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 The truth about Franklin SCD-1870 Speaking 11th Collegiate Dictionary February 2, 2007
Peter H. Yao
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
i had mix feeling about this dictionary, bad news first....the dictionary is slow, compared to most hand held electronics today it process at the speed of a snail, almost no action you do will get an instant result, it takes about half a sec to up to 3 secs to see the result, if you dont mind the minor delay then its not a big issue...another thing is the memory...it can only hold 40 flash card words...as a student i find that useless, for a electronic flash cards to even be useful i need enough space for at least 200-300 words...and the design isnt exactly sleek either...it looks like it got dug up by some archeologist, at the same time it's black and white...meaning i was expecting it to be A LOT faster/more memory due to the fact that its made from 1980's blackish/greenish screen
ok the good news...number 1 good news is there isnt a lot of english-english electronic dictionary out there....all the fancy, sleek, massive memory, super speed, in color dictionaries are foreign...meaning it dont come with english-english dictionary...also its very bulky and durable...the greenhouse effect can melt the polar ice destroying every living organism on the planet, and the Franklin SCD-1870 Speaking 11th Collegiate Dictionary would end up being the last recorded history of man kind...its also VERY VERY cheap, all the color, web surfing dictionary cost around 300-500 bucks, for under 100 dollars, you get your money's worth
so the conclusion...to the Franklin company i give you 3 and half stars...you guys know what people want...they just want a freaking simple dictionary...SCD-1870 is kinda like the very first nintendo system...when everyone else is playing on a playstation 3...you got the right idea, and a very good start...however if you dont want to get outsourced by the chinese...i'd strongly suggest making it smaller, in color, way faster...and finally AT LEAST double the memory size...else its just a matter of time, and you're asking for it
 Masterpiece of Technology October 6, 2003
hkellar18@hotmail. (Sykesville, PA United States)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
The American Heritage Dictionary, 11 1/4" X 8 1/4" X 2 1/2", weighing 8 pounds, is available now in a hand held jewell that you can carry in your shirt pocket. It speaks the word and pronounces it perfectly. It is the best vocabulary builder. My only complaint is that it does not have esp.
I love it so much. It is perfect and fantastic!! November 13, 2004
Breaking Sunrise (Sedona AZ)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
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
It needs to be noted June 2, 2005
K. Coynor (South Carolina)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I agree with almost everything that the good reviews have said. However, I think it should be mentioned that in order to do the really cool stuff with this unit, (download e-books), you need to have the connectivity kit---and this unit does not come with one. Therefore I recommend buying the Franklin Electronics SCG-1870 Ultimate Portable Reference Suite Speaking Dictionary which is basically this unit, plus connectivity kit INSTEAD of Franklin Speaking 11th Collegiate Dictionary.
A very handy tool for anyone who reads alot August 10, 2005
Freezing in Boston (Boston, MA)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I found myself fumbling for the dictionary every time I came across a word that I was not sure of the meaning or usage. I am embarrassed to say that it happened more that I thought it would. I also found myself looking up words I THOUGHT I knew only to find they had slightly different meaning than I thought.
From my perspective there are only three major negatives
1. the speech portion is not a clear as one would like and more in line with the tone of a very, very early computer generated voice (think of the voice from the movie War Games)
2. While there is some odd sort of way to connect this to your computer it requires mailing in some form and getting an odd non-standard dongle. While this may not be a big deal for some it would be nice to download an update from time to time
3. The personal word list is great but way, way to limited at approx. 25 entries
If you can get past those items, it's a great device.
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