Seiko VR5000 American Heritage Talking Dictionary & Roget's II Thesaurus

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

the best dictionary:

Well this is a really outstandig dictionary. I can find in it almost any word I want. It has been extremely useful, I recommend it to you all.

I like it, I love it, I want somemore of it!:

I love my talking dictionary! I've had it for over a year. It is great when reading novels or when double checking pronunciation. Some words I think should be common are not in the dic. Of course, if they were so common then I should know what they mean. lol. I am ready to upgrade to a talking dictionary with more word capacity. One thing not mentioned is the helpful SAT option. There are limited words in this section, but it does help one know how to use unknown words in context. Overall- Well worth the... more info

painfully slow:

I have been using it for just one day, and found several problems:

1. The dictionary is painfully slow. It takes about 10 seconds to find a word, and, if you spell the word wrong and choose to do the spell check, it takes about at least 40 seconds.

2. It seems that you cannot find some some obvious words, such as Chicago, omnidirectional, cutesy.

3. Sometimes the voice does not match the pronunciation marked in phonetic symbols. For example, for the word traverse, the voice put the intonation on the... more info

winderful product:

I like this product very much.It has a high resolution display,much better than Franklin series.

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