Franklin SCD-1870 Speaking 11th Collegiate Dictionary
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Customer Review: A very convenient gadget!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am very satisfied with my dictionary. It has been very useful, not just for definitions, thesaurus, and grammar, but also for pronunciations. Of course, it has a robotic sounding voice, but at least it gives me an idea of how the words are supposed to be pronounced. With a regular book dictionary, I would often have to look up a familiar word in order to exactly find out how another is pronounced. It is also far better than having to carry a heavy book dictionary around the house.
The keyboard part of the dictionary is fine. It does have little buttons, but I would not want the dictionary to be any bigger in order to accomodate large buttons. The screen is also fine. It is made to be portable. The screen and the keys are made well for the size. I suppose if a person does not like the small keys and the small screen, it is just as well to have a laptop.
The other thing that I like about this dictionary is that if a word is misspelled, it gives options. As far as being slow, I've not had this problem since I have been accustomed to the old books where flipping pages, and going through the alphabet while looking for the word, is the norm, and takes just as long if not longer.
I've had this little gadget for several months now, and I've been very happy with it. I just hope it will last for years and years just like the dictionary of the olden days.
Customer Review: Motivating and helpful for the young student
Summary: 5 Stars
The Franklin Merrian-Websters Speaking collegiate Dictionary, 11th Ediction - SCD1870 does everything it claims. I purchased it for my grandson to start 4th grade. He struggles with spelling, and I wanted to help reduce the frustration he feels when trying to look up words in a standard dictionary. He loves this device! Although it is not a child's dictionary, its features make it usable by even this young boy. He can type in a phonetic spelling and find the correct spelling for words he wants to use in his written work. Even though the definitions may be advanced, he can look up words in the definition instantly! His vocabularly is growing swiftly while his frustration level is decreasing. In addition, he learns new words every time he turns the Franklin on! He and I play the spelling games and have a lot of fun together while learning at the same time. His mother is overjoyed because my grandson can enter his weekly spelling words into the Franklin and practice on his own. Spelling is no longer overwhelming. In my professional capacity as psychotherapist and specialist consultant to families about learning disabilities, I am now recommending the Franklin as an assitive device for children at the right reading level. Thanks Franklin.Customer Review: I love it so much. It is perfect and fantastic!!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are thinking of getting one.Just do it!! You will love it and it comes with a coupon to get the accesory package for all you need and you can use book cards and I believe you get one with that coupon package deal you send for and I have not got my package but I am very excited at the e-book feature. I have always wanted something portable to read those e-books with. Now I will say I just purchased the reccommended folding case because even though it has the leather cover that as you can see from the picture I would feel better having it in some thing to carry it inside my purse and my palm pilot case is a bit tight for it. You will love the great features and the learn feature as others have noted is a fabulous way to build your vocabulary and I can only say I do not think you will be disappointed, more likely you will be very pleased. It is great.
I paid an unbelieveable ridiculous price for one of those scanner pens and it never worked and sounded like a defective robot. This sound has fabulous speech and you can understand it perfectly. Do not hesitate for the price it is 100% better than that over $500.00 pen. I cannot say enough about how happy this one has made me. It is great!!! Get It!! Have Fun! Josie Ryder
Customer Review: Got 1 million pennies?
Summary: 5 Stars
I am really hoping for a touch screen dictionary with its contents as good as this dictionary.
Pros.
Many words, great thesaurus, word correction, multiple lines of display, easy key inputs, games, basic grammar help, voice pronunciation, voice read ... well I can't really name them all but you get the point.
Cons.
The flip cover breaks easily (you won't really miss it because it bugs more than it does good). Umm... the battery lasts too long... wait that's another Pro...
This product is for people of any language background trying to learn English one word everyday... NO! tens of words everyday and actually know how to pronounce them.
And if you are thinking about buying anything cheaper than this dictionary. Know this that you will be frustrated with the following: lack of pronunciation, one or two line display, lack of thesaurus, and probably the lack of word and phrases.
So far, I've bought two and I am not disappointed. In fact, I've been doing well increasing my vocabulary for the past year with this dictionary.
BOTTOM LINE: You don't have enough pennies nor the time to not pay for this so take the price and invest in your future.
Customer Review: Top-of-the-line portable electronic dictionary
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a really good portable e-dictionary to own. I've bought this for for my child to take to school instead of carrying the regular dictionary in book form. Although it's more expensive than many other e-dictionaries out there on the market, you'd truly get what you pay for on this gadget. It makes no sense to own an e-dictionary if it does not contain definitions of words you've entered in it. I had a list of words used to check and compare the sophistication of many e-dictionaries. The word list consisted of advanced science words, medical words as well as advanced collegiate words. This is the only e-dictionary on the market where it returned with definitions for all but one word on the list. The majority of other e-dictionaries failed after the first or second word on my list.
Furthermore, my kid's writing teacher, a retired English teacher, had at first disapproved of using this e-dictionary and recommended buying the book. Well, my kids let her try it out while they're working on an assignment. She came back at the end of class to say that this e-dictionary is really good. Now, how's that for an endorsement of this product!