Franklin Merriam Webster Advanced Dictionary and Thesaurus With Spell Correction (MWD-1500) |  | Brand: Franklin
Category: CE
List Price: $59.99
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Rating:  16 reviews
Format: CD
Platforms: Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows 2000
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10 x 7.5 x 2
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MPN: MWD-1500
Model: MWD-1500
UPC: 084793999093
EAN: 0084793999093
ASIN: B001WLVHKI
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 400,000 Definitions | | • | Thesaurus with 500,000 Synonyms and Antonyms | | • | Phonetic spell correction | | • | 5 Language Translator | | • | Biographical and Geographical Dictionaries |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 16
 Very helpful and handy October 16, 2009
Internet_shopper (NJ United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I got this for my kid who is in 3rd grade, who has been asking me to spell frequently. She finds it great fun to use and loves the games on it.
This is a very handy electronic dictionary. The screen is large enough to display multiple lines. The spelling correction is very effective, displaying multiple options. The thesaurus and dictionary contain more words than most dictionaries out there. Highly recommended!
franklin merriam dictionary/thesaurus August 31, 2009
Robert Miller
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
a very nice hand held dictionary/thesaurus.It has spell check , pronunciation , & everything that I needed. It works very nicely.
Long live the Franklin Dictionary & Thesaurus w/Spell Correction April 6, 2010
Dawn Coners (MN, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
YOU CAN"T GO WRONG WITH BUYING THIS:
I bought this one as a replacement for a Franklin Dictionary & Thesaurus w/spell Check that finally stopped working for me. The one I had of course was very simple and much bigger, with not as many whistles & bells. BUT you have to remember that I bought it in 1989. It lasted me 21 YEARS!!!!! You will hear nothing but great things from me. I own other Franklin products and I have found out the same thing, my products or items seem to last forever. 5 stars *****'s from me with a A+ attached, Great Job, and Thanks, Saint Paul, Minnesota 04/2010
 great product, 4 1/2 stars December 19, 2009
anonomous
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
This device is great for any grade level up to college. I use it nearly every day, and it is worth every penny.
When I first opened and started using this item, the room was not very well lit and the words on the device were difficult to read. However, this was easily corrected by turning the contrast up.
Games include hangman, anagrams, word train, word builder, jumble, connect four, and tic tac toe, each of which you can put in your own word if desired. Word builder is very useful for games like scrabble; you can put in a bunch of letters and it gives you all of the different words possible to be made with them.
There are three choices for phont size: small medium and large. They have 10, 8, and 5 lines in a screen respectivly, however, size small is written in all caps.
Scrolling is simple, you can either press down to scroll one line at a time, or you can press space, which scrolls an entire page making the last line first.
The buttons are fairly easy to press after trying it for the first time for a minute or two; it does not usually press undesired keys
The first set of batteries that the device came with lasted about four months, but I use it a ton.
So far it has been very durable and usefull; I use it nearly every day when writing papers. On my last model (1440, out of print), its top broke off after a couple weeks.
Dictionary & Thesaurus: The dictionary is very easy to use, has had every word I have looked up (mostly college level words(, and it is very easy to look up a word inside a definition that you may not be familiar with. Switching to and from dictionary and thesaurus is not at all complicated; it can be done with the press of a button. Dictionary definitions are good and easy to understand. Thesaurus entries are filled with several synonyms, ranging from three to over twenty.
Punctuation & Style: Being a higher level student, I did not really use this feature very much, but there are 9 different categories to choose from on the first menu, and around five different options on each category once selected (i.e. choice of Punctuation, Capitals and Italics, Abbreviations, etc. Select Capitals and Italics. Choose from Introduction, Beginnings, Proper Nouns and Adjectives, etc.
Geographical Dictionary: This feature can be useful even if you think you'll never use it. It literally has thousands of entries in the A's alone (I scrolled down just out of curriosity). It even had my own city, now with a population of 80,000, however, its information must have been written around '03 or '04 because it said it only had 50,000. This feature is helpful even if you are just wondering what country or state a certain city is in. Definitions are very brief, usually less than three lines long.
Biographical Dictionary: At first, it was difficult to figure out how to look at other entries of people with the same name, but I simply went to the help menu, and it explained it to me. Its selection, I'm pretty sure, is close to the size of the geographical.
5 Language Translator: English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian are the different languages to choose from. You can have words translated to and from any of these languages. When the word is typed in (after auto correction), it gives the translation for each language. This feature is nice if you happen to read a sign in a different language and are currious about its meaning.
It also has a calculator, currency converter, clock, date, time etc., and conversions to and from metric and U.S. It also has a place to put contact information of friends (up to 50) which holds their name, number, and address.
Learn a Word: this feature randomly selects a word from the dictionary each time you turn on the device. This can be turnded off if desired.
I would have given this product 5 stars if it was expandable.
I would (and have) reccommended this product to a friend.
Smaller than the original December 21, 2009
L. Wilson
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I got this to replace my 15+ year old Franklin Language Master. This model has more features, a larger menu and folds up to protect the screen. Unlike other reviewers, I like the contrast/letter size options and have no trouble reading it. However, it is smaller than the original and is not as easy to key, but with practice I have gotten used to it. Overall a good value.
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