Electronic dictionaries are a great resource - a must - for business people, travelers, and students. Most included dictionaries have outstanding vocabularies, built-in organizers, currency and metric converters, lists of idioms, irregular verbs, spell-checkers, and much more.
Language Tutor English-Russian ER-X8 $549
The ER_X8 uses the unique technology of speech recognition to translate phrases from Russian into English, and translate texts from English into Russian and vice versa. This translator includes a basic English-Russian bi-directional dictionary of more than 1,000,000 words including American idioms, medical, technical, legal and business terms, as well as common expressions and slang; an English language explanatory dictionary (the transcription for English words is included in all dictionaries) and an English-German bi-directional dictionary (250 000 entries); plus a unique speech recognition technology that allows it to recognize the Russian phrases included in the Tourist Phrase Book. Once recognized, the phrase is translated into English and pronounced aloud; the X8 can pronounce any word or phrase in English. The X8 main English-Russian dictionary also has expansion capability. The phrase book includes more than 1100 phrases grouped by topic, in 7 languages: English, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
This model also features the Interactive English Language Tutor function., an extremely powerful linguistic tool for those who use foreign languages on regular basis and need to communicate fluently. It contains a placement test, interactive study, practice, extensive reference material, grammar and an illustrated grammar book. Lessons materials are stored on the special English Language Tutor card. The English Language Accent Correction section is also based on speech recognition technology, and gives you a unique opportunity to improve your English pronunciation. The X8 recognizes English phrases, compares the pronunciation with the standard and evaluates it (Excellent, Good or Poor). The English Language Learning section includes an electronic English grammar book, a comprehensive TOEFL guide with sample tests and instant evaluation, a list of English irregular verbs and a "Learning Cards" (flash cards) section for easy vocabulary learning.
It also provide other features: downloadable Professional Dictionaries; an organizer with business and personal directories, electronic notepad with "one-touch" search with the option of sending documents by e-mail or fax; scheduler with memo option supports data exchange with PC; clock, world time, currency conversion, metric conversion, math and graphic calculator, math formulas; calendar with a list of important dates; shorthand writing option, drawing-board for small drafts or drawings with the option of sending them by fax; traveler's guide; horoscope, game center with four most popular games; US Citizenship Exam; personal account manager; English names database, clothes and footwear sizes; option of uploading text files; Flash cards make memorization tasks easy and will work to quickly expand your vocabulary; AAA batteries; Size (in) 6.6"x3.9"x.9"; one-year warranty.