ECTACO iTRAVL
User Manual
11
Usage of ECTACO Speech Recognition
System for Foreign Language Studies
Our innovations in the field of automatic speech recognition have
made it possible to create this excellent educational tool.
Available with your ECTACO iTRAVL electronic translation
device, it will help you to easily master a foreign language.
First, you listen to a phrase recorded by a native foreign
language speaker and then pronounce it by yourself. Then the
device compares the phrase you have spoken with the
prerecorded sample helping you to improve your pronunciation.
To take advantage of this advanced feature, please follow these
steps:
• Turn the device on and navigate to the
Main Menu
.
• If you are using a model which features more than one
language pair, tap
on the toolbar and then select the target
language you want to practice. Otherwise, skip this step.
• In the
Main Menu
, tap the
Phrasebook
icon. The application will
open.
• If necessary, change the source language by tapping
. The
source language should be your native tongue.
For easy reference, phrases in the
Phrasebook
are arranged by
topic.
• To open the topics list, tap
at the upper left of the screen.
• To open a topic, just tap it with the stylus. You will see a list of
subtopics.
• Tap on the desired subtopic and then highlight a phrase in your
native language.
• To hear the phrase pronounced in the target language, tap
.
• Repeat it several times until you learn the correct pronunciation.
• Change the direction of translation by tapping
.
• Position yourself near the built-in microphone at a distance of
3 – 6 inches (8 – 15 cm).
• Tap
. You will see the
SPEAK UP
message.
