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Ascendo English-to-Spanish, Spanish-to-English Dictionary Phrase Book for iPhone, iTouch (LITE Version)
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| Overview |
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Ascendo Spanish-to-English, English-to-Spanish Dictionary & Phrase Book (LITE VERSION) is a comprehensive and cost-effective learning tool. Each keyword in the dictionary has a single commonly used meaning, one or more translations and part of speech (nous, verb, etc). Ascendo Dictionaries & Phrase Books incorporate compound forms, travel phrases, verb conjugation, vocabulary quizzes and more.
The STANDARD VERSION, SOLD SEPARATELY, includes 625,501 entries, more meanings for keywords, noun gender, more phrases, more verb conjugations and the ability to record audio clips for each keyword.
Whether for business or leisure, Ascendo Language products are the perfect companions to get the most out of your travels. |
Ascendo Dictionaries (LITE VERSIONS) allow you to extend keyword translations by associating notes and images with each definition. For example, imagine you are on vacation and an acquaintance explains that “phone booth” is “cabina telefónica” in Spanish. You can add notes to the definition and associate an image for better retention. Business relationships can benefit by capturing the context in which greetings, legal terms or negotiation phrases are used.
Ascendo language products are more than static word repositories. They grow as you learn! As research shows, associating experiences with learning materials greatly increases their effectiveness.
Benefits
 Lookup
words quickly and easily instead of fumbling through the pages of a paper
dictionary.
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Improve your knowledge of the language with study tools such as travel
phrases, vocabulary quizzes and verb conjugation.
Extend
translations with notes, pictures and audio to enhance the learning
experience.
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| Features |
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- Dictionary includes over 216,000 entries with a single, commonly used meaning for each keyword and one or more translations.
- Notes can be added for each keyword to extend meanings and capture learning context.
- Pictures can be associated with the keyword to improve retention.
- Quick lookups. Each keystroke reduces the list to matching entries then scroll and tap on word to display translation definition.
- Part of speech (noun, verb, etc.) is provided for keywords.
- Compound forms are provided for many keywords. For example, "phone book/guía telefónica", "phone booth/cabina telefónica" and "phone call/llamada telefónica" are included in addition to the keyword "phone/teléfono".
- Definition screen can be fully customized by selecting Font Family, Type, Size & Color.
- Fifty travel phrases in Spanish and English organized by category; Conversation, Food & Drink, Making Friends, Useful Expressions and Sightseeing.
- Multiple choice quiz to practice vocabulary. Keeps score and displays percentage of questions correctly answered.
- Conjugations in present tense for 25 commonly used verbs.
- Choice of Spanish or English for user interface.
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Ascendo Dictionary Suite
Ascendo English-to-Spanish, Spanish-to-English Dictionary and
Phrasebook for iPhone is part of the Ascendo Dictionary Suite including German,
Italian and French.
Requirements
iPhone or iTouch running OS 2.2.1 and above, with
14 Meg of free disk space.
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