The International Traveler’s Newest Best Friend

Newyork, NY (SANEPR) September 5, 2006 -- In one of its boldest moves yet, cutting-edge technology firm Ectaco, Inc. announces a new handheld device that can understand, translate and speak in 15 foreign languages using real human voices. Released just in time for the beginning of the school year, the Partner E15C800 is about to hit the street and looks set to revolutionize the way students, businessmen and travelers communicate in foreign languages forever.

While it is rare to find something that proposes to be all things to all people, the newest 15-language translating handheld by NY-based Ectaco, Inc. seems to be just that. Allowing travelers to blend in with the locals rather than stand out like a sore thumb, it can understand what is said to it Arabic, Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian and speak in all those languages plus Bulgarian, Farsi, Hungarian, and Portuguese using real human voices.

Now anyone can converse in a foreign language as easily as they do in their native tongue. Called revolutionary by testers, early users and other industry experts the Partner E15C800 lets users simply choose from one of the language combinations on offer, speak into it and then play the translation to whomever they need to communicate with. Able to pronounce any of the tens of thousands of entries from its loaded phrasebook, it restores the peace of mind that only full confidence in the ability to be understood can bring. And because the translations are narrated by native speakers and played back through a high-quality loudspeaker, misunderstandings are now considered to be a thing of the past. Absolutely unique in the world of handheld translation, for its range of languages and features plus a combined vocabulary database over 10,000,000 words and 210,000 travel-related phrases make this the top contender for device of the year.

And that’s just what Ectaco hope to demonstrate at the upcoming CES trade show. Held annually since the late 60s, it is the world’s largest forum for new consumer technology and its panel of judges have already singled out Ectaco for honors once before. Boris Krol, Ectaco product manager said, “Having received a lot of attention for our constant innovation, we are now looking forward to surprising people once more with our latest device. There is nothing like it in the world and it truly does bring the ability to communicate easily and comfortably to a wide range of people in almost any situation.”

Those wishing to take a sneak preview can visit the companies website http://www.ectaco.com to find out more as well as getting the chance to be one of the first to have this remarkable device in their hands while visiting foreign destinations this winter.



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