The Driving module adds over 190 special phrases and vocabulary terms to Version 5 of the MobiLearn English-French-German-Italian-Spanish Talking Phrasebook. When this add-on module is installed on a Pocket PC that contains the required Talking Phrasebook, Driving becomes a new subcategory under Transportation. For greatest efficiency, we recommend that you install this program on a CF or SD storage card.

Key Features

• Integrates seamlessly with your existing MobiLearn Phrasebook.
• Contains over 190 parallel English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish expressions you can use when renting a car, asking for directions, interpreting road signs, and dealing with automotive problems.
• Displays the expressions in any of the five languages by topic or alphabetically.
• Instantly shows the written translation of any chosen English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish expression in any of the other languages.
• Speaks the translated expression out loud in a clear native voice.
• Repeats the pronunciation automatically according to your preferences, to aid practice and memorization.
• At your option, plays all selected phrases aloud in a continuous flow.
• Saves selected phrases in a personal Bookmarks category.
• In Quiz mode, lets you test your knowledge and track your progress over time.

How It Works

Suppose your car begins to overheat while you're driving through the Austrian Alps and you need to stop at a local garage to ask for help:

1. On the home screen, select English-German as the (From)-(To) languages.
2. Tap the Transportation icon.
3. In the Transportation list, tap the Driving category.
4. Scroll through the Driving phrase list and tap "The engine is overheating."

You'll see the German equivalent, "Der Motor läuft heiß," in the gold translation window. To hear it out loud, tap the translation window. Then just repeat the phrase to the mechanic to explain the problem in natural German. To do the same in Geneva, select English-French, then repeat the steps you followed for German. You'll see the parallel French phrase, "Le moteur est trop chaud," in the gold translation window. To hear it out loud, tap the translation window. You can do likewise to hear and speak the equivalent Italian and Spanish phrases. To translate in the other direction--say, French to English--select French-English as the (From)-(To) languages, then proceed in the same way.

This add-on module requires the MobiLearn Talking Phrasebook (English-French-German-Italian-Spanish), Version 5 or higher, as a foundation.  For further language tools in this series, see MobiLearn's other add-on modules: Cuisine, Dating, Nouns 101, Nouns 102, Nouns 201, Nouns 202, Nouns 301, and Nouns 302.