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ECTACO SpeechGuard™ TL-4 

User Manual 

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1.

 Go to the 

Setup

 section by pressing the 

Setup

 button, or just tap 

on the word 

MENU

 in the upper part of the screen and then select 

Settings

 in the appeared menu. 

2. 

Tap 

 or press the 

Left

 / 

Right

 buttons to open the 

General 

Settings

 screen. 

3. 

On the 

General Settings

 screen, under 

You speak to

, tap 

Male

 

or 

Female

. A check mark   will indicate your selection. 

4. 

To apply your settings and exit the 

Setup

 section, tap 

OK

 in the 

upper left of the screen or press the 

Recognize

 button. Now all the 

gender-dependent translations will be shown and pronounced in 
the selected grammatical gender. 

Pronounce a Phrase in Several Languages 

If you want your ECTACO SpeechGuard™ TL-4 to pronounce a 
phrase repeatedly in more than one language at a time, use the 

Announcement

 function. The selected phrase will be pronounced 

continuously in every language ECTACO SpeechGuard™ TL-4 
features until you stop it. To set the 

Announcement

, please follow 

the steps below. 

1.

 Within a topic, highlight the desired phrase by tapping it with the 

stylus. 

2.

 Tap on the word 

MENU

 in the upper part of the screen. The 

following menu will appear. 

Summary of Contents for SpeechGuard TL-4

Page 1: ...guages 11 Find and Translate a Phrase 13 Use Hints 15 ADDITIONAL FEATURES 16 Adjust the Volume 16 Adjust Microphone Sensitivity 16 Create a New Phrase 17 Edit an Existing Phrase 18 Recharge the Batter...

Page 2: ...he ECTACO SpeechGuard TL 4 main purpose is to ensure real time search and playback of the phrases to help your dialog with a foreigner The other important task is to establish the user interlocutor fe...

Page 3: ...t in 50 mm high quality speaker Built in microphone User defined topics and phrases addition Friendly interface Search function External power jack Microphone jack Headphone jack Data protection syste...

Page 4: ...ECTACO SpeechGuard TL 4 User Manual 4 GENERAL DESCRIPTION General View The general view and external appliances of ECTACO SpeechGuard TL 4 are shown below Front Panel...

Page 5: ...er see the Main Menu or whatever was displayed on the device screen at last turn off If the screen remains blank please make sure that the battery is inserted and charged 2 To turn the device off pres...

Page 6: ...pic or subtopic pronounces phrase translation press and release Recognize applies settings in the Setup section starts searching in the search screen closes popup windows Page Up Scrolls up one page s...

Page 7: ...ouch sensitive areas located in the corners of the display Depending on the section these areas hold the following touch buttons Button Action s Opens a topic Returns to the Main Menu Opens the search...

Page 8: ...scroll bar is shown when the phrase list doesn t all fit on the device screen The slider shows the position of the displayed contents relative to the rest of data To use these features please follow...

Page 9: ...ap Close where available Set the Target Language If you want to talk to a person in his her native language please follow the steps below to properly configure your ECTACO SpeechGuard TL 4 1 When in a...

Page 10: ...t Settings in the appeared menu 2 Tap or press the Left Right buttons to open the General Settings screen 3 Tap the desired language or press the Up Down buttons A solid highlight bar will indicate yo...

Page 11: ...f the screen or press the Recognize button Now all the gender dependent translations will be shown and pronounced in the selected grammatical gender Pronounce a Phrase in Several Languages If you want...

Page 12: ...check mark to close it 5 Tap on the relevant row s under Available translations to select or deselect the desired language s A check mark indicates that the item is selected To set or remove the chec...

Page 13: ...sent You will see the list of its phrases 3 Scroll down by pressing the Down or Page Down buttons or by using the scroll bar if necessary 4 Tap on the desired phrase to select it You will see the phra...

Page 14: ...on the desired phrase to select it You will see the phrase highlighted The phrase translation will be shown at the bottom of the device screen 6 Press the Say button or tap Alternatively press the Rec...

Page 15: ...Menu from within a topic just press and hold the Recognize button and say Please choose another topic Make sure the Switch topics by voice function is enabled in the Setup section Use Hints Our goal...

Page 16: ...s the Up Down or Left Right buttons to change the volume Solid chart indicates full volume Empty chart indicates that the volume is at the minimum 4 To close the Volume chart press the Recognize butto...

Page 17: ...ful feature expanding the device phrase bank All phrases you have created are stored in a special topic MY SPEECHGUARD Note You can store up to 500 phrases in each user defined topic 1 Navigate to the...

Page 18: ...the virtual keyboard Tap to access accented or Cyrillic when the target language is Russian letters To switch between male female fields just tap on the respective line 10 Tap Next You will see the re...

Page 19: ...ully added to MY SPEECHGUARD Tap on the check mark to close the popup 4 Tap or press the Home button The Main Menu will be displayed 5 Open MY SPEECHGUARD and then highlight your phrase by tapping it...

Page 20: ...nfix the rubber strip on the right hand side of the device to access the AC DC adapter jack 3 Connect the AC DC adapter to your device The red LED signal indicates that the battery is recharging and t...

Page 21: ...screen and then select Settings in the appeared menu 2 Tap or press the Left Right buttons to open the System Settings screen 3 Tap Calibration or just press the Setup button You will see the calibra...

Page 22: ...ime which can be set to 1 to 15 minutes This feature saves battery life by shutting the device down after the specified period of inactivity 6 Tap on Inverse backlight to change the backlight mode A c...

Page 23: ...Adaptation procedure during which the system adjusts to a particular voice more precisely 1 Go to the Setup section by pressing the Setup button or just tap on the word MENU in the upper part of the s...

Page 24: ...turnoff has a preset delay of 5 minutes This feature saves battery life by shutting the device down after the specified period of inactivity see Tweak the System on page 21 Note Before you plug in th...

Page 25: ...he Reset Button 1 Unfix the rubber strip on the right hand side of the device see General View on page 4 2 Unscrew the removable cap of the stylus it will serve you as a reset pin Note The Reset butto...

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