Ectaco

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 by police forces in the United 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 brands 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, and Pocket 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 to military, 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


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ectaco — Inc. Rechtsform Corporation Gründung Herbst 1989 in New York Sitz …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ectaco — Тип …   Википедия

  • Ectaco — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ECTACO Inc. Eslogan Traducimos el mundo! (We translate the world!) Tipo Em …   Wikipedia Español

  • ECTACO jetBook — ECTACO jetBook  базовая модель линейки устройств Производитель Ectaco …   Википедия

  • ECTACO jetBook Lite — Тип электронное устройство для чтения книг Сайт www.jetbook.net ECTACO JetBook Lite  …   Википедия

  • Ammar Abdulhamid — Infobox Person name = Ammar Abdulhamid caption = birth date = birth date and age|1966|5|30 birth place = Damascus city, occupation = Author and Activist spouse = Khawla Yusuf children = Two residence = United States alma mater = University of… …   Wikipedia

  • Electronic dictionary — An nihongo|electronic dictionary|電子辞書|denshi jisho is a small handheld computer with integrated reference materials. In some languages, such as Japanese or Korean, the usage of the term is slightly broader, including CD ROM dictionaries and… …   Wikipedia

  • Lingvosoft — is the software division of Ectaco, Inc., a Ney York based company that designs and manufactures handheld translation devices. Using various machine assisted translation technologies, the company has released software for more than 40 languages… …   Wikipedia

  • Franklin eBookMan — The Franklin eBookMan is a discontinued handheld device specifically made to read ebooks. This gadget, made from 1999 until 2002, also has standard PDA functions and can play and record sounds. It has a black on green touchscreen, contains 8 or… …   Wikipedia

  • Sahara — For other uses, see Sahara (disambiguation). Coordinates: Sahara (الصحراء الكبرى) Desert …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”