Offline Language Voice Translator Device W09 PRO for 144 Languages and Accents Photo Translation No WiFi Internet Needed for Travel Business W09 Grey

This is a great translator! The reason I purchased this one is because it was supposed to be able to work without WiFi and it does!! The amount of words is a little less, but it definitely does the job!! We go to Brasil often and I got this translator for this trip and it has made a world of difference!! When we were at a family gathering, one lady liked it so much that she got one too because she works internationally. Because it has a print out screen, I can listen and read it so I’m actually learning Portuguese because of this translator! The battery life is great as well! I hardly needed to charge it at all. I absolutely love love love this translator!! It is a life saver and a life changer!! I’d give it 10 stars if I could!

I bought this on the idea that the word "offline" actually, you know, means something - something like... ohh... "offline," maybe - and the very first thing it did when I powered it up was... demand to suckle on a Wi-Fi teat.So I took this down to a local McDonald's (nobody in his right mind should have Wi-Fi in the home 'cause it's an instant security hole,) and with the Wi-Fi there to suckle, this thing finally completed its power-up process. Three cheers for Step One.... and then it started telling me that the time and date were wrong and that they needed to be set or...So take three guesses. Go ahead. I dare ya....it's not going to do anything. Period. Until you correct the date and time.Except... hmm, the date and time are 100% accurate. But out of desperation I decided to play along with this piece of trash anyway, and set the date and time - to exactly what it was displaying, because, hel-LO, the date and time were already correct. And of course this action did nothing but get me another prompt to "Set correct date and time." In an endless loop.Can you guess what activity did NOT happen at any time during this hassle? At all? Ever?Yeah, voice translation. That thing.I couldn't even get this piece of junk to its start screen.So in the last two years I have bought the following voice translator devices:- A unit that failed to hold a charge for longer than about twenty minutes;- A unit that arrived completely bricked;- A replacement for the bricked unit that worked ok until... it demanded to suckle Wi-Fi or else - and then had a USB jack failure which prevented charging altogether and therefore rendered it useless;- And then this thing, which is advertised as "offline" and immediately demanded to be connected... ONline, and then hung up on a date/time setting glitch that was insurmountable.At least this last piece of junk had the good form to fail immediately, so I could at least get a refund. But I'm wondering if there exists anybody on this particular planet who is capable of producing something that should be as bonehead-simple as:A handheld translator that a.) actually works right out of the box with zero prompts for a Wi-Fi Borg or Set Date And Time Or Go Pound Sand or any other weird, utter irrelevancy, and b.) has all of the languages loaded internally and therefore not only does *not* need any kind of network connection but does not even waste the expense on Wi-Fi circuitry in the first place. The date/time hangup is clearly a coding glitch, so the place that mass-produced these pieces of junk didn't even bother to do QA before they sent them out the door.Dear Santa: Can you work the miracle that's apparently necessary to make this dreamed-of simple device a reality? Because nobody south of the North Pole seems capable of getting it done and I have had it up to my hairy eyebrows with doing the crapshoot of "Maybe THIS one will work..."Please.And I 'been good.'Swear.<***> 6

I have purchased it to try, and I was very impressed how good the translation is. I would like to share a few things I have noticed:1. If it is connected online, it uses AI and the translation is amazing. Probably 95-98% of accuracy. And the translation comes almost instantly. If you use simple and short sentences your accuracy will be close to 100%, but even if you use your "normal" communication with complicated sentences and idioms, it still translates impressively well.2. You have to connect it to wifi and download language packs of your interest to use the device offline. The device has 8GB of memory, each pack is about 300-400MB, so the storage should not be an issue. But I do not think you should install all the languages, only the languages you need, since you will also need some storage for recordings.3. In relation to offline translation, this device is not nearly as good as online. You MUST use simple short sentences. If you do that, the accuracy will be acceptable, probably around 90%. However if you use "regular" conversation-style, or long complicated sentences and idioms, the translation quality will not be acceptable at all, probably less than 30%. The translation speed for offline will not be instant, but acceptable, usually with 1-2 sec delay.4. Texts are also translated reasonably well. First, the device will take a picture, then will run text recognition and will show both the recognized text and the translation.5. The Device always shows text on the screen. As you speak, it records and runs speech recognition, then shows the text on the screen together with the translation. And it keeps all the translations until you decide to clean up history.6. It is very easy to use, the interface is well-defined. There is only a handful of features so you do not need user manual at all.7. It comes with preinstalled screen protector, silicon sleeve, neck strap, and a usb cable. You may need to buy storage case and usb power adapter.8. Build quality is good, no complains here. It is reasonably small and thin. It has very good loud speaker and very good microphone. The screen is small, but bright. I have no issues with the device at all, it is well made and well thought of.So, based on all my experience with this device I definitely recommend it if there is a need for such translator (make sure you check a list of offline languages before buying). But the device has very limited functionality by its nature, and it should not be expensive for what it does. I've got the cheapest one, but I would not buy the expensive one, it is just not worth it.

We bought this translator so my wife could take part in conversation with our German guests this summer. The unit understood and translated accurately beyond my expectations. The main issue turns out to be the people, not the device. If the translator were a human being, people would stop to let the translator translate. However, speakers kept speaking endlessly, making the translation process very disjointed. We ended up buying a second unit for our guests (sister and brother-in-law) to use for practice so that we could use it next time we visit. My wife and I will do the same. So, my conclusion: the device works well, but the human users need a little training. If you want to use this unit to communicate with sales people, restaurant and hotel workers while travelling, it should work for you perfectly. Long story-telling requires patience.