Ectaco Partner UT-203 User manual

Partner®UT-203

Speech-to-speech translator

English ÖRussian

English ÖGerman

Russian ÖEnglish

Russian ÖGerman

User’s manual

No part of this manual shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval

system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical,

photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without permission from

Ectaco, Inc.

Ectaco, Inc. assumes no responsibility for any improper use of

the device if used differently than described in this manual.

Partner®is a registered trademark,

Lingvobit™ is a trademark of ECTACO, Inc., NY, USA

Partner®UT-203 User's Manual

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ......................................................................4

GENERAL VIEW ................................................................ 4

Display ........................................................................ 5

How to turn the device on for the first time................. 6

How to turn the device on or off.................................. 6

Headset ...................................................................... 7

RECOGNITION.........................................................................7

Commonly used phrases............................................ 7

Viewing phrases and pronouncing translations.......... 8

Recognition................................................................. 9

MENU.......................................................................................11

RECORDER .................................................................... 12

Creating a Recording................................................ 12

Playing Back Stored Recordings .............................. 13

Deleting Stored Recordings...................................... 13

Setting a Recording for Alarm .................................. 14

SETUP ........................................................................... 15

Language.................................................................. 15

Playback ................................................................... 16

AutoPlay ................................................................... 16

Time.......................................................................... 17

Auto off ..................................................................... 17

Alarm ........................................................................ 18

TOPICS .......................................................................... 19

How to get to the section .......................................... 19

MAINTENANCE AND CARE ...............................................19

Power Supply............................................................ 19

Initialization ............................................................... 20

How to replace the batteries..................................... 20

How to fasten the strap............................................. 21

Partner®UT-203 User's Manual

Introduction

Discover the world with the one and only Partner®UT-203. This

unique device will help you feel more at home in a foreign

country and will give you the ability to interact with people without

having to depend on interpreters or dictionaries. With the help of

the UT, you will have a chance to become better acquainted with

a country and its inhabitants, all the while making new friends

and gaining new experiences.

The Partner®UT-203 features:

•Advanced speech recognition system Lingvobit™ English

and Russian

•About 3,000 common English phrases, with their

equivalents in Russian and German

•Unidirectional built-in microphone

•Large internal speaker

•Digital voice recorder

•Clock

•Audio alarm

•External jack for headset

•Auto Off function

The latest speech recognition technology used in the UT allows

you to immediately translate a spoken phrase without using a

dictionary and to listen to clear, life-like pronunciation of the

translation.

¾As continuous efforts are made by the manufacturer to

ensure better quality and performance of the UT products,

some characteristics or the design of the actual device you

purchased may slightly differ from their description in this

manual.

General View

A general view including the external appliances of the UT is

shown below.

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¾The PC-Link Jack is reserved for future releases of this

model.

¾The speaker is located on the back of the device.

Display

Partner®UT-203 is a portable device with a 2-line x 12-character

LCD screen.

LCD marks and their meaning

allows the selection of a (sub)section or

value

... active field

alarm is ON

Navigation buttons and their functions

Buttons Functions

Action

Up/Down*

Enter – press once

ESC – press twice1

Up – scroll up

Down – scroll down

1Do not exceed 0,5 sec. between keystrokes, otherwise, the

command will be recognized as Enter.

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On/Off

Start**

To turn the device on or off.

To start recording.

Reset To initialize the device.

*Action and Up/Down is the same control wheel having two

functions, pressing and scrolling. Action (press) lets you enter or

exit sections and Up/Down (scroll) allows you to scroll lists and

select sections or options.

** On/Off and Start are also contained on the same button:

On/Off turns the device on or off and Start activates recording.

¾If you keep a button pressed for more than 1 second, the

action specified for this button will be repeated. For

example, you do not need to press the Action button twice

to ESC, just keep it pressed for more than 1 second.

How to turn the device on for the first time

•remove the battery compartment cover and place two

AA batteries into the compartment (see Page 20)

according to polarity, than replace the battery

compartment cover

•press the On/Off button on the face side of the device.

You will see the UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR,

http://www.ectaco.com message

•the Ready message will appear, and the device will be

ready for service. The first topic (Everyday

Conversation) will be displayed. To see further topics,

scroll Up/Down.

¾After the batteries are replaced, you can turn the device on

in the same way.

¾When you turn the device on for the first time, or if you

exceed 2 minute limit when replacing batteries, the default

factory settings will be set; refer to PageError! Reference

source not found. 15 to learn how the Russian interface

language can be set.

How to turn the device on or off

To turn the device on:

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•press On/Off to turn the device on. The Everyday

conversations (first topic) will be displayed. You can

start to work with topics or press Action twice to quit

Topics and switch to the Clock mode (current time,

date and, if the Alarm is on, the sign are displayed).

From the Clock mode, you can enter:

– the first topic (Everyday Conversation) – by pressing

Action, or

– the Menu – by scrolling Up/Down: press ACTION for

menu… message will appear; press Action, the Menu

will be displayed.

To turn the device off:

•press Action twice to quit a (sub)section and switch to

the Clock mode

•press On/Off when the device is in the Clock mode to

turn the device off

Headset

The UT is equipped with a 3.5mm jack for the headset included

into the package.

When the headset is plugged in, the microphone is off. The

headset microphone and headphone are used for recording and

playing. You can estimate the recorded signal quality, the noise

level, as well as check the headset or microphone using the

Playback function (see Page 16). The recorded voice will be

played back through the speaker or the headphone.

You can use any standard (computer or Hi-Fi) microphone.

Recognition

Commonly used phrases

The main function of the Partner®UT-203 is to act as a

replacement for an interpreter in such everyday situations as

registering at a hotel, shopping, visiting the bank, etc. You simply

choose the appropriate phrase from the list or say it in English or

Russian and the device will pronounce its translation in the

selected language. The UT will make your communication with

foreigners easy and enjoyable. Welcome to the Topics section!

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In this section you will find a list of 15 topics containing commonly

used phrases and their translations into English, German or

Russian (see Page 15).

How many? >

Сколько?

When you press Action in the Clock mode (if the device had not

turned off automatically, see Page 6 if it has), the first topic

(Everyday Conversation) will be displayed (please refer to Page

19 to know more about how to get to the Topics section in

another way). In this section you can find various phrases

commonly used for greeting, request, thanks etc.

If you need assistance with being understood while checking into

a hotel, for instance, scroll Up/Down until you reach the Hotel

topic or just press Start and say the name of the desired topic.

For easy reference the phrases are arranged in the following

topics:

Everyday conversation Telephone

Traveling Bank

Local transport Sightseeing

Driving Health

Hotel Housekeeper

Restaurant Beauty salon

Shopping Sport

Post office

¾Please find the list of available Everyday conversation and

Traveling phrases in the Phrasebook (see Page Error!

Bookmark not defined.). For more phrases refer to the CD

available in the standard package or to our site

www.ectaco.com

Viewing phrases and pronouncing

translations

•select one of 15 topics scrolling Up/Down

•scroll through the phrases within a topic and select the

desired one. If you scroll past the beginning or the end

of a topic, the no more message will appear. Scrolling

a long phrase and its translation is automatic.

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Long time no

see. > Давно

•to listen to the translation of the selected phrase, press

Action

Recognition

•enter the Topics section (see Page 19)

•press Start; the Listening… message will appear

Listening…

•say the name of a topic you want to open (to look

through the list of available topics, see Page 8)

•phrase recording stops automatically once you have

stopped speaking

¾After the Start button is pressed, it is recommended that the

speaker pause about 0.5 sec prior to saying a phrase. Thus

the system will adapt to the background noises and provide

better recognition quality.

¾Pronounce the phrases correctly, in a clear voice, at a

normal pace and without pauses. Do not try to enunciate as

you would for a foreigner. Since the speech recognition

technology is in its first stage of development (although this

device uses the latest technologies available so far), in

some cases you can face difficulties with recognition of

short and similarly pronounced words. For example, if you

say Hotel and the device can recognize a word like Health

instead. If this persists, you should select the desired topic

from the topics list manually.

•the device will compare the name you have said with

those stored in its memory, and then display the

matching topic

When in topic:

•press Start; the Listening… message will appear

Listening…

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•say an English or Russian phrase corresponding with

the selected topic

•phrase recording stops automatically once you have

stopped speaking

¾Pronounce the phrases correctly, in a clear voice, at a

normal pace and without pauses. Do not try to enunciate as

you would for a foreigner.

•the device will replay the phrase you have said (if

Playback option is on, see Page 16)

•the device will compare the phrase you have said with

those stored in its memory, then display the matching

phrase and its translation.

Every basic phrase has several variants, called

analogs, for recognition. They are stored in the

memory and are not displayed. Including these

variants, the section contains about 3,000 phrases

recorded by native American and Russian speakers.

The translation will be pronounced if the AutoPlay

option is turned on (see Page 16). By default, Russian

translations are displayed and pronounced. You can

change the language pair in the Language subsection

(see Page 15).

Scrolling a long phrase and its translation is automatic.

•to listen to the translation of this phrase once more,

press Action

How to find another phrase:

•to see another phrase in the same topic, find it in the

phrase list by scrolling Up/Down, or press Start and say

the desired phrase

•to find a phrase in another topic, press Action twice,

you will switch to the topics list; then select the desired

topic and press Action to enter it. Now, search for the

desired phrase as described above.

How to achieve the best results in Recognition

If there are any problems with recognition:

•first, make sure you have selected the proper topic

•use of an external headset is recommended for best

recognition results

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