Learn Foreign Langauges from TalkMan |
I took six units of German back in college and Guten morgen/nacht/tag, Ja, and Ich bin schön are all the German I can speak. (If you happen to understand the last phrase and you're wondering why I have it memorized, I admit...I'm vain. ^^) If only I knew Max back then, I could be more fluent in German now - and four other languages such as French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese.
Max is the host of the PSP's multilingual interactive phrasebook and language tutor TalkMan. Now if you're confident of taking instructions from a talking blue bird, then you can pick up this PSP title and start perfecting your foreign languages. TalkMan comes with a special microphone, and the actual gameplay is seemingly simple. Follow these easy steps:
Step 1: Select where you are
This game comes with more than 3000 crucial phrases and 28 scenarios (like hotel foyer, restaurant, night club, ski slope, etc.) to choose from. Choose your language and the scenario that best fits you.
Step 2: Decide what you want to say
TalkMan has a voice recognition technology. Just by talking into the microphone. Or select a stock phrase from a drop-down list.
Step 3: Get ready to speak in foreign tongues
Max will translate the phrase into the language of your choice and will even include different emotion levels for comic effect.
Step 4: Interact!
Let your new-found friend hear what Max has to say. If you're feeling brave, listen to Max carefully and repeat the phrase yourself.
Step 5: Let the audience respond...
Questions have possible answers pre-selected, but your audience can also initiate conversation of their own. With the ability to reverse languages instantly, it couldn't be simpler.
Now TalkMan also comes with two game modes that lets you perfect your accent and improve your understanding while having fun. Max dons his mortar board to challenge you to imitate the pronunciation of essential phrases in the Pronunciation Game. In the Listening Game, he lets you listen to a few phrases and asks you to identify the right translation.
If you're also having a hard time waking up in the morning and the conventional alarm tone just doesn't do it for you, TalkMan may also help you there. The Alarm Mode wakes you with a phrase in a language of your choice. Now to make sure you're really awake, the alarm can't be stopped until you recognize the correct translation. Talk about brain activity to keep you awake!
Already popular in Japan and Korea, TalkMan enters the West this June.
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Comments
First comment:P:P
I want to learn japanese. Will there be a version available in the UK to teach me japanese? And how much is it going to cost(ish)?
what mic i never seen no mic and cant buy one either
The mic come bundled with the game and is attached to the usb port.
#2. it will include Japanese. ^^ Price is yet to be announced. #3. The mic will be included when you buy the game.
Perhaps in the future Sony bigwiggs will release a Sexman. Just think theoretically for a moment. There could be a bundled orifice/appendage attachment plugged into the serial bus, this could vibrate & on the screen you see the delight of the ***** stars expresions. Maybe not this year or next year, but in the future mark my words, this will be a common occurance on perhaps the PsexP3. lol Just think U.M.D's staring all your favourite stars in P.O.V
WTF are you on? lol As certain as you are I kind of think people are not gonna be gettin off on their PSPs....^o)
when is it comming out in canada?
west as in....europe? or the USA?
will i have a single umd for each language or are all languages on one?
there is a confusion going on... some sites posted news like the talkman coming to europe, but in fact they anounced the asian version of Talkman Euro May 25th... But now this is saying june...? So is it going to release in the west? (Just after I received my preordered asian version) Or is this the same confusion going on...?
I hope that it still remains 2.0 only required as with teh original talkman, that way i can still up and downgrade between 1.5 and 2.0 to play :)
Will it be a version without the mic cuz i have the other version of talkman, so already got the mic. Also, will this version hit US?
SOunds cool and all but what languages will it have?
ahw... why don't they include dutch in Talkman :(.. everybody wants to learn dutch :P
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