- Ectaco
Ectaco is a
New York -based company that designs, manufactures and sells translation dictionaries and language software. Founded in 1990 the company currently has almost 300 employees working in 16 different countries. Ectaco has products for 47 different languages, including a translator used bypolice forces in theUnited States . [ [http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070815/NEWS02/708150341/1023/NEWS07 Foreign languages no barrier with newest police tool] The Journal News] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1814724.stm Languages in the palm of your hand] BBC News Online]Brands
Ectaco has several
brand s which it uses to break its products into categories.
*iTravl - is aimed at travelers and features multiple languages and speech recognition.
*Lingvosoft - encompasses all the translation software available from Ectaco and is available for multiple platforms including Windows,Palm OS , andPocket PC .
*Partner - this brand houses a general purpose translation dictionary which targets business users and language learners.
*SpeechGuard - is the brand used to market devices tomilitary , police and other government agencies.References
External links
* [http://www.ectaco.com Official US Ectaco Site]
* [http://www.ectacoinc.com/ Ectaco Corporate Site]News articles
* [http://www.forbes.com/2001/11/15/1115tentech.html Lowering the Language Barrier] Forbes.com
* [http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/05/28/btrussia.php Russia Takes Advantage of Brain Power at Home] International Herald Tribune
* [http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2000/08/38065 Palm Reading Goes Educational] Wired.com
* [http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,9306-page,1/article.html Handheld Translator Also Sends E-Mail] Pcworld.com
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