Franklin TG-490 Speaking Translator
by admin, on May 20, 2009 | category: Translators, Franklin, Speaking, TG490, Translator | 10 comments
From the manufacturerFeel like a member of the United Nations with translations in 12 languages! The Ultimate Communication Device! The TG-490 12 Language Speaking Translator amazingly translates and speaks over 200,000 words and 12,000 travel phrases in 12 languages! Franklin’s famous phonetic spell correction allows you to enter words by how they sound. Great travel tools include: Local/World Clock, Currency/Metric Converter, and Databank that stores and instantly retrieves importa (more…)
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great value, great features.
This little translator is just what I was looking for for my trip to Italy. It’s compact, light, and full of features. Having an alarm clock is expected, but still nice.
3.0 out of 5 stars
average
Overall is nice compact translator however the screen is very hard to read. They should have made the font display much larger.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best Speaking Translator I’ve seen
I recently purchased & returned other speaking translators (voice phrase books / talking dictionaries) from other companies (other brands).
2.0 out of 5 stars
lousy light
The translation and language portion of this product work fine. The problem is in the visibility of the screen.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Defect (?). Limited vocabulary.
Perhaps I received a dud, but the backlight stopped working literally after about 8 uses, making the poorly contrasted screen nearly impossible to see unless you’re directly under…
1.0 out of 5 stars
HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT!!!
VERY LIMITED vocabulary !!!
I spent $200 on it, but could NOT find most of words !
I was very disappointed
I would have returned it if I could
DO NOT let…
1.0 out of 5 stars
no.
This thing is over price and for the average user, useless. It is VERY cheaply made, and feels like it’ll break at any moment.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful but not a substitute for a travel guide
Just traveled to china and japan and used the TG-490 from Franklin, the speaking translator was certainly reliable at all times & helpful but the time it takes to write a phrase…
3.0 out of 5 stars
Checked out this and the voyager
Its not bad but its heavy. lots of words and phrases. IT DOESNT TRANSLATE ANYTHING YOU TYPE IN. JUST INDIVIDUAL WORDS and you may have trouble with conjugated verbs.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dutch for Henry
My son and family will be in the Netherlands for two years. We will correspond via email and I purchased the translator so that I could throw in a word or two in Dutch when I’m…