it and then press The application will then open To play the desired recording simply...

Page 32: ...on name Alternatively highlight it and then press The application will then open To start recording tap To stop recording and save the record tap To play the highlighted record tap To adjust the volum...

Page 33: ...e desired month from the list that appears In Calendar view tap the desired date on the calendar list When in the Agenda View or Day View tap M T W T F S or S button to set the day of the week Use or...

Page 34: ...For more options please leave the input line blank or use the new task template as described below Press and then tap on the pop up toolbar Enter information in the fields you want Use to open the dr...

Page 35: ...or the operations you perform press and then tap or on the pop up toolbar respectively To hear the displayed number pronounced press the key World Time Using your ECTACO Partner EP850 you can view cur...

Page 36: ...and unit Use the scroll bar if necessary Enter the value to be converted Settings For best results and to ensure that you can fully employ all of the diverse features of your ECTACO Partner EP850 it...

Page 37: ...touch screen functionality or as part of an initialization procedure the screen might have to be recalibrated Tap Calibrate Follow the on screen directions for calibration by tapping five targets appe...

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