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ECTACO SpeechGuard

®

 Travel Edition 

User Manual 

12 

listen to the pronunciation of words and phrases in English and 
other language(s), if available. 
• To hear the displayed or highlighted headword pronounced, tap 

 or press the 

Say

 key. 

Note:

 Certain words have several variants of pronunciation. So 

the pronunciation of the TTS engine and the given phonetic 
transcription may be different. In this case, consider the variant 
given in the dictionary as the basic one.

 

• To hear the translation pronounced, highlight the desired 
portion of it by using the stylus and then tap 

 or press the 

Say

 

key. 

Note:

 The 

Volume

 option (found in the 

Settings

 application) 

allows you to adjust speech volume.

 

Spell-checker Vector Ultima™ 

The multilingual spell-checker Vector Ultima™ is one of the most 
advanced on the market. When you are unsure of a word's 
spelling, Vector Ultima™ allows you to enter the word as you 
hear it and choose a spelling version from the list. 
• Type the word 

board

 as you hear it: 

bord

• Tap  . A list of suggested

 Similar

 

words

 will appear on the 

screen. 
• Select the word 

board

 to see its translations. 

Instant Reverse Translation 

For your convenience, ECTACO SpeechGuard

®

 TL-2 provides 

Instant Reverse Translation

 for all words and expressions in the 

dictionary. 
• For example, display the entry for the word 

profit

• To obtain instant reverse translation of a word or phrase within 
the displayed translations, just highlight the desired item with the 
stylus and then tap 

In ECTACO SpeechGuard

®

 TL-2, you can make up to 5 reverse 

translations in succession (without closing windows). 

Summary of Contents for SpeechGuard

Page 1: ...nd Main Menu 6 Opening and Closing Applications 7 On screen Keyboard 7 Windows 7 Toolbar 8 Parts of Speech Gender Labels Abbreviations 9 Adding Entries to Flash Cards 10 Daily Alarm 11 APPLICATIONS 11...

Page 2: ...rd TL 2 features Voice function based on the TTS Text to Speech technology Phonetic transcription if available Instant reverse translation Look up function Advanced word recognition and MorphoFinder A...

Page 3: ...ECTACO SpeechGuard Travel Edition User Manual 3 GENERAL DESCRIPTION General View The general view and essential features of ECTACO SpeechGuard TL 2 are shown below Front Panel...

Page 4: ...ase the voice function will be disabled in order to prevent an excessive discharge of the battery and a resulting loss of data in RAM To restore full functionality of the device recharge the battery a...

Page 5: ...card in ECTACO SpeechGuard TL 2 for example if you wish to allocate more space for your mp3 files The MMC slot is situated under the battery in the battery compartment If the MMC is not installed plea...

Page 6: ...appearing one after another as you tap them with the stylus To complete Calibration please follow the instructions on the screen To skip Calibration just press the Recognize button You will see the M...

Page 7: ...tual keys displayed on the screen This set of keys simulates the conventional physical keyboard or part of it The on screen keyboard shown below is the most widely used throughout the ECTACO SpeechGua...

Page 8: ...to browse information tap the scroll bar below or above the slider to jump to the corresponding portion of text Toolbar A toolbar is a set of horizontally arranged buttons shown at the bottom of the p...

Page 9: ...Speech Gender Labels Abbreviations Translations of a headword are shown with their parts of speech A adjective ABBR abbreviation ADV adverb ART article AUX auxiliary CONJ conjunction ID idiom INTRJ in...

Page 10: ...chol psychology stomat stomatology vet veterinary Adding Entries to Flash Cards This useful feature allows you to create your personal sets of entries copied from the Dictionary and Phrasebook The dat...

Page 11: ...an hide it using the Slang Lock function in the Setup section To disable Slang Lock please use this password showslan In the Main Menu select Dictionary To translate a word start entering it from the...

Page 12: ...l checker Vector Ultima The multilingual spell checker Vector Ultima is one of the most advanced on the market When you are unsure of a word s spelling Vector Ultima allows you to enter the word as yo...

Page 13: ...in Menu tap the Phrasebook icon The application will open For easy reference the phrases are arranged by topics To open the topics list tap at the upper left of the screen Use the Up Down keys or styl...

Page 14: ...ocutor s gender Note Contents of the phrasebook may vary depending on the selected gender options Select the Auto playback option to instantly hear the phrase translation pronounced when your phrase i...

Page 15: ...rned Tap the Drop button to set a card apart To go to the next card tap Next Select the Always show translation option to have the program show you the source word in each card Alternatively tap on th...

Page 16: ...ues until all cards are moved to the fourth pocket Spell It In this game special attention is paid to the correct spelling of words The program displays the cards one by one with the source word hidde...

Page 17: ...The number of unlearned cards in a set is recorded for each game This information is displayed on the screen For example Left 10 means you have 10 cards unlearned When you have finished a set the Cur...

Page 18: ...n will open Use this program as a standard pocket calculator Conversion With the help of ECTACO SpeechGuard TL 2 you can perform currency and metric conversions In the Main Menu tap the Conversion ico...

Page 19: ...nt tap Enter or press Recognize to refresh the display Metric Conversion Tap and select the desired items from the appeared lists Set the focus to the desired field by tapping it Input the value and t...

Page 20: ...t of the screen Font Size ECTACO SpeechGuard TL 2 offers you three font sizes Under Font size tap Small Medium or Large A check mark will indicate your selection Key Tone Tap on Key tone to turn it on...

Page 21: ...chart to decrease or increase microphone sensitivity Memory Tap the Memory button to instantly check free memory available in your device Defaults To restore factory defined settings for your ECTACO...

Page 22: ...ent of the manual is only available when the MMC is installed in the device In the Main Menu tap the About icon Tap on User Manual You will see the table of contents Tap the desired item in the table...

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