The difference between the iTRAVL NTL and iTRAVL Alpine series is:

• the color
  
• the Alpine series contains the most recently updated dictionary databases
  
• the delivery package (the NTL series comes with: corresponding SD card, AC adapter, rechargeable battery and two LCD protecting films, slim case; the Alpine series comes with: corresponding SD card, AC adapter, rechargeable battery, strap, PC-link cable and slim case)

Build Your Own ECTACO multilingual translator! 

Category:	Talking bilingual dictionary expandable to include over 50 language combinations
Language pair:	English <-> English, English <-> Chinese, Chinese <-> English, English <-> French, French <-> English, English <-> German, German <-> English, English <-> Hindi, Hindi <-> English, English <-> Indonesian, Indonesian <-> English, English <-> Italian, Italian <-> English, English <-> Japanese (kana), Japanese (kana) <-> English, English <-> Korean, Korean <-> English, English <-> Portuguese, Portuguese <-> English, English <-> Spanish, Spanish <-> English, English <-> Tagalog, Tagalog <-> English, English <-> Thai, Thai <-> English, English <-> Vietnamese, Vietnamese <-> English
Speech:	English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese (kana), Korean, Portuguese, Spanish for the Dictionary; English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese (kana), Korean, Thai, Hindi, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Indonesian for the PhraseBook

 Absolutely unique in the world of handheld language and travel assistants the multilingual iTRAVL NTL-13AS includes everything the business or leisure traveler needs to make visiting foreign destinations an enjoyable and easily navigated experience.

• Unique multilingual handheld translates words and phrases from English to Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese (kana), Korean, Thai, Hindi, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Indonesian and back!
• The world's most sophisticated Speech Recognition that understands exactly what you say and provides instant translation of words and phrases
• Unsurpassed Travel Voice PhraseBook translates and speaks 98,000 phrases using native-speaker voice narration
• iHELP for instant access to emergency and frequently used phrases which can be spoken immediately
• Indispensable travel resources that include Fodor's Travel Guide, CIA World Factbook and Travel AudioBooks
• Amazing Language Teacher system to help you learn foreign language in the time it takes to fly to your destination.
• Reliable and accurate 2-way Full-text Machine Translation to/from English and Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish!
• Exhaustive Translating Dictionary that pronounces Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese (kana), Korean, Portuguese, Spanish words using state-of-the-art Speech Synthesis
• Hands free, voice navigation and hi-res touch screen for easy access to information
• Responsive virtual keyboard for each of the included languages
• Extended functionality and responsiveness powered by Windows CE
• Outstanding Mp3 player for your media files to keep you entertained on the road
• Enjoyable language learning games so you can learn while you play - anywhere! 
• Plus much, much more!

Loaded with a full range of the most useful communication tools. By simply speaking into the iTRAVL, you can have your phrases instantly translated and spoken aloud using a sophisticated combination of speech recognition modules, real human voice narration and speech synthesis. Helping you to enjoy sightseeing more, meet new friends and deal with emergencies, it is loaded with a full range of the most advanced language management tools ever combined and includes iHELP which lets you immediately access a list of emergency or most frequently used phrases instantly. Thanks to its remarkable Speech Recognition modules all you have to do is pronounce a voice tag and iTRAVL will speak the phrase immediately. A real life saver!

Lost? Never Again. Detailed maps with destination advice and addresses will help you find your way around in no time. Need a more hands on approach? Now asking for directions has never been easier. The combination of a fully translating Dictionary, PhraseBook and Travel Guide offers a compact and easy to use resource that fits in the palm of your hand. The inclusion of the world-renowned Fodor's Travel Guide lets you benefit from expert advice on hotels, restaurants, local attractions and transportation. Equipped with the CIA World Factbook, detailed information on every nation in the world is now just a click away.

No more books or papers! Now you can leave it all at home, greatly reducing the time and energy necessary to access the information you depend on most while traveling. Before and after your trip you can also use the built-in speech enabled Language Teacher and language-learning games to improve your speech and accent. You can even use iTRAVL to communicate with your non-English speaking housekeeper or construction workers, to impress your visiting business partners with your knowledge of their language or to show your friends and family how much you know. Speaking another language has never been easier or more fun!

The Best of the Best! Easy to navigate and user-friendly iTRAVL offers a hi-resolution touch-screen interface that puts Windows CE powered convenience at your fingertips. A responsive virtual keyboard for each of the included languages makes entering text quick and easy. A robust MP3 player lets you enjoy all your favorite media files and AudioBooks. Whether you're on the go, or ready to study, this global travel companion is always at your side. With the inclusion of a convenient metric converter and a talking calculator, you can now verify exchange rates and have them pronounced instantly. In addition, a world clock is now accessible so you can check the time in any time zone just by clicking the location on a virtual map. The newest and best there is to offer, ITRAVL is like no other communication device in the world.

Once you take a trip with iTRAVL, you'll never leave home without it!

Specifications:

• 6,352,485 entry multilingual translating dictionary with voice synthesis
• Audio Travel PhraseBook with speech recognition that translates and speaks 98,000 travel-related words and phrases
• Audio Travel PhraseBook includes the following topics: Basics, Traveling, Hotel, Local Transport, Sightseeing, Bank, Communication means, In the restaurant, Food/Drinks, Shopping, Repairs/Laundry, Sport/Leisure, Health/Drugstore, Beauty Care, Calling for Police for every language pair
• iHELP pronounces Emergency or frequently used phrases instantly
• Fodor's Travel Guide with maps and essential information for 50 cities and CIA World Factbook for 180 countries around the world: Maps, Flags, Country Profiles, People, Geography, History, Economy, Essential Statistics, International Organizations and Groups and more
• Consistent Full-text Machine Translation for all languages including English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
• 70,000 WordNet English explanatory dictionary
• Windows CE powered for advanced functionality and responsiveness
• Hi-resolution touch-screen and hands-free speech navigation functionality
• Mp3 player, games, calculator, metric converter, and word time clock utilities.
• AC adapter, rechargeable battery and two LCD protecting films are included in the standard package.

The entire linguistic content of the iTRAVL is included on a 1GB SD card which comes with the device.

This product employs the Pinyin system for input of text.

Pinyin input is a transliteration system that allows you to read and write Chinese using the Latin alphabet. It requires users to enter a series of standard symbol combinations which are then able to be read as an accurate, standardized approximation of the Chinese language. The Pinyin system of input is the most popular and easy to use methods of communicating in Chinese without using hieroglyphs.