Ectaco ER586HT User Manual
English-Russian Electronic Dictionary User's Guide
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION -------------------------------------------------- 4
Power Supply ------------------------------------------------ 6
General View------------------------------------------------- 7
Initialization --------------------------------------------------- 9
Keyboard------------------------------------------------------ 9
Display------------------------------------------------------- 12
DICTIONARY
MENU ------------------------------------------- 22
MAIN DICTIONARY ----------------------------------------- 22
General Dictionary Function --------------------------- 23
Pronunciation of Words and Sentences------------- 29
USER'S DICTIONARY-------------------------------------- 31
Learner’s List----------------------------------------------- 37
GRAMMAR NOTES ----------------------------------------- 39
TOEFL - TEST ------------------------------------------------ 42
Tutorial------------------------------------------------------- 42
Sample Tests and Sample Exercises---------------- 43
SENTENCE STRUCTURE -------------------------------- 47
PHONETIC PRACTICE ------------------------------------ 48
DIALOGS------------------------------------------------------- 49
REFERENCE DICTIONARY ------------------------------ 51
Vocabulary-------------------------------------------------- 52
Irregular Verbs--------------------------------------------- 53
Popular Idioms--------------------------------------------- 54
TEXT TRANSLATION -------------------------------------- 55
ORGANIZER
MENU-------------------------------------------- 58
BUSINESS TELEPHONE DIRECTORY --------------- 58
PERSONAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY -------------- 62
MEMO----------------------------------------------------------- 63
SCHEDULE---------------------------------------------------- 66
ANNIVERSARY DATE-------------------------------------- 72
CALENDAR---------------------------------------------------- 76
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SHORTHAND ------------------------------------------------- 77
DRAWING BOARD ------------------------------------------ 80
LOCAL AND WORLD TIME ------------------------------- 84
Local Time -------------------------------------------------- 85
World Time ------------------------------------------------ 90
VOICE MEMO ------------------------------------------------ 91
CALCULATION
MENU ---------------------------------------- 94
CALCULATOR------------------------------------------------ 95
SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR ------------------------------ 95
GRAPHIC CALCULATOR --------------------------------- 96
LOAN CALCULATOR--------------------------------------101
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT------------------------------104
MATH FORMULAS -----------------------------------------108
CURRENCY CONVERSION-----------------------------108
METRIC CONVERSION ----------------------------------111
REFERENCE
MENU ------------------------------------------113
TRAVEL GUIDE ---------------------------------------------113
Countries---------------------------------------------------114
Cities --------------------------------------------------------114
SIZE EQUIVALENTS --------------------------------------116
ELECTRONIC BOOK --------------------------------------117
GAME CENTER ---------------------------------------------119
Master Mind -----------------------------------------------119
Tile5 ---------------------------------------------------------120
Brick Game ------------------------------------------------121
Hangman---------------------------------------------------123
ENGLISH NAMES ------------------------------------------124
U.S.A. INTERVIEW-----------------------------------------125
COMMUNICATION
MENU ----------------------------------126
PC COMMUNICATION ------------------------------------126
Software----------------------------------------------------127
Data Transfer ---------------------------------------------127
FAX -------------------------------------------------------------129
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E-MAIL ---------------------------------------------------------132
Composing a Message ---------------------------------132
Sending and Receiving Mail --------------------------134
Inbox --------------------------------------------------------135
Outbox ------------------------------------------------------136
ISP INFORMATION ----------------------------------------137
PERSONAL INFORMATION-----------------------------140
SETUP
MENU---------------------------------------------------141
DISPLAY LANGUAGE-------------------------------------142
SYSTEM SETUP--------------------------------------------143
Key Tone---------------------------------------------------143
First Screen -----------------------------------------------144
Auto Off Period -------------------------------------------144
Speech Level ---------------------------------------------145
Touch Screen Calibration------------------------------145
Dictionary Input Method--------------------------------146
Schedule Alarm ------------------------------------------146
Anniversary Date Alarm --------------------------------147
Telephone Line Type -----------------------------------147
Russian Keyboard Mode-------------------------------148
Date Format -----------------------------------------------148
SECURITY----------------------------------------------------149
Set Password ---------------------------------------------150
Security On ------------------------------------------------151
Security Off ------------------------------------------------152
Change or Remove Password------------------------152
Options -----------------------------------------------------153
MEMORY CHECK ------------------------------------------153
DATA DELETION -------------------------------------------154
BRIEF OF FUNCTION-------------------------------------155
ABOUT---------------------------------------------------------155
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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on purchasing the English-Russian
Integrated Digital Language System Language Teacher
ER586HT “Partner”. This product is the result of combined
efforts of Ectaco’s staff of linguists, engineers, and
programmers, representing the sixth generation of the
highest performance integrated educational tools. You are
now the owner of the most advanced electronic device ever
produced for foreign language studies.
The integrated Digital Language System Language
Teacher ER586HT “Partner” features:
Main vocabulary of over 1,000,000 words, including
idioms, medical, technical, legal, business terms, as
well as slang and general expressions
Advanced English speech reproduction
2Mb English/Russian organizer, equipped with search
function: two Telephone Directories, Appointment
Schedule, Memo, Anniversary List, Shorthand, and
Drawing Board
Fully automated sentence translation
Interactive phonetic practice with speech correction
New words recording function for dictionary expansion
Reference dictionary of common terms
Personal word lists for easy learning
Comprehensive TOEFL guide with sample tests and
instant evaluation
English Grammar electronic textbook with topic search
Instant reverse translation
English sentence structure
Award winning Vector Ultima
system
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bilingual spell-checking
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Most popular American idioms
Advanced word recognition system
English irregular verbs
Over 1,000 topical dialogs
High-speed data exchange and synchronization with PC
Built-in Fax and E-mail
Game center featuring 4 fascinating games
Graphic, engineering, and financial calculator
Account manager
Digital voice recorder
Mathematical formulas
Electronic book with PC update
US citizenship exam
Comprehensive reference section featuring Travel
Guide, Size Equivalents, and English Names List
Currency exchange
Metric conversion
Local and World time with map illustration
Calendar
Alarm
External power jack for non-battery operation
The latest speech technology employed by Language
Teacher ER586HT “Partner” allows you to listen to a
clear, life-like pronunciation of English words and phrases.
Unlike other portable electronic dictionaries, the Language
Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” features a break-through
combination of two parallel input devices: a well-designed
63-button keyboard and a high-resolution touch-sensitive
display, which makes it functionally analogous to a mouseequipped computer.
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♦ Note: As continuous efforts are made by the manufacturer
to ensure a better quality and performance of the
Language Teacher products, some characteristics or the
design of the actual device you purchased may slightly
differ from their description in this manual.
The Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” Integrated
Digital Language System gives you freedom of speech and
peace of mind. Enjoy your Language Teacher and make
it your personal companion.
♦ Note: The Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” has
been tested for Y2K compliance. The range of correctly
calculated dates is January 1, 1900 through December 31,
2099.
Power Supply
The Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” is powered
by two (2) AAA batteries. When the batteries become
weak, a warning message will be displayed.
In order to prevent an excessive discharge of batteries and
resulting loss of data in RAM, the voice recording, the
talking function, and communication channels will be
disabled. To restore full functionality of the device and to
avoid risk of user’s data loss, replace the complete set of
batteries as soon as possible. Do not mix old and new
batteries.
•
Press the ON/OFF key to turn the unit off.
• Remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it away
from the unit.
• Remove the used batteries and replace them with new ones.
• Make sure to place the batteries according to the polarity
markings (+ -) inside the compartment.
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• Put back the battery compartment cover by sliding it toward
the translator. Make sure the cover sits in place properly.
♦ Note: You have 2 minutes to replace the batteries without
risk of losing data stored in RAM. Do not exceed the 2
min. limit! Neither the manufacturer nor the dealer may be
held responsible for loss of user’s data.
Refer to page 9 for instructions if an initialization message
appears on the screen after replacing the batteries.
♦ Note: After purchasing the Language Teacher ER586HT
“Partner” remove the insulation stripe from the battery
compartment. It was installed to prevent discharge of
batteries during storage and transportation.
♦ Note: Never try to remove batteries from the translator
when the power is on. This can seriously damage the
device. If you experience difficulty turning the unit off, press
the RESET button on the left-hand side of the keyboard
(next to the Q key) and reinstall the system. See page 9 for
additional information.
♦ Note: The Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” is
equipped with a jack for external power supply. Contact
your dealer to order the compatible AC/DC adapter or call
+1 (800) 710-7920 within the continental US or +7 (812)
545-3838 in Russia. Use of an inappropriate external
power supply may cause failure of the unit and void
the warranty.
♦ Note: Electronic communication consumes considerable
amount of energy. Try to always use an external power
supply while sending electronic messages.
General View
General view and external appliances of the Language
Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” are shown on the next page.
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Initialization
When you turn the Language Teacher® ER586HT
“Partner” on for the first time or after the system has been
reset by pressing the RESET button or removing the
batteries for longer than 2 minutes, the initialization routine
is started. Depending on the state of the system recovery
resources either the prompt Initialize System? or the
message System Initialized. may appear. In the former
case, press ESC or touch the
initialization and preserve user’s data and customization.
button to abort
*
The latter message signals that a system initialization has
been accomplished, resulting in freeing memory and
restoring the factory defined settings. Also, user may be
prompted to conduct the touch-screen calibration, which
accounts for a proper spacing and alignment of touchsensitive screen elements. Please refer to page 145 for the
procedure description.
Another consideration upon the first use or a completed
system initialization is that the interface language will be
reset to Russian. Users that prefer to see menus and
messages in English are referred to page 142 for
instructions.
Keyboard
The American standard QWERTY keyboard combined with
the Russian standard ЙЦУКЕН layout allows you to enter
†
any word just in seconds
*
If you confirm the prompt, you can still prevent initialization by
canceling the ensuing prompt All data will be deleted?
†
A phonetic Russian layout is also available (see page 148).
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Each national set of characters is linked to its language
input mode. Language modes can be toggled by pressing
the
mode selection is handled automatically to comply with the
current source language, and the
changing the translation direction.
The function and control keys are described below.
key. In the Main Dictionary, however, the input
Function shortcut keys
ON/OFF Turn Unit On or Off
DICT Open Main Dictionary
E-MAIL Send or Receive E-mail
FAX Send Fax
key is used for
PC-LINK Start PC Communication
Show Calculator
Open Personal Telephone Directory
REC Record Voice Memo
PLAY Play Back Voice Memo
SHIFT+HELP Open Brief of Functions
SPELLER Launch Spelling Checker in
(u or t) Main Dictionary
Use Speech Function
5 Back-Light Screen
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Control and editing keys
ÍÎ Move Cursor or Highlight
Ð Ï Move Cursor or Highlight / Scroll Lines
v Page by Screen / Switch Main Menu Tab
MENU Show Main Menu / Switch Tab
ENTER Execute / Start a New Line while Editing
SPACE Enter Space
ESC Close Active Window / Cancel
SHIFT+C-CE Clear Input
*
SHIFT Type in Uppercase
SHIFT+CAPS Enable SHIFT Lock
SHIFT+COPY Copy Selection to Clipboard
SHIFT+PASTE Insert Clipboard Contents
BS Delete Character to the Left from Cursor
SHIFT+Í Move Cursor Left
SHIFT+INS Toggle Insert / Overwrite
SHIFT+ F1-F8 Use Toolbar Button (top to bottom)
Switch Language or Translation Direction
Computational symbols and operations are available with
the options of the CALCULATION menu.
*
Except with double-letter keys: use SHIFT to enter the lowercase
Russian letters Э, Ю, Ъ. To obtain the uppercase images of the
letters on double-letter keys, Caps-Lock the keyboard first (SHIFT +
CAPS).
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Display
The Language Teacher ER586HT “Partner” features a
large-size back-lightable touch screen that provides a
responsive and efficient windows-driven graphical interface
for the dictionary’s numerous functions and applications.
Touch-screen elements
By touching a screen item of a certain type – a push button
or highlightable (or pre-highlighted) text – you perform an
action associated with it. An active (or unavailable) button
appears indented.
The keyboard equivalent of touching a highlightable item is
moving the highlight bar to it with the arrow keys and
pressing ENTER.
Both the touch screen and the keyboard procedures of
activating an option or a command are referred to as
selecting in this manual.
Stylus
The touching is preferably done with the supplied pointing
device called stylus, which, when not in use, can be
conveniently kept in a special slot at base of the
dictionary’s case lid.
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The stylus is especially useful for operations that cannot be
performed from the keyboard: highlighting an arbitrary text
fragment in Organizer sections (to delete or to copy) or
highlighting a multi-word translation in a Dictionary entry (to
make a reverse translation).
Main Menu
The Main Menu appears as a row of tabs on top of the
screen when the dictionary is turned on (unless the
Resume Screen Setup option has been selected, see
page 144), an application is closed, or the MENU key is
pressed. The Main Menu is divided into six submenus,
each of which includes a number of related options. These
options represent sections of the Language Teacher®
ER586HT “Partner”.
The six parts of the Main Menu are:
DICTIONARY
ORGANIZER
CALCULATION
REFERENCE
COMMUNICATION
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SETUP
Opening a Submenu
The easiest way to open a specific submenu when the
Main Menu is displayed is by touching its tab on top of the
screen.
Alternatively, the submenus can be switched by pressing
the MENU key or one of the paging
keyboard.
Opening a Section
To open a section of the Language Teacher® ER586HT
“Partner”, display the appropriate part of the Main Menu
and do one of the following:
•
• move the highlight bar to the option name and press ENTER
• press the numeric key corresponding to the option number
touch the option name
Sidebar
vkeys on the
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Six sections of the Language Teacher® ER586HT
“Partner” have permanent touch-sensitive shortcut buttons
on the Sidebar to the right of the screen:
Last Used Main Dictionary
Dialogs
Game Center
Calculator
Personal Telephone Directory
Local Time Pop-Up Window
Touchpad
Touchpad is a set of virtual keys displayed on the screen
that simulates the conventional physical keyboard or part of
it. The most widely used throughout the Language
Teacher® ER586HT “Partner’s” applications is the
combination touchpad shown below.
The basic touchpad layout contains letters of the respective
alphabet and a set of symbols. The images of control keys
have the following meaning:
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Touch key Meaning Keyboard equivalent
Backspace BS
Enter / Line Break ENTER
or
Touching the keyboard button
Shift SHIFT
Caps Lock SHIFT + CAPS
Change Language
in the lower-right corner
of the screen or pressing SHIFT + F8 on the keyboard
hides the touchpad, thus enlarging the visible input area.
To re-display the touchpad, touch the
button or press
SHIFT + F8 again.
♦ Note: The Russian touchpad layout can be set to either
standard (which is the default) or phonetic mode in the
System Setup section (page 148).
Windows
Every application, pop-up menu, or dialog box of the
Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” 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.
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The Title Bar may show the name of the currently active
section or a message title. Any window can be closed
either by pressing ESC on the physical keyboard or by
touching the Close Button
in the window’s upper-right
corner.
Also present in a window might be the Vertical Scroll Bar.
The Scroll Box on it shows the position of the displayed
portion relative to the rest of relevant information. On a
Scroll Bar:
•
touch a Scroll Arrow or to advance or return one line
• touch and drag the Scroll Box to browse
• touch the Scroll Bar below or above the Scroll Box to
jump to that portion of text.
Pop-Up and Pull-Down Menus
A pop-up menu is an overlapping window that requests
the user’s selection of one of the displayed options.
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Touch a line with the stylus or move the highlight bar to a
line with the arrow keys and press ENTER.
Aside from pop-up menus, non-window pull-down menus
may be used. The presence of a hidden pull-down menu is
indicated by the button
on the screen.
Touch the arrow button to pull down a menu, for example:
To select an option, touch its name or highlight it and press
ENTER. To hide a menu without making selection, press
ESC or touch the screen outside the menu area.
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Dialog Box
A simple example of a dialog box is a prompt, which
contains a Yes/No question pending user’s confirmation or
cancellation.
How you can respond to a prompt:
Touch Meaning Keyboard equivalent
Yes ENTER
No N
Cancel ESC
A Setup prompt expects the user to specify data items
directly in the dialog box. This can imply either checking
boxes or setting values.
Checking boxes
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Check an empty box by touching it or by moving the
dotted frame
to the desired item with the arrow keys
and pressing SPACE on the keyboard. A checked
box appears solid:
. Touch or press ENTER to
apply changes and close the window.
Setting values
To change a value in a highlighted box, touch the
buttons or press the ÏÐ keys. To change the active box,
touch it or use the ÍÎ keys. Touch
or press ENTER
to save settings and close the window.
Message Box
A message just requests acknowledgement of information,
therefore, touching
(some message boxes do not display the
all).
is the same as closing the window
button at
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The Language Teacher® ER586HT “Partner” does not
allow moving or switching active windows. Thus, you will
have to close an overlapping window in order to proceed.
Toolbar
A Toolbar is a set of vertically arranged push buttons
appearing to the right of a pertaining window.
The most frequently used Toolbar buttons are:
Page Up Save
Page Down Edit
Scroll Up Delete
Scroll Down Search
OK Setup
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New Say
Translate Check Spelling
As an on-hand help to the user, a short Toolbar button
description (Tooltip) appears when the button is being
touched.
Commands and options associated with currently displayed
Toolbar buttons are also accessible from the keyboard by
pressing SHIFT + F1, F2, etc., counting buttons from top to
bottom.
DICTIONARY MENU
The most important part of the Language Teacher®
ER586HT “Partner” – the DICTIONARY menu encompasses nine language related sections, each of
which is discussed in detail below.
• Select the tab on the Main Menu to open the
DICTIONARY Menu.
MAIN DICTIONARY
The integrated Digital Language System Language
Teacher ER586HT “Partner” contains the most advanced
English-Russian and Russian-English electronic
dictionaries available on the market. In order to utilize the
tremendous potential of this dictionary to its fullest,
carefully read this chapter of the User’s Guide.
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General Dictionary Function
• Select the option Main Dictionary on the DICTIONARY
Menu, or touch the
DICT key on the keyboard.
button on the Sidebar, or press the
• If needed, change the direction of translation by touching
or on the touchpad or pressing on the
keyboard.
♦ Note: The English-Russian dictionary defaults after the
system initialization.
Advanced Word Recognition
•
Using the touchpad or the keyboard, start entering the
word you want to translate.
While you are typing, two headwords closest in spelling to
the portion you entered so far are displayed in the
Advanced Search Area under the input line.
• If the desired word had appeared before you finished
typing, select it (touch the corresponding line or make sure
it is highlighted and press ENTER) to see the translations.
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At any time during the search procedure you can scroll or
page through the Advanced Search Area to manually find
the word in question. To enlarge the visible Search Area,
you may want to hide the touchpad.
♦ Note: The Advanced Word Recognition as described
above is available with the Wisdom Dictionary Input
Method, which is the default. See page 146 for information
on changing the input method.
Viewing Entries
Suppose you want to translate the English verb CATCH
into Russian.
• Start entering CATCH on the input line and/or use the
Advanced Search Area to find the headword CATCH.
♦ Note: The Dictionary search is not case-sensitive, so you
can type in any case you want.
• To select CATCH and see its translations, touch the
corresponding line in the Search Area, or make sure the
line is highlighted (press Ð if necessary) and touch
on the screen or press ENTER on the keyboard. You will
see translations of the noun CATCH.
• Use the Scroll Bar or the Ð key to scroll the screen down
to see more translations of the word CATCH as a noun.
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• Touch or press the u key to page down to the next
entry. You will see translations of the word CATCH as a
verb.
♦ Note: Headwords with the same spelling are listed in the
alphabetical order of the abbreviations of their respective
parts of speech.
Parts of Speech and Related Labels
a – adjective n – noun
abbr – abbreviation num – numeral
adv – adverb phr – phrase
art – article pl – plural
aux – auxiliary pref – prefix
conj – conjunction prep – preposition
id – idiom pron – pronoun
intrj – interjection v – verb
• To translate another word in the same dictionary,
•
• press ESC to return to the selection screen and begin a new
start typing the word on the keyboard, and the selection
screen appears automatically, or
search.
• To change the direction of translation,
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• use ESC to return to the selection screen, then touch or
press
• make a reverse translation (page 27).
, or
• To record a displayed entry on your personal Learner’s List
(see details on page 36), select the
the name of a List's chapter.
button and specify
Spelling Checker Vector Ultima
The bilingual English/Russian spelling checker Vector
Ultima is one of the most advanced on the market. When
you are unsure of a word’s spelling, the Vector Ultima
allows you to enter the word as you hear it and choose a
spelling version from a list of suggestions.
• Type the word DAUGHTER as you hear it: DOTA.
• Touch the button or press SHIFT+SPELLER on the
keyboard (SHIFT and either of the v keys). A list of
suggested Variants appears on the screen.
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• Select the word DAUGHTER to see its translations.
♦ Note: If the spelling checker is unable to suggest
alternative words, the No Variants message is shown.
Instant Reverse Translation
For your convenience, the Language Teacher provides
an Instant Reverse Translation for all words in the main
Dictionary.
• Display the entry for the adjective INSTANT.
Translating a word
• Highlight a word among the translations by
•
• moving the highlight bar to it with the Î key.
touching it with the stylus or
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For example:
• Touch or press ENTER to obtain an instant reverse
translation of the highlighted word.
♦ Note: Note that the word selected for the Reverse
Translation must be in its basic (dictionary) form. Otherwise
no translation can be made:
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Translating an expression
Expressions constituting a complete translation variant
(delimited by commas) can be highlighted and translated
as a whole.
• To highlight a whole expression between commas, touch
its first word with the stylus and drag it along the
expression until the last word is highlighted.
♦ Note: Don’t highlight across translation boundaries.
• Touch or press ENTER to obtain an instant reverse
translation of the highlighted expression.
You can make up to 5 reverse translations in a row, each
of which uses its own window. The message Last Window
is displayed if the limit is reached.
• To close the Reverse Translation windows in the backward
order, touch
or press ESC.
• To take a shortcut to the selection screen, press SHIFT +
ESC.
Pronunciation of Words and Sentences
One of the most exciting features of the Language
Teacher ER586HT “Partner” is the T-T-S (text to
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speech)-based pronunciation of English words and
phrases.
• Display an English entry, for example:
• Touch or press SHIFT + F5 or the key to listen to
the pronunciation of the English headword.
• Change to the Russian-English dictionary, for example by
making a reverse translation.
• Touch or press SHIFT + F5 or the key to listen to
the pronunciation of all English translations.
T-T-S is able to generate pronunciation of any English text,
not limited to dictionary entries. Simply type a word or
phrase on the selection screen of the corresponding
Dictionary and choose
pronunciation.
♦ Note: In the Speech Level option of the System Setup
menu (page 145) you may adjust volume, frequency, and
or press to listen to its
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