Franklin Youth Talking Spanish - English Dictionary

Great for those trying to learn English, si hablan espanol. The only problem I encountered is how much battery it consumes when the speaker is used to listen to the pronunciation. But it is a very practical and easy to use instrument and my sister loves it.

My son absolutely loves his talking electronic dictionary. And it delivered super fast. We were extremely satisfied!!!

We have owned other Franklin products that have been great but this one falls short. The vocabulary is too limited and more times than not we can't even find the words from a basic 3rd or 4th grade spelling list. It is much faster to use the computer to look up words.

The price is right for this electronic device. The commands are easy with practice. Most common words are in the device, but some words that I tried were not in the device. It help me communicate with my fishing guide in Mexico.

Did not live up to our expectations at all. We have the English version of this, worked great for my visually impaired daughter. On that one, she can type a word, and the device not only pronounces the word, but speaks the entire definition, and it speaks the various other games and activities. She she can basically interact with all the features, since she knows the keyboard.The Spanish-English does NOT work the same way. You type a word in English, "cat", it says "cat" (which you already know how to say). It prints "gato" on the lcd display, which is barely legible to a sighted person. It does NOT say "gato" or anything else. The manual says it can pronounce any highlighted word in a definition, but no words are ever highlighted! It CAN say "gato", if you type it in, but of course does not then say the English word "cat". So it cannot connect spoken English words with spoken Spanish words, and speaks no definitions. It only very minimally fulfils the "talking" part. So for us, it's pretty useless, while its English counterpart was quite useful.

too simple

Bought this for my sis-in-law. She was delighted and found it very convenient now that she's learning English. It was my recommendation because you get your money's worth.

This is pretty good. Except there is a small problem with it not knowing words that I typed in. You can only type one word at a time and its confusing to work. Once you learn how to use it, then its not a problem. This is good if your going on a week long trip to a Spanish or English place and you already knew some Spanish/English.Hope this product is fine for you, if you decide to get it.