This is the most recent, efficient and inclusive linguistic microcomputer from BESTA yet. Animated dictionaries, a sparkling, full-color display and advanced trilingual speech synthesis combine to make this an indispensable learning tool. Covering a multitude of topics related to both English and Chinese, it contains an enormous and versatile language database with abundant reference resources. Also built into the BESTA CD-616 are important extras including an organizer, audio and visual games, interactive tests and exercises and lots more. The inclusion of Cambridge Encyclopedia’s reference work with its 4,000,00 entries and 16,000 topics make this an incredibly powerful and comprehensive resource.

Dictionary databases:

• English to Chinese: over 270,000 entries and 64,000 expressions
• Chinese to English: over 110,000 Chinese words and expressions
• Chinese (Mandarin): over 13,000 most commonly used Chinese words and expressions, with Zhuyin and Pinyin reference
• Oxford Advanced Learner's English-Chinese Dictionary: 60,000 words and 84,000 sentence examples
• Cambridge Encyclopedia: 4,000,000 entries and 24,000 grouped phrases. 16,000 topics with 85,000 cross-reference index titles
• English-Chinese-Japanese-Korean dictionary with pronunciation in each language
• Chinese-Japanese and Japanese-Chinese dictionaries: menus are in English and Chinese, the voice function exists for English, Mandarin and Cantonese
• The main set of dictionary databases: English->Chinese dictionary, Oxford Advance dictionary, Animated dictionary, Illustrated dictionary, DIY dictionary, Chinese->English dictionary,
• Chinese dictionary, Net dictionary, Extend dictionary, Travel Dialogue dictionary with voice function, Chinese<->Japanese dictionary.

Advanced features:

• Perfect color screen provides sharp image quality
• First Human Voice with MP3 sound technology
• Advanced English-language study course including: animated grammar, English proficiency test, interactive study exercises, review and self-tests, TOEFL, IELTS, GRE vocabulary study, morphological and phonetic analysis for over 6,000 English words
• Animated Dictionary features approximately 6,000 color illustrations
• Incorporates the best of Voxware and Bestalk Human Voice Technologies for advanced voice synthesis delivery
• The total of 36 dictionaries cover over 670,000 entries
• Multi-Country Conversations in Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean and more
• Specially designed with MP3 system, audio & visual games and animation
• Enhanced story line featuring animated grammatical teaching, through 3D animation including scenario teaching method and understanding the correct use of grammar
• Extensive encyclopedia with diagrams and illustrations for accelerated learning process
• Includes speech synthesis for 9 languages including Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean and more Extensive PDA functions
• Handwriting recognition
• SMC Card compatibility; allows you to download additional materials using SMC (Smart Media Card)
• PC-link function, data transfer and backup
• Comes in a slim case, with a users manual in English and Chinese, headphones, power adapter, and a bonus CD

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