Lingo Voyager 2 Talking Translator (TTV-2)

The construction is cheap by today's standards. The inability to enter a phrase for translation makes it just about useless in the real world. The "contained" phrases are totally inadequate and translating one word at a time is impractical. While in Hong Kong I bought a Besta 9600 by Inventec. Light years ahead of Lingo. Quality of construction is the first clue. The ability to put in phrases in English and translate to the chosen language is superb. I can enter the foreign language (in this case Chinese, Korean or Japanese) characters with the stylus and translate them to English. Doing this I could "read" signs, menus etc. The Lingo was a complete waste of money.

This was a waste of time and money. I found myself stuck in menus in other languages and unable to get out of the menus in order to actually use the different functions. Just take a translation phrase book along, you will be better off. Anyone want to buy mine? :)

tiny knobs

I bought this device hoping that it would be a bit more comprehensive than it turned out to be, but I will mention the following;PROS:1.This device is very easy to use.2.It's small.3.All of the languages are easy to read on the screen.4.The Input Method for the Asian languages is well done.5.Lots of useful phrases are included.5.The pronunciation is actually helpful, and can easily be turned off.CONS:1.Not enough entries for a serious language student.2.No part of speech is indicated.3.No conjugations are indicated.4.Chinese Input Method only allows one character at a time (i.e. You have to type in "guo" first and select the "'" character then type "shi" and select the "'" character to get the definition "fruit" instead of just typing in "guo3shi2" with tone numbers). I think this is probably preferable for travelers trying to figure out new words, but it can slow things down somewhat if you are used to typing in Microsoft IME.

The translator was bought for my wife before a trip to Italy. My wife has or buys things as she needs/wants so surprising her was very important. She loved it and used it abroad and wants to use it and it's many functions often. A great item. Thanks, Alex

Item was used not new. Not in original packaging and batteries were loose and dead. Unit functions properly but will not turn off requiring the batteries to be removed. Probably why the shipped batteries were dead.

The voice is not clear,very often not understandable,and very often speaks to fast. I would not buy or recommend this translator. I will mostly use it to look up word to find their meanings.

not what i was looking 4....