Ectaco Partner UT-203 User manual

Partner®UT-203
Speech-to-speech translator
English ÖRussian
English ÖGerman
Russian ÖEnglish
Russian ÖGerman
User’s manual

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No part of this manual shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without permission from
Ectaco, Inc.
Ectaco, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any improper use of
the device if used differently than described in this manual.
Partner®is a registered trademark,
Lingvobit™ is a trademark of ECTACO, Inc., NY, USA
© 1992–2002 ECTACO, Inc., New York, USA.
All rights reserved.

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................4
GENERAL VIEW ................................................................ 4
Display ........................................................................ 5
How to turn the device on for the first time................. 6
How to turn the device on or off.................................. 6
Headset ...................................................................... 7
RECOGNITION.........................................................................7
Commonly used phrases............................................ 7
Viewing phrases and pronouncing translations.......... 8
Recognition................................................................. 9
MENU.......................................................................................11
RECORDER .................................................................... 12
Creating a Recording................................................ 12
Playing Back Stored Recordings .............................. 13
Deleting Stored Recordings...................................... 13
Setting a Recording for Alarm .................................. 14
SETUP ........................................................................... 15
Language.................................................................. 15
Playback ................................................................... 16
AutoPlay ................................................................... 16
Time.......................................................................... 17
Auto off ..................................................................... 17
Alarm ........................................................................ 18
TOPICS .......................................................................... 19
How to get to the section .......................................... 19
MAINTENANCE AND CARE ...............................................19
Power Supply............................................................ 19
Initialization ............................................................... 20
How to replace the batteries..................................... 20
How to fasten the strap............................................. 21

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Introduction
Discover the world with the one and only Partner®UT-203. 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 interpreters 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 experiences.
The Partner®UT-203 features:
•Advanced speech recognition system Lingvobit™ English
and Russian
•About 3,000 common English phrases, with their
equivalents in Russian and German
•Unidirectional built-in microphone
•Large internal speaker
•Digital voice recorder
•Clock
•Audio alarm
•External jack for headset
•Auto Off function
The latest speech recognition technology used in the UT allows
you to immediately translate a spoken phrase without using a
dictionary and to listen to clear, life-like pronunciation of the
translation.
¾As continuous efforts are made by the manufacturer to
ensure 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.
General View
A general view including the external appliances of the UT is
shown below.

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¾The PC-Link Jack is reserved for future releases of this
model.
¾The speaker is located on the back of the device.
Display
Partner®UT-203 is a portable device with a 2-line x 12-character
LCD screen.
LCD marks and their meaning
allows the selection of a (sub)section or
value
... active field
alarm is ON
Navigation buttons and their functions
Buttons Functions
Action
Up/Down*
Enter – press once
ESC – press twice1
Up – scroll up
Down – scroll down
1Do not exceed 0,5 sec. between keystrokes, otherwise, the
command will be recognized as Enter.

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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 control wheel having two
functions, pressing and scrolling. Action (press) lets you enter or
exit sections and Up/Down (scroll) allows you to scroll lists and
select sections or options.
** On/Off and Start are also contained on the same button:
On/Off turns the device on or off and Start activates recording.
¾If you keep a button pressed for more than 1 second, the
action specified for this button will be repeated. For
example, you do not need to press the Action button twice
to ESC, just keep it pressed for more than 1 second.
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 20)
according to polarity, than replace the battery
compartment cover
•press the On/Off button on the face side of the device.
You will see the UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR,
http://www.ectaco.com message
•the Ready message will appear, and the device will be
ready for service. The first topic (Everyday
Conversation) will be displayed. To see further topics,
scroll Up/Down.
¾After the batteries are replaced, you can turn the device on
in the same way.
¾When you turn the device on for the first time, or if you
exceed 2 minute limit when replacing batteries, the default
factory settings will be set; refer to PageError! Reference
source not found. 15 to learn how the Russian interface
language can be set.
How to turn the device on or off
To turn the device on:

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•press On/Off to turn the device on. The Everyday
conversations (first topic) will be displayed. You can
start to work with topics or press Action twice to quit
Topics and switch to the Clock mode (current time,
date and, if the Alarm is on, the sign are displayed).
From the Clock mode, you can enter:
– the first topic (Everyday Conversation) – 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 quit a (sub)section and switch to
the Clock mode
•press On/Off when the device is in the Clock 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 plugged in, the microphone is 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 16). The recorded voice will be
played back through the speaker or the headphone.
You can use any standard (computer or Hi-Fi) microphone.
Recognition
Commonly used phrases
The main function of the Partner®UT-203 is to act as a
replacement for an interpreter in such everyday situations as
registering at a hotel, shopping, visiting the bank, etc. You simply
choose the appropriate phrase from the list or say it in English or
Russian and the device will pronounce its translation in the
selected language. The UT will make your communication with
foreigners easy and enjoyable. Welcome to the Topics section!

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In this section you will find a list of 15 topics containing commonly
used phrases and their translations into English, German or
Russian (see Page 15).
How many? >
Сколько?
When you press Action in the Clock mode (if the device had not
turned off automatically, see Page 6 if it has), the first topic
(Everyday Conversation) will be displayed (please refer to Page
19 to know more about how to get to the Topics section in
another way). In this section you can find various phrases
commonly used for greeting, request, thanks etc.
If you need assistance with being understood while checking into
a hotel, for instance, scroll Up/Down until you reach the Hotel
topic or just press Start and say the name of the desired topic.
For easy reference the phrases are arranged in the following
topics:
Everyday conversation Telephone
Traveling Bank
Local transport Sightseeing
Driving Health
Hotel Housekeeper
Restaurant Beauty salon
Shopping Sport
Post office
¾Please find the list of available Everyday conversation and
Traveling phrases in the Phrasebook (see Page Error!
Bookmark not defined.). For more phrases refer to the CD
available in the standard package or to our site
www.ectaco.com
Viewing phrases and pronouncing
translations
•select one of 15 topics scrolling Up/Down
•scroll through the phrases within a topic and select the
desired one. If you scroll past the beginning or the end
of a topic, the no more message will appear. Scrolling
a long phrase and its translation is automatic.

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Long time no
see. > Давно
•to listen to the translation of the selected phrase, press
Action
Recognition
•enter the Topics section (see Page 19)
•press Start; the Listening… message will appear
Listening…
•say the name of a topic you want to open (to look
through the list of available topics, see Page 8)
•phrase recording stops automatically once you have
stopped speaking
¾After the Start button is pressed, it is recommended that the
speaker pause about 0.5 sec prior to saying a phrase. Thus
the system will adapt to the background noises and provide
better recognition quality.
¾Pronounce 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 uses the latest technologies available so far), in
some cases you can face difficulties with recognition of
short and similarly pronounced words. For example, if you
say Hotel and the device can recognize a word like Health
instead. If this persists, you should select the desired topic
from the topics list manually.
•the device will compare the name you have said with
those stored in its memory, and then display the
matching topic
When in topic:
•press Start; the Listening… message will appear
Listening…

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•say an English or Russian phrase corresponding with
the selected topic
•phrase recording stops automatically once you have
stopped speaking
¾Pronounce 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.
•the device will replay the phrase you have said (if
Playback option is on, see Page 16)
•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, called
analogs, for recognition. They are stored in the
memory and are not displayed. Including these
variants, the section contains about 3,000 phrases
recorded by native American and Russian speakers.
The translation will be pronounced if the AutoPlay
option is turned on (see Page 16). By default, Russian
translations are displayed and pronounced. You can
change the language pair in the Language subsection
(see Page 15).
Scrolling 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 topic, find it in the
phrase list by scrolling Up/Down, or press Start and say
the desired phrase
•to find a phrase in another topic, press Action twice,
you will switch to the topics list; then select the desired
topic and press Action to enter it. Now, search for the
desired phrase as described above.
How to achieve the best results in Recognition
If there are any problems with recognition:
•first, make sure you have selected the proper topic
•use of an external headset is recommended for best
recognition results