Franklin Electronic Publishers BES-1890 Speaking S

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Learn to speak Spanish and English like a native with the Franklin Speaking Spanish-English Dictionary. New features include a Merriam-Webster Dictionary with 274,000 definitions and 4,800 commonly-used phrases in both Spanish and English recorded in human voice.
Portable, Speaking Spanish-English Dictionary
Improve your reading, writing, and understanding of Spanish or English
Over 5,000,000 total translations and 4,800 example phrases
Includes phonetic spelling correction feature, grammar guides, and verb conjugations
Hear words and phrases pronounced accurately

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  1. BThomas

    Great product!
    I really like this item. I got it so that I could look up words that I did not know faster than using a paper back dictionary, but this actually does a lot more. I even have fun with the games. It is a great learning tool. For new Spanish or English speakers it is magnifico! I do wish it had a back light because in some light it is very difficult to see. Mine is also hard to hear–I have to hold it to my ear–but maybe my batteries are not strong.

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  2. R. Purvis

    Spanish Translator
    Received this product a few days ago and my daughter (who is a sophmore in High School) says it helps her learn Spanish. Overall, I found the product a little expensive once I had it in my hands. I was not able to turn the volume up very loud. I even saw my daughter putting it to her ear to hear the words. Second, it did not have a Backlite for ease of reading. To read the words on the screen, you had to put it under a light. For the amount of money it cost, I assumed it would have that.On the good side, it does come with many applications. She was able to put her vocabalary words in the unit and it would help her spell and translate each of them.Overall, I am a little disappointed with the product. The sound could have been better and a backlit LCD would have been an improvement. However, as long as my daughter is happy with the product and she is using it for her Spanish class; then I am happy and will not tell her how disappointed I am with it.

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  3. Omar Ramos

    Good Deal
    Good Deal All Around

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  4. J. Gray

    Excellent product
    Despite several bad reviews, I purchased this product after losing my Franklin BES-1850. I started using Franklin English-Spanish dictionaries over ten years ago and they have proved to be very beneficial in learning Spanish. This one is no exception. Some reviews said the sound wasn’t loud enough; mine is perfect. One complained about the screen being too small; mine is more than adequate. Some complained about it not having a backlight; although it is convenient, it is not necessary. I would tell anyone who is considering buying this to go ahead and buy it. You won’t regret it.

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  5. Amazon Customer

    Hardware has bug… watchout.
    I bought this unit before there were any reviews written. I figured I would take a gamble since this is the BES-1890 (i.e. has a higher model number than the rest). There are some good features of this model and there are some bad features. I will skip these for now though and report on one feature that is an absolute showstopper:There is a bug in the hardware that repeats the first line of anything written in italics. This is really really annoying and is very common. I have no idea how this made it past Q&A.For example, I have the unit in front of me now. I type in “arte” into the Spanish dictionary. Here is what I get:arte nmf (usually m in singular, f in usually m in singular, f in plural)1: art The part in parenthesis sounds confusing doesn’t it? That is because it is writing part of the line and suddenly starting over again. I would say that I encounter this in 1 out of 3 words I look up.This bug is enough of a reason to stay away from this product. If I knew this before I bought it, I wouldn’t have.

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  6. EWR

    Reset problems
    I have used several Franklin translators over the years. On the whole, I find them very good. There are two problems, however, that seem to follow all of their problems. The first is that the machine resets itself very often. This means all of my words on the “word list” are lost. Not a big deal, but when I find a word I really want to learn, I like to add it to the word list. Then I can review the list from time to time hoping I will eventually learn it. This is really frustrating as the machine seems to reset quite often. This always happens with a change in batteries.On the whole the dictionary is great. Swear words are omitted …. understandable for minors, but not needed for adults. (A real shame when I read “Cincuenta sombras de Gray”) However, the dictionary is very bad with adverbs, that end in “mente” I am rarely able to find a translation. You can shorten the word to another form, but the adverbs seem to be omitted.

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  7. Lynn

    BE1890 is very useful. The “speech” quality is not great but better than nothing.
    This BE1890 version has 4800 phrases which is better than the 1850 that has only 600 phrases. It has a lot of words in addition to the phrases. It translate English-to-Spanish and Spanish-to-English.The synthetized voice is only fair quality but it does help a lot.The product features are easy to use because they are intuitive.I am glad I bought this product. I have a friend was has another less expensive model and she likes it. But I believe the most expensive model is better.

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  8. Anne Emerick

    Disappointed in Audio function and quality
    I think how much you like this product will depend on how you’d like to use it. I purchased it because it was a SPEAKING Spanish-English dictionary. What I wanted to do, was leave it on my kitchen counter and when I saw an object that I didn’t know the name of, I’d go and type in the English word, see the Spanish word and be able to hear it said out loud. I thought that would be a great learning tool. But, it doesn’t really work that way. I selected the English to Spanish “book”(not the term I expected) and typed in a word and saw Spanish definitions, but the default action for reading, was to read back to me the word I had typed in (the ENGLISH word). The process for trying to hear the Spanish word was not particularly intuitive and it did not seem to always offer me an option to hear the primary Spanish definition. Then when I had jumped through the hoops to have read out loud the Spanish word, it was Robo-Spaniard reading them — this did not sound like a person. The sound quality is poor. I finally found an iPhone app that does what I want and I’ll have to use that, though that’s not really the solution I wanted, since I wanted to just leave a device open and ready to type in a word and get the translation. Franklin (the manufacturer) can’t you do better than this??

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  9. Shirley Hendel

    I wanted a spanish phrase dictionary that would help me speak or that I could use when speakiing to people in spanish speaking countries…this isnt it

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  10. Ena

    The only problem is that the back where the batteries are fitted kept falling off and I am afraid of loosing it. I living in Barbados.

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  11. digslaterno

    I purchased this unit to go to Mexico for a 2-week vacation. I am quite satisfied with the quick translation. I speak Intermediate level Spanish but I am seriously “out of practice” so the need for the occasional word is exactly what I needed. Good battery life if you do not use the speakers. A good value for the money!!!Denis

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  12. Varian Beauregard

    For the price, this is a fantastic product and I find the build quality perfectly acceptable. It comes with a basic cover case and a pair of headphones.Advantages:Unlike cheaper products this has a very large database of words and far more phrases which means unlike my old French-English dictionary I’m not left resorting to a paper dictionary for half the words I want to look up. It does of course miss some modern slang and regional vocabulary and is not quite as comprehensive as I would like but it’s not bad.The screen size and ease of use make it pleasurable to use.It takes 2 x AAA batteries (not included), so I can use my existing rechargeables.This also has all the verb conjugations and synonyms so is a useful reference (you have to keep pressing the Conjugate button to toggle through these – took me a while to realise!). Admittedly, you can also get all that for free on the internet, so its primary use for me is for looking up words when reading good old paper books, magazines & newspapers in Spanish. It’s a lot more convenient than a laptop for that!Disadvantages:There is no lid and the case is basically a thin piece of fabric so doesn’t offer much protection (it doesn’t even close in any way) – so not ideal for travelling with. Plus the battery cover is a bit dodgy – prone to fall off.Personally I’d rather have paid less and not had the speaking feature because Spanish pronounciation is so straight forward. Also, there is a slight click when this is activated, which can be annoying. The pronounciation is fine but the voice does sound a bit artifical. I imagine it may be occassionally useful to check the odd word, otherwise its really more for beginners. It does seem to pronounce almost everything in English or Spanish.All in all the best mid-price Spanish-English translator I’ve found. I just wish I’d had a French one like this; even now I had a quick look and couldn’t see anything comparable on amazon.

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  13. Alan.

    This is a very good learning tool. There are two voices used to speak the Spanish. The male voice is clear and easily understood although the pace of speech is unrealistically slow.The female voice speaks at the same speed as most Spanish speakers which can make understanding a little difficult for a novice like me. I find that her pronunciation is not as exact as the male voice, that may reflect normal speech but it is not helpful for a relative beginner.The machine is easy to use with a usable keyboard. The screen definition is not very good even though the contrast is adjustable. The print size for the menus is not adjustable although elsewhere it is. It is a little slow in operation. It translates only single words, it cannot translate phrases.Overall I find it a useful tool and good value for money.

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