Universal Translator™ UT-103
Speech-to-speech translator
English
English
English
French
German
Spanish
User’s manual
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Universal Translator™ UT-103 User's Manual
Contents
CONTENTS.............................................................3
INTRODUCTION .....................................................5
General View ........................................................6
Display .......................................................................... 6
LCD marks and meaning .............................................. 6
Navigation buttons and their functions.......................... 7
How to turn the device on for the first time ................... 7
How to turn the device on or off.................................... 8
Headset......................................................................... 8
RECOGNITION .......................................................9
Commonly used phrases .............................................. 9
Viewing phrases and pronouncing translations .......... 11
Recognition ................................................................. 11
How to achieve the best results in Recognition.......... 14
MENU....................................................................15
Recorder.............................................................16
Creating a Record....................................................... 16
Playing Back Stored Records ..................................... 18
Deleting Stored Records............................................. 18
Setup ..................................................................19
Language .................................................................... 20
Playback...................................................................... 20
Reply ........................................................................... 21
Time ............................................................................ 21
Auto off........................................................................ 23
Alarm........................................................................... 23
Topics.................................................................25
How to get to the section ............................................ 25
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MAINTENANCE AND CARE ................................25
Power Supply.............................................................. 25
Initialization ................................................................. 26
How to replace the batteries ....................................... 26
How to fasten the strap ............................................... 27
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Introduction
Discover the world with the only Universal Translator™. This
unique device will help you feel more at home in a foreign
country and will give you the ability to interact with people
without having to depend on translators or dictionaries. With the
help of the UT, you will have a chance to become better
acquainted with a country and its inhabitants, all the while
making new friends and gaining new impressions.
The Universal Translator™ features:
•
Advanced speech recognition system Lingvobit™
•
About 3,000 common English phrases, with a possibility of
translating any of those into 3 languages (French, German,
and Spanish)
•
Directional built-in microphone
•
Big-size internal speaker
•
Digital voice recorder
•
Clock
•
Audio alarm
•
External jack for headset
•
Auto off
The latest speech recognition technology in the UT allows you
to immediately translate a pronounced phrase without using a
dictionary and to listen to clear, life-like pronunciation of the
translation.
As continuous efforts are made by the manufacturer to
ensure a better quality and performance of the UT
products, some characteristics or the design of the actual
device you purchased may slightly differ from their
description in this manual.
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General View
General view and external appliances of the UT are shown
below.
The PC-Link Jack is reserved for future releases of this
model.
The speaker is located on the back of the device.
Display
Universal Translator™ is a portable device with a 2-line x 12character LCD screen.
LCD marks and meaning
► allows to select (sub)section or value
... active field
alarm is ON
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Navigation buttons and their functions
Buttons Functions
Action
Up/Down*
Enter
– press once
ESC –
press twice
Up
– scroll up
Down
– scroll down
On/Off
Start**
To turn the device on or off.
To start recording.
Reset
To initialize the device.
*
Action
and
Up/Down
is the same button with two options:
pressing and scrolling.
Action
(press) helps you to enter or exit
sections and
Up/Down
(scroll) allows you to scroll lists and
select sections or options.
**
On/Off
and
Start
is the same button with two different
functions:
On/Off
helps you to turn the device on or off and
Start
helps you to start recording.
Don't hasten, try to keep at least half-second intervals while
pressing buttons (except for the cases when you use the
Action
button as ESC).
How to turn the device on for the first time
•
remove the battery compartment cover and place two
AA batteries into the compartment (see page 26)
according to polarity
•
press the
On/Off
button on the face side of the device.
You will see the
UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR,
www.ectaco.com
message
•
than the
Ready
message will appear, and the device
will be ready for service. The first topic (
Everyday
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Conversation
) will be displayed. To see next topics,
scroll
Up/Down
.
After the batteries are replaced, you can turn the device on
in the same way.
How to turn the device on or off
To turn the device on:
•
press
On/Off
to turn the device on. The
Clock
will be
displayed. It means the device is in the standby mode
(current time, date and the sign if the
Alarm is
on
are displayed). From this mode, you can enter:
– the first topic (
Everyday Conversation
) or a resume
window, where you had worked before the device was
turned off automatically – by pressing
Action
, or
– the
Menu
– by scrolling
Up/Down: press ACTION for
menu…
message will appear; press
Action,
the
Menu
will be displayed.
To turn the device off:
•
press
Action
twice to exit from a subsection to a
section or from section to the standby mode (
Clock
)
•
press
On/Off
when the device is in the standby mode
to turn the device off
Headset
The UT is equipped with a 3.5mm jack for the headset included
into the package.
When the headset is on, the built-in speaker and microphone
are off. The headset microphone and headphone are used for
recording and playing. You can estimate the recorded signal
quality, the noise level, as well as check the headset or
microphone using the
Playback
function (see page 20). The
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recorded voice will be played back through the speaker or the
headphone.
You can use any standard (computer or Hi-Fi) microphone,
Leave 2mm space while inserting the jack into the hole, thus
the internal speaker will be used for playback.
Recognition
Commonly used phrases
The main function of the Universal Translator™ is substitution
of an interpreter for you in such standard situations as
registering at a hotel, shopping, visiting bank etc. You simply
choose the appropriate phrase from the list or say it in English
and the device will pronounce it for you in French, German or
Spanish according to you wishes. The UT will make your
communication with foreigners easy and enjoyable. Welcome to
the
Topics
section!
In this section you will find the list of 14 topics containing
commonly used phrases and their translations into French,
German or Spanish (see page 20).
How many? >
¿Cuánto?
When you press
Action
in the standby mode (if the device had
not been turned off automatically before, see page 8), the first
topic (
Everyday Conversation
) will be displayed (please refer to
page 25 to know more about how to get to the
Topics
section in
another way). Here you can find various phrases commonly
used for greeting, request, thanks etc.
If you need to make yourself understood, for example, in a hotel
when you want to check in, scroll
Up/Down
till you get to the
Hotel
topic or just press
Start
and say the name of the desired
topic.
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For easy reference the phrases are arranged by topics and
subtopics:
Everyday conversation
Requests and questions
Apology
Greetings Emotions
Thanks
Traveling
Tickets On the plane
Customs Railroad
Baggage Train
Airport Sea Port
Local transport
Bus station Subway
Bus Taxi
Driving
Car rental Road Emergency
Gas station Direction
Hotel
Reservation Services
Check-in Complaints
Facilities Checkout
Restaurant
Reservation Complaints
Placing an order Non-alcoholic Drinks
Dishes Alcoholic Drinks
Service Payment
Shopping
Information Prices
General Payment
Clothing Service
Post office
Telephone
Inquiries On the phone
Bank
Exchange Banking
Sightseeing
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General Asking the way
City tour
Beauty salon
Haircut Other
Health
Symptoms Dentist
Seeing a doctor Emergency
Sport
Soccer Golf
Racing Tennis
Sailing Other
Scuba diving
Please, see the full list of available phrases in the
Phrasebook (see page
Error! Bookmark not defined.
).
Viewing phrases and pronouncing translations
•
select one of 14 topics and a subtopic inside it scrolling
Up/Down
•
scroll phrases within a subtopic and select the desired
one. If you scrolled till the beginning or the end of a
subtopic, the
no more
message will appear. Scrolling
of a long phrase and its translation is automatic.
passport. >
Aquí está mi
•
to listen to the translation of the selected phrase, press
Action
Recognition
•
enter the
Topics
section
•
press
Start;
the
Recording…
message will appear
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Recording…
•
say in English the name of a topic you want to open (to
look through the list of available topics see page 10)
•
the
Recording…
message will disappear in a few
seconds; if you do not want to wait, you can press
Start
to stop recording, or press
Action
to cancel
recording
Pronounce the phrases correctly, in a clear voice, at a
normal pace and without pauses. Do not try to enunciate as
you would for a foreigner. Since the speech recognition
technology is in its first stage of development (although this
device used the latest technologies available so far), in
some cases you can face difficulties with recognition of
short and similar in pronunciation words. For example, you
say
Hotel
and the device can recognize a word like
Health
instead. If it persists, you should better select the desired
topic from topics list manually (see page 11).
•
after a while the
…done
message will appear
…done
•
the device will replay the topic name you have said (if
Playback
option is on, see page 20)
•
then the
Parsing…
message will appear
Parsing…
•
the device will compare the name you have said with
those stored in its memory, and then display the
matching topic
You can open a subtopic in the same way.
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When in subtopic:
•
press
Start;
the
Recording…
message will appear
Recording…
•
say English phrase in accordance with the selected
subtopic
•
the
Recording…
message will disappear in a few
seconds; or, if you do not want to wait, you can press
Start
to stop recording, or press
Action
to cancel
recording
Pronounce the phrases correctly, in a clear voice, at a
normal pace and without pauses. Do not try to enunciate as
you would for a foreigner.
•
after a while the
…done
message will appear
…done
•
the device will replay the phrase you have said (if
Playback
option is on, see page 20)
•
then the
Parsing…
message will appear
Parsing…
•
the device will compare the phrase you have said with
those stored in its memory, then display the matching
phrase and its translation.
Every basic phrase has several variants for
recognition, so-called analogs. They are stored in the
memory and are not displayed. Including these
variants, the section contains about 3,000 phrases
recorded by native American speakers. Translation will
be pronounced (if the
Reply
option is on, see page 21).
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By default, French translations are displayed and
pronounced. You can change the target language in
the
Language
subsection (see page 20).
Scrolling of a long phrase and its translation is
automatic.
•
to listen to the translation of this phrase once more,
press
Action
How to find another phrase:
•
to see another phrase in the same subtopic, find it in
the phrases list scrolling
Up/Down
, or press
Start
and
say the desired phrase
•
to find a phrase in another subtopic, press
Action
twice, you will switch into subtopics list of the same
topic; then select the desired subtopic and press
Action
to enter it. Now, search for the desired phrase
as described above.
•
to find a phrase in another topic, press
Action
twice to
get to the subtopics list, then press
Action
twice again
to get to the topics list; here you can choose a topic
and its subtopic and find a desired phrase as
described above.
How to achieve the best results in Recognition
If there are any problems with recognition:
•
at first, make sure you selected the proper subtopic
•
it’s recommended to use an external headset for best
recognition results
If the quality of recognition does not improve:
•
enter
Topics
, then press
Start
, record a phrase. Since
Playback
is on, the record will be played back
automatically.
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•
listen to it carefully and try to estimate whether your
voice sounds clearly or there are a lot of reverberating
sounds. In the latter case, try to speak not so loud or
stay far from the microphone. In case if your voice is,
on the contrary, too quiet, try to speak louder or closely
to the microphone.
•
when using the headset with a switch, make sure you
turned your microphone on
•
try to find more quiet place or shield the microphone
with your hand, if there are intensive external noises
and you cannot hear your recorded voice when
Playback
is on
•
pronounce articles, prepositions and short words
distinctly
•
if you usually speak very fast, try to speak a little
slower, yet don’t say phrase word by word
•
if the device recognized the phrase you had
pronounced, try to repeat it at the same pace and tone.
Repeat the phrase several times. Such a training will
let you find the optimal pronunciation pace and tone,
thus making the device to recognize your voice better.
Menu
The
Menu
gives you the ability to make your work with the
Universal Translator™ more convenient. Here you can find all
advanced UT features and change settings.
To get to the
Menu:
•
scroll
Up/Down
when in the standby mode;
press
ACTION for menu…
message will appear
Press ACTION for
menu…
•
press
Action,
the
Menu
will be displayed
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There are three sections in the
Menu: Recorder, Setup, Topics
► Recorder
Setup
•
the first two of them will be displayed
•
to see the next item, scroll the
Up/Down
button down
Recorder
UT can be used as a voice-recording device. It allows saving
small records maximum 20 seconds long.
To open the section,
•
enter
Menu; Recorder
will be marked with the arrow
► Recorder
Setup
•
press
Action;
the four-item (
Record, Playback, Erase,
Erase all
) menu will be opened and two items will be
displayed
► Record
Playback
•
to see the next two items, scroll the
Up/Down
button
down
Creating a Record
•
select
Record
with the arrow and press
Action
•
You have 20s for memos
message will appear and the
list of four slots will be opened (
Memo1, Memo2,
Memo3, Memo4
). First two of them will be displayed.
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► Memo1
Memo2
•
to see the next two slots, scroll the
Up/Down
button
down
20 seconds is the total maximum length for all four records,
not for each one.
If you already recorded some slot, the total maximum
length for the resting messages will be automatically
adjusted, and you will see the respective message when
entering the
Record
section the next time. For example, if
you have recorded four seconds in
Memo1
, the
You have
16s for memos
message will appear.
•
to start recording, select a slot with the arrow and
press
Action
(if you press
Start,
the first blank slot will
be used for recording, not the selected one)
•
to stop recording, press
Action
or
Start
If a slot is full you cannot make another record here. To
make another record in this slot, you should first erase the
existing one.
When in
Recorder,
you can press
Start
any time to start
immediate recording. The first blank slot will be ready for
recording.
If you want to create a record using the
Start
button, yet all
slots are full, the
Memo slots full. Erase
message will
appear. If you use the
Action
button, the
Already recorded
message will appear. In this case you should erase one or
all records prior to making a new one.
If you spent all 20s for one slot, you will see no warning
messages when trying to make a record, no matter what
button you press. However, if you press
Action
while the
arrow points the full slot, the
Already recorded
message will
appear.
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If you create a record in
Memo4
, it will be used for
Alarm’s
signal.
Memo3
► Memo4
Playing Back Stored Records
•
select
Playback
with the arrow and press
Action
•
select a record you want to listen to with the arrow and
press
Action
Playing…
•
to stop playback, press
Action
Deleting Stored Records
There are two ways of erasing record(s):
I.
•
select
Erase
with the arrow
Playback
► Erase
•
select a record you want to erase and press
Action
;
the
Erased!
message will appear
Erased!
II.
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•
to erase all records at the same time, select
Erase all
with the arrow
Erase
► Erase all
•
press
Action
;
the
Erased all!
message will appear
ERASED ALL!
Setup
You can adjust some options in the
Setup
section to make your
work with the UT more convenient. To open the section:
•
enter
Menu
•
select
Setup
with the arrow and press
Action
Recorder
► Setup
•
the settings menu will be displayed
► Language
Playback
•
to see the next settings, scroll the
Up/Down
button
down
You can change any setting as follows.
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Language
By default, English phrases and their French translations are
displayed. If you want to look through or listen to the
translations in German or Spanish:
•
enter the
Setup
section
• Language
will be marked with the arrow
► Language
Playback
•
press
Action
•
select a language (
French, German, Spanish
) with the
arrow
•
press
Action
, the message saying that the desired
language is set will appear, for example:
German
is set
Playback
You can turn playback of every pronounced English phrase on
or off:
•
enter the
Setup
section
•
select
Playback
with the arrow
Language
► Playback
•
press
Action
•
select
OFF or ON
with the arrow
•
press
Action
, the message
Playback ON
or
Playback
OFF
will appear, for example:
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Playback OFF
Reply
You can turn replay of translations appearing on the display on
or off:
•
enter the
Setup
section
•
select
Reply
with the arrow
Playback
► Reply
•
press
Action
•
select
OFF or ON
with the arrow
•
press
Action
, the message
Reply ON
or
Reply OFF
will
appear, for example:
Reply ON
If you want to listen to the translation of a displayed phrase
and
Reply
is
OFF
, just press
Action
.
Time
You can set current
Date
and
Time
, and also
Time format
in
this section:
•
enter the
Setup
section
•
select
Time
with the arrow
Reply
► Time
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•
press
Action
12:14am 12h
01 Jan 2001
Every pressing of the
Action
button inside the
Time
section
moves the active field to the next position.
To adjust
Time
:
•
highlight
hours
or
minutes
by pressing
Action
•
set desired values by scrolling
Up/Down
To change
Time format
:
•
highlight
Time format
by pressing
Action
•
set
24h
or
12h
format scrolling
Up/Down
00:14 24h
01 Jan 2001
To set
Date
:
•
highlight
day, month, or year
by pressing
Action
•
set desired values scrolling
Up/Down
00:14 24h
05 Nov 2001
•
to exit the section, press
Action
twice, the
Time is set
message will appear. The
Clock
will show current time,
date and the sign if the
Alarm
is on.
00:14
05 Nov 2001
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Auto off
If you forgot to turn the device off, the standby mode will be
automatically set in one minute (by default) and then the device
will shut off in the same timespan to save batteries.
You can change the
Auto off
time from 1 into 3 or 5 minutes:
•
enter the
Setup
section
•
select
Auto off
with the arrow
Time
► Auto off
•
press
Action
•
select the desired value with the arrow and press
Action;
the message saying that
Auto off
is set will
appear, for example:
Auto off is
1 min
The standby mode will be automatically set after the
selected time elapses and then the device will shut off in
the same timespan. For example, if 3 minutes
Auto off
is
set, the device will turn off in 6 minutes.
The device is in the standby mode when the
Clock
(current
time, date and the sign if the
Alarm
is on) is displayed.
From this mode, you can enter the first topic (
Everyday
Conversation
) or the
Menu,
or turn the device off, see page
8.
Alarm
You can set
Alarm
in this section:
•
enter the
Setup
section
•
select
Alarm
with the arrow
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Auto off
► Alarm
•
press
Action
Every pressing of the
Action
button inside the
Alarm
section moves the active field to the next position.
•
select the desired value (
Disabled, Enabled or voice
memo4)
to set one of three possible modes
Enabled
14:30
The
Voice memo4
option is used if you want a record from
Memo4 (Recorder
section, see page 16) to replay when the
alarm goes off. Melody stored in ROM replays by default.
Make sure the sound is not disabled and the headset is
unplugged when
Voice memo4
is selected. If
Enabled
is
selected, you will hear the melody stored in the ROM at the
set time even if the beeping sound is disabled and headset
is plugged in.
To set
Alarm Time:
•
select
hours
or
minutes
by pressing
Action
Enabled
14:30
•
set the desired value scrolling
Up/Down;
the sign
will be displayed when the
Alarm
is On
00:14
05 Nov 2001
An audible signal or record from
Memo4
will be heard at
the set time.
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Topics
How to get to the section
Enter the
Topics
section. You can do it in two ways:
•
press
Action
when in the
Clock
(standby) mode (if the
device had not been turned off automatically before,
see page 8), or
•
enter
Menu
•
select
Topics
with the arrow
Setup
► Topics
•
press
Action
Please refer to page 9 for detailed information about choosing a
phrase and recognition function.
Maintenance and care
Power Supply
The UT is powered by two AA alkaline batteries.
When the batteries become weak, a warning message
Low
battery! No speech!
will be displayed.
In order to prevent an excessive battery power drain the voice
recording and the talking function will be disabled.
A few seconds before the device turns off the
BATTERIES ARE
EMPTY!
message appears.
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Initialization
The device may be damaged due to an improper handling or
electrostatic discharge. Normal operation can be restored by
replacing batteries, or by pressing the
Reset
button (located to
the right inside of battery compartment) with a paper clip.
Visit our site www.ectaco.com to find additional information
about product care and support.
How to replace the batteries
•
press
On/Off
when in the standby mode to turn the
device off
•
remove the battery compartment cover by sliding it
away from the device
•
remove the used batteries and replace them with new
ones
•
make sure to place the batteries according to the
polarity markings (+ -) inside the compartment
•
secure the battery compartment cover by sliding it
toward the device. Make sure the cover sits in place
properly.
The battery compartment always must be closed, with its
cover on.
Do not use old batteries or mix old and new ones.
Do not exceed the 2-minute limit if you want to keep your
settings.
•
if you experience difficulty turning the device on, press
the
RESET
button inside the battery compartment and
reinstall the system
Prevent the device from straight sun rays and electrostatic
fields. Avoid the device being exposed to rain or water,
dropped or its cabinet or display mechanically damaged.
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Do not attempt to service the device yourself as opening or
removing covers may result in damages and losing
guaranty. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.
How to fasten the strap
Two small holes for the strap are located on the back of the
device on the top.
•
put the loop of string through the holes (help yourself
with something like paperclip)
•
thread the strap through the loop of string
•
pull the loop of string taut
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