I had first hand experience of one of these over the weekend. Whilst stuck in a queue at Dublin port, I met a Hungarian couple who had one, spoke no English, and used theirs to communicate with me. I was impressed, even if it was a little slow and made the conversation stilted, but it worked well enough to get our respective messages across. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a good enough look at the brand name.
Maybe Enence?
It is quite prolific. Mixed customer reviews if they can be believed. OK, but I would not like to rely on it with a language that I had zilch understanding of.
No, it had a small screen that displayed a waveform when receiving audio input through the microphone. It was quite flat, and about half the size of a cigarette packet.
From the experiences I’ve been having recently, some Brits who rely on a handheld whatzit to translate are a pain in the proverbial
They’ve been here for years and have let themselves become dependent on the whatzit and allowed their brains to slumber
But, I’m pleased to note that some of them are now taking lessons.
there’s room for whatzits and brains
Hurrah.
Use the app Reverso on your phone. Works a treat.
Microsoft Translator is good