Voice Recorder

BoomGear MP-900 256MB MP3 Player/SD Slot/FM Tuner/Voice Recorder
Manufacturer: Boomgear
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The MP-900 high quality, multi format player features a 256MB Memory capacity, with an extra of 512MB possible through the SD slot. It features the Text to Speech ability and the voice recording/ audio recording. You can also use this unit for Hands-free cellular phone use. The elegant MP-900 features a great package of specs and features, making it the most advanced MP3 player in the market.
Amazon Product Description
Today, fans of MP3 players have a variety of options from which to choose. Those who prefer super-high capacity players -- some of which are capable of storing over 10,000 songs -- should look into hard drive-based players such as Apple's iPod or Creative Labs' Nomad Jukebox. Those who want removable media will want to investigate MP3 CD players such as Panasonic's SL line. But if budget, size, and durability are a priority, flash memory-based players are the way to go. Substantially smaller and less expensive than most of the alternatives and utilizing shockproof flash memory rather than comparatively fragile hard drives or CDs, flash memory players deliver excellent bang for the buck. The tradeoff is capacity - flash memory players simply can't store as many songs as some of the pricier units. Nevertheless, most can handle several hours of music, more than enough for most music enthusiasts.

One such flash memory player is the BoomGear MP-900. At 3.75 by 1.2 by .7 inches and just 1.1 ounce (without battery), it isn't much larger than a cigarette lighter. The unit supports two of today's most popular music file formats -- WMA and MP3 -- with enough storage space for up to eight hours of music (WMA format) and up to four hours of music (MP3 format). Furthermore, the MP-900 features a Secure Digital memory card slot, allowing you to add an extra 512 MB memory to its built-in 256 MB and thus increase the storage capacity threefold. The system accepts one AAA battery for up to eight hours of continuous playback.

But the MP-900 is much more than an MP3/WMA player. With just a couple of button presses, it's an FM tuner too. Or an FM recorder. In fact, you can even record your own voice via its integrated microphone or capture other sources via its line-in jack. Other amenities include a five-way user selectable EQ, automatic FM station scanning, song title/information display and nifty blue LED backlight. The MP-900 connects to your computer via a USB port.

Features

256 MB of memory for over 4 hours of MP3 or 8 hours of WMA music
Secure Digital card/MMC expansion slot provides up to 512 MB of additional memory
Built-in FM tuner, FM recorder, voice recorder, line-in recorder
Five types of user selectable EQ and 3D Sound
Eight hours of continuous playback with one AAA battery

Average customer rating: 3.0

The speech-to-speech feature is not useful

Asian languages Multilingual Talking electronic dictionary (over 5,000,000 words) and Audio Travel PhraseBook ECTACO iTRAVL TL-2Asian5: English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese

Manufacturer: Ectaco, Inc.
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000HHD0Y4

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The ECTACO iTRAVL Multilingual Asian TL-2Asian5 is a bilingual English<->Chinese, English<->Japanese (Kana), English<->Japanese (Kanji), English<->Japanese (Romaji), English<->Korean, English<->Thai, English<->Vietnamese electronic talking dictionary (over 5,000,000 words). Instant reverse translation. The advanced voice for English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean languages for any word or text (powered by the latest Text-to-Speech technology). The Audio Travel PhraseBook delivers native-speaker human-voice output for over 70,000 pre-recorded phrases in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Vietnamese languages. It also provides the different responses you might receive in the ""You May Hear"" section. Travel Audio PhraseBook gives a comprehensive two-way dictionary and easy-to-use sentence builder pronunciation for every word in these topics: Traveling, Hotel, Transport, Sightseeing, Bank, Communications means, Restaurant, Shopping, Repairs, Laundry, Sport, Leisure, Health, Drugstore, Beauty Care, Everyday conversation. English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean speech recognition (speech-to-speech travel phrases translation). Linguistic games: Flash Cards, Pockets, Spell It, Translation Test. Add new word function allowing to create your own vocabulary. English MorphoFinder. Single words or whole phrases search function, Vector Ultima spell-checker, slang lock. Media Player with MP3 support. World Time, Daily Alarm, Calculator, Metric conversion. MultiMedia Card slot (Card included) for content replacement and updates - you can add up to 30 languages. Touch screen display (320x240 pixels), Screen backlight. Water-resistant and dustproof case. AC adapter and Li-Polymer rechargeable battery (3.7V, 1800mAh) are included in the package. 1 year international warranty

Customer Reviews:

The speech-to-speech feature is not useful.......2007-02-02

I laid out the big bucks for this device because of the speech-to-speech capability that's advertised. But as implemented, this capability is purely a novelty function. You have to pick a particular subcatagory like "Introductions" or "Apologies." A subcatagory has six to eight phrases and you can use the speech-to-speech capability to choose one. (It's simpler to pick one with the stylus.)

Aside from the speech-to-speech stuff, the device just your basic electronic dictionary. The best implimentation is for Japanese, with output in your choice of Kanji, Kana, Roman letters, or voice. The Thai implementation is weak with output only in Thai letters. I compared equivalent lists of word from the English-Chinese section to various other dictionaries and I conclude that that the device has about half as many English words as the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary (50,000 to 60,000 words) and about three times as many English words as my pocket-sized English-Thai paper dictionary, which has nearly 11,000 English words. If every word is translated both ways in every language (a generous assumption), that works out to about 30,000 words for each language, each direction, and 420,000 words across all 14 language dictionaries. (The ad says 5 million words.) As for phrases, there the 15 catagories, each with about 5 subcatagories of about 7 phrases each, so roughly 525 English phrases, or about 7,350 phrases across all 14 language dictionaries (The ad says 70,000.)

Here's a few suggestions to improve the item: Make the keyboard alphabetical. QWERTY is for touch-typing and the keyboard on the screen is much too small for touch-typing. The dictionary should be implemented to allow you to translate more than one word at the same time. If, in addition, the thing had a USB port, I could attach a roll-up keyboard and touch-type in multiple words.

Finally, this is the 800-pound gorilla of electronic dictionaries. It's about the same size as the paper dictionary I have been using (mentioned above). The buttons are huge, so the picture fools you as to the actual size of the item.

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