Ectaco
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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.[1][2]
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[edit] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Foreign languages no barrier with newest police tool The Journal News
- ^ Languages in the palm of your hand BBC News Online
[edit] External links
[edit] News articles
- Lowering the Language Barrier Forbes.com
- Russia Takes Advantage of Brain Power at Home International Herald Tribune
- Palm Reading Goes Educational Wired.com
- Handheld Translator Also Sends E-Mail Pcworld.com

