Ectaco SpeechGuard User manual

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .........................................................................2
GENERAL DESCRIPTION..........................................................3
General View .............................................................................3
Power Supply ............................................................................4
MultiMedia Card (MMC).............................................................5
Initialization................................................................................5
Display and Main Menu ............................................................. 6
Opening and Closing Applications ............................................. 7
On-screen Keyboard.................................................................. 7
Windows ....................................................................................7
Toolbar ......................................................................................8
Parts of Speech, Gender Labels, Abbreviations ........................9
Adding Entries to Flash Cards .................................................10
Daily Alarm ..............................................................................11
APPLICATIONS ........................................................................11
Dictionary.................................................................................11
Phrasebook .............................................................................13
Flash Cards .............................................................................14
Pockets....................................................................................15
Spell It...................................................................................... 16
Translation Test .......................................................................17
Media Player............................................................................ 17
Calculator ................................................................................18
Conversion .............................................................................. 18
World Time .............................................................................. 19
Settings....................................................................................20
User Manual ............................................................................22

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INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on purchasing the high-end class Talking
Electronic Dictionary & Audio PhraseBook™! The product you
have purchased is the result of combined efforts of ECTACO's
staff of linguists, engineers, and programmers. You are now the
owner of one of the most advanced electronic devices ever
produced for translation purposes and for language studies.
ECTACO SpeechGuard®TL-2 features:
• Voice function based on the TTS (Text-to-Speech) technology
• Phonetic transcription (if available)
• Instant reverse translation
• Look-up function
• Advanced word recognition and MorphoFinder™
• "Add New Word" function
• Audio phrasebook with English speech recognition and more
than 14,000 phrases pronounced by native speakers
• Vector Ultima™ spell-checker
• Linguistic games: Flash Cards, Pockets, Spell It, Translation
Test
• Media Player with mp3 support
• Currency conversion
• Metric conversion
• World Time
• Daily Alarm
• Calculator
• Three font sizes
• Screen backlight
• Slang Lock
• MMC/SD slot
• Headphone jack
• Microphone jack
• AC/DC adapter jack

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
General View
The general view and essential features of ECTACO
SpeechGuard®TL-2 are shown below.
Front Panel:

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Back Panel:
Power Supply
ECTACO SpeechGuard®TL-2 is powered by a special Li-
Polymer rechargeable battery. When the battery becomes weak,
a warning message will be displayed. In that case, the voice
function will be disabled in order to prevent an excessive
discharge of the battery and a resulting loss of data in RAM. To
restore full functionality of the device, recharge the battery as
soon as possible.
How to Recharge the Battery
• Make sure the battery is inserted in the battery compartment.
Note: Only a special rechargeable battery and a special adapter
may be used with your ECTACO SpeechGuard®TL-2. Use of an

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inappropriate external power supply may cause failure of the
device and will void the warranty.
• Unfix the rubber strip on the right-hand side of the device to
access the AC/DC adapter jack.
• Connect the AC/DC adapter to your device.
The red LED signal shows that the battery is recharging and the
green one shows it is charged.
MultiMedia Card (MMC)
ECTACO SpeechGuard®TL-2 MultiMedia Card is included in the
standard package. The card contains data necessary for proper
functioning of the device. You can copy the contents of the card
provided in the standard package to any other MMC or SD card
(up to 512 MB capacity) and then install your card in ECTACO
SpeechGuard®TL-2 – for example, if you wish to allocate more
space for your mp3 files.
The MMC slot is situated under the battery in the battery
compartment. If the MMC is not installed, please follow the steps
below to install it.
Note: Always make sure the device is turned off before installing
or removing the MMC. Use the On/Off button to turn the device
off.
• To open the battery compartment (see General View), unscrew
two screws, holding the battery compartment cover.
• Remove the battery from the compartment.
• Slide the MMC into the MMC slot with the label face up and the
contacts face down.
• Insert the battery into the compartment and screw two screws
back.
Initialization
If you want to restore the default settings for your device or, in
the rare event of a program failure, to recover, you will need to
perform a reset procedure. This can be done in one of the
following ways:

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Reset by Using the Reset Button
• Unfix the rubber strip on the right-hand side of the device.
• Unscrew the removable cap of the stylus – it will serve you as a
reset pin.
Note: The Reset button can also be accessed with any thin
object such as a paper clip. Never use a needle or a sharp pin for
this purpose since it can damage the device.
• Press the Reset button. If you see a message offering you to
format the user disk, press the Down button to cancel formatting
and keep the user data. If you press the Up button, the user data
will be erased and the default settings will be restored. On
completion of the reboot, you will see the calibration screen with
five targets, appearing one after another as you tap them with the
stylus.
• To complete Calibration, please follow the instructions on the
screen. To skip Calibration, just press the Recognize button. You
will see the Main Menu.
Reset via the Setup Section
• Go to the Setup section by pressing the Setup button.
• Tap to open the Settings screen.
• Tap Defaults. You will receive a pop-up asking you to confirm
restoring.
• Tap OK to restore the default settings or Cancel to cancel the
restore process.
Display and Main Menu
ECTACO SpeechGuard®TL-2 features touch screen (320 x 240
pixels) with a windows-driven graphical interface. The Main Menu
consists of icons, which visually organize access to the ECTACO
SpeechGuard®TL-2 applications.
Note: Tapping screen items is preferably done with the supplied
pointing device called the stylus, which, when not in use, is kept
in a special slot at the side of the device's back panel (see
General View).

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Main Menu
• To access the Main Menu, turn the device on, then press
Home, or tap on the screen.
Opening and Closing Applications
• The easiest way to open a specific application is to tap its
corresponding icon. Alternatively, the applications can be chosen
by pressing the arrow keys (Up, Down, Left, Right). When the
application name is highlighted, just press Recognize to launch it.
• To close an application, tap in the upper right corner of the
screen.
On-screen Keyboard
The on-screen keyboard is a set of virtual keys displayed on the
screen. This set of keys simulates the conventional physical
keyboard or part of it. The on-screen keyboard shown below is
the most widely used throughout the ECTACO SpeechGuard®
TL-2 applications.
• In applications featuring text input, tap the button on the
toolbar to invoke the on-screen keyboard. To hide it, tap
anywhere on the screen outside of the on-screen keyboard.
Windows
Every application, pop-up menu, or dialog box used in ECTACO
SpeechGuard®TL-2 appears in its own window. A window is
displayed as a framed screen area with two main elements: the
title bar and the close button ( or ).
• To move an overlapping pop-up window, tap on its title bar and
drag the window to another part of the screen holding the stylus
down.

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The scroll bar is shown when the contents don't all fit on the
screen. The slider shows the position of the displayed contents
relative to the rest of data.
On the scroll bar:
• tap a scroll arrow or to advance or go back one line;
• tap and drag the slider to browse information;
• tap the scroll bar below or above the slider to jump to the
corresponding portion of text.
Toolbar
A toolbar is a set of horizontally arranged buttons shown at the
bottom of the pertaining window.
Toolbar buttons have the following functions:
Show Main Menu
Invoke on-screen keyboard
Display the List of sets
Switch translation direction
Reset statistics
Use speech function
Switch to metric conversion
Switch to currency conversion
Add entry to User's Dictionary or Flash Cards

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Show similar words
Go to the previous entry
Go to the next entry
Change application settings
Translate
Go back
Go forward
Change operating mode (in Phrasebook)
Set date and time
Perform calibration
Use speech recognition (in Phrasebook)
Battery life indicator
Daily Alarm disabled
Daily Alarm enabled
Parts of Speech, Gender Labels,
Abbreviations
Translations of a headword are shown with their parts of speech:
A– adjective
ABBR – abbreviation
ADV – adverb
ART – article
AUX – auxiliary
CONJ – conjunction
ID – idiom
INTRJ – interjection
N– noun
NPR – proper noun
NUM – numeral
PART – particle
PHR – phrase
PREF – prefix
PREP – preposition
PRON – pronoun
SUFF – suffix
V– verb
If applicable and available, nouns are marked with gender and
number labels:
F– feminine
M– masculine
MF – masculine or feminine
N– neuter
PL – plural
Certain words and expressions in the dictionary may be followed
by abbreviations:

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anat. – anatomy
bact. – bacteriology
biochem. – biochemistry
biol. – biology
bot. – botany
chem. – chemistry
comm. – commerce
comp. – computers
econ. – economics
el. – electronics
fin. – finance
jur. – law
mech. – mechanics
med. – medicine
opt. – optics
pharm. – pharmacy
physiol. – physiology
psychol. – psychology
stomat. – stomatology
vet. – veterinary
Adding Entries to Flash Cards
This useful feature allows you to create your personal sets of
entries copied from the Dictionary and Phrasebook. The
database so created will be used in the following games: Flash
Cards, Pockets, Spell It, and Translation Test.
• Open the Dictionary or Phrasebook.
• Select the desired entry and then tap on the toolbar.
• If necessary, change the displayed set name by tapping next to
the word Subject.
• To confirm changes, tap OK.