Atlas is yet another Arabic Translator manufacturer and they're courteous enough to include word counts in their specifications. Their two most impressive models for my needs are
The top of the range SD990c
- colour touch screen
- 3,000,000 words
- $400US
SD770
- 3 million words too (128mg stored data)
- no touch or colour screen (but who cares?)
- $300US
All the above pronounce English outloud, but not Arabic, so if I was serious about that feature I could get an RA-10 but it only has 20,000 Arabic words. There doesn't seem to be a serious Arabic translator that pronounces Arabic outloud. I would like to hear some comments about why that is.
Compared to Ectaco these dictionaries seem far superior for word count.
I've just discovered that aDawliah and Najm are the same range of dictionaries. But they don't include word counts..
aDawliah Najm 4040 pronouces Arabic outloud but also includes Italian/ German/ Russian/ Spanish --> so those extra languages leave less room for Arabic words. The Najm 7700 looks ok but what lies beneath?
So in conclusion for now, if other manufacturers aren't competent enough to incude word counts I will simply have to conclude that their word counts are inferior. So Ectaco, aDawliah are off my list.
The Al Mawrid electronic dictionary probably has an adaquate word count so I'll either get that or one of the Atlas translators. It'd be nice to have some sample models sent out to me so I can do some reviews on them ;)
The top of the range SD990c
- colour touch screen
- 3,000,000 words
- $400US
SD770
- 3 million words too (128mg stored data)
- no touch or colour screen (but who cares?)
- $300US
All the above pronounce English outloud, but not Arabic, so if I was serious about that feature I could get an RA-10 but it only has 20,000 Arabic words. There doesn't seem to be a serious Arabic translator that pronounces Arabic outloud. I would like to hear some comments about why that is.
Compared to Ectaco these dictionaries seem far superior for word count.
I've just discovered that aDawliah and Najm are the same range of dictionaries. But they don't include word counts..
aDawliah Najm 4040 pronouces Arabic outloud but also includes Italian/ German/ Russian/ Spanish --> so those extra languages leave less room for Arabic words. The Najm 7700 looks ok but what lies beneath?
So in conclusion for now, if other manufacturers aren't competent enough to incude word counts I will simply have to conclude that their word counts are inferior. So Ectaco, aDawliah are off my list.
The Al Mawrid electronic dictionary probably has an adaquate word count so I'll either get that or one of the Atlas translators. It'd be nice to have some sample models sent out to me so I can do some reviews on them ;)
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