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As the saying goes, if you want to do good work, you must first sharpen its tools. The same is true of learning. A high-quality learning tool can sometimes produce twice the result with half the effort on children's learning. Especially in the discipline of language, which requires a lot of repetition and memory, tools can play an even greater role.

For example, the popularity of translation pens and dictionary pens in the past two years fully reflects the importance of "tools" for language learning. At present, there are many brands and types of translation pens and dictionary pens on the market, and the prices and positioning are different, so the experience is even more uneven. This may make people confused when buying, not knowing which one to buy.

Today, CTOnews.com might as well choose three translation pens and dictionary pens, which are relatively well-known and well-known in the market, to do a comparative review. I hope that through this evaluation, we can help you make your own purchase decisions.

The three products selected by CTOnews.com are iFLYTEK AI translator P20 Plus, NetEase youdao dictionary pen X5, and Bubugao dictionary pen F5.

Before conducting a comparative evaluation, CTOnews.com compares the detailed parameters of the three products as follows, so that everyone can have an overall understanding of them.

Without saying much, let's get started.

First, design comparison after years of development and iteration, the translation pen category has formed a relatively mature product appearance, so when we put the three translation pens in this evaluation together, if we only look at the front, it's really not easy to tell each other at a glance. However, if you look carefully, you can still find that the three products have their own characteristics in design.

▲ from left to right is iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus, Bubugao dictionary pen F5, NetEase youdao dictionary pen X5

First of all, take a look at the iFLYTEK AI translation P20 Plus, its front covers a whole piece of 2.5D curved glass, the 3.19inch OLED HD display is hidden under the glass, the front is still very integrated, this design will give people a calm, introverted look and feel.

▲ iFLYTEK AI translator P20 Plus

Also using a similar design is the NetEase youdao dictionary pen X5, which is also a whole glass-covered surface, but its screen is smaller, 2.97 inches.

▲ NetEase youdao Dictionary Pen X5

The step-by-step dictionary F5 uses a segmented design, and the glass panel with a 2.99-inch screen floats on the front of the pen with a Radian of 2.5D, which makes it more visually smart.

▲ step by step to improve the dictionary F5

Looking at the back of the product, we can see at a glance that the overall design of the back of iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus and BBG dictionary pen F5 is relatively simple, with only loudspeaker holes and product Logo text, of which iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus is relatively low-key, space gray color matching with silver-plated text looks calm and concise, while BBG dictionary pen F5 first of all Xuan Yuqing color matching is more eye-catching The loudspeaker made holes and made the shape of flowers.

Therefore, from the perspective of design tonality, iFLYTEK AI translation P20 Plus is relatively suitable for older school-age students, while BBG dictionary F5 is relatively suitable for younger school-age students.

As for the NetEase youdao dictionary pen X5, the gray-blue color can also reveal a calm temperament, but the large loudspeaker module on the back slightly lowers the appearance.

The back of the three products are made of metal, the surface is treated by spray process, the texture is relatively delicate.

In the tip part, there are some differences in details among the three products, among which the iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus is designed with an integrated scanning window and scanning module, while the two are separate. Different designs have different user experiences, which we will talk about later.

In terms of window size, the youdao dictionary pen X5 is the largest with the naked eye, followed by the BBG dictionary pen F5. The iFLYTEK translator P20 Plus is the smallest, so you can align the text more accurately when scanning.

In terms of details, the iFLYTEK translation pen P20 Plus has a voice shortcut key and a power key on the right side of the body, and a smart shortcut key on the lower left.

▲ iFLYTEK AI translator P20 Plus

The step-by-step dictionary F5 has only one power key and voice shortcut key on the right side of the pen body.

▲ step by step to improve the dictionary F5

The keys of the youdao dictionary pen X5 are also on the right, the power key and the Home key.

▲ NetEase youdao Dictionary Pen X5

All three products use USB Type-C interface, except that the interface of iFLYTEK translation pen P20 Plus and youdao dictionary pen X5 is at the top of the pen body, while the BBG dictionary pen F5 is on the left side of the pen body.

▲ from left to right is: BBGO dictionary pen F5, iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus, NetEase youdao dictionary pen X5

In terms of weight, the BBG dictionary pen F5 is the heaviest, at 76g. The iFLYTEK translation pen P20 Plus and the youdao dictionary pen X5 are similar, 73g and 72g, respectively, but the three translation pens are relatively lightweight and do not feel like falling off their hands.

▲ iFLYTEK AI translator P20 Plus

In terms of packaging and accessories, in addition to the step-by-step dictionary F5, the other two are relatively concise and lightweight, and the accessories are also similar in terms of translation pen body + instructions + data lines.

Generally speaking, iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus, NetEase youdao dictionary pen X5 and BBG dictionary pen F5 do not differ much in overall product form and design language, but they are different in detail and style, among which iFLYTEK and NetEase are relatively simple and calm, while BBG dictionary pen F5 is relatively more lively and lively.

Second, the contrastive experience of basic recognition and translation functions for translation pens or dictionary pens, the core function is undoubtedly translation. So first of all, let's take a look at how the three devices experience the basic translation function.

The main use of the translation pen is to use the scanning module of the pen head to translate words. Whether the scanning is accurate and fast is an important factor affecting the use experience. This is directly related to the design of the pen.

As we said earlier in the appearance section, in the three devices, NetEase youdao dictionary pen X5 and BBGO dictionary pen F5 are designed with separate windows and scanning pressing modules, so that when scanning, there will be the problem that the window can not fit closely with the text, with a gap in the middle, coupled with the blocking of the black frame, sometimes it is easy not to see the text that needs to be scanned.

You can look at the two detail pictures, the transparent glass of the window is not attached to the written, scanning will have a kind of "unreal" feeling.

The iFLYTEK AI translation P20 Plus does not have this problem, its window and pressing module, scanning can closely fit the text on the paper, "what you see is what you scan", accurate and intuitive.

Next is the speed of scanning and translation. CTOnews.com uses three devices to scan and translate the same long English sentence. This English sentence is long, and the editor maintains normal hand speed during scanning. You can watch the following video (headphones are recommended):

On the whole, the accuracy of scanning and recognition of the three devices is satisfactory, and there are basically no recognition errors or omissions in long English sentences, but the step-by-step dictionary F5 finally recognizes half of the next word. This is the error that may be caused by the fact that the window is not fit to the paper.

Looking at the speed of translation, it starts with the second that the tip of the pen leaves the paper, and ends with the voice broadcast of the translation pen. It takes about 2.22 seconds for the iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus, 2.52 seconds for the youdao dictionary pen X5, and 3.15 seconds for the BBG dictionary pen F5. Digitally, the iFLYTEK AI translation P20 Plus is faster, but the actual experience during the test is not significant.

It is also worth mentioning the voice broadcast after the translation. I believe you can feel through the video that the pronunciation of the iFLYTEK AI translator P20 Plus is the most natural, the speed, tone and fineness of the voice are all closest to human beings, while the youdao dictionary pen X5 is relatively insipid, while the BBI F5 is somewhat mechanical.

Then there is the effect of translation. All the three devices can translate sentences smoothly and have a clear meaning. After this sentence, "Jonathan Raban" appears twice as the subject. P20 Plus, the translator of iFLYTEK AI, intelligently uses "he" to refer to "Jonathan Raban" when the subject appears for the second time, which is more in line with Chinese habits.

Instead of using the word "Jonathan Raban" again, the BBG dictionary F5 is a little stiff by comparison.

The youdao dictionary pen X5 is a supplementary introduction to Jonathan Raban through parentheses, which is also a more ingenious way to deal with it.

In our daily life, we may not always scan the contents of books by using translation pens, such as handwritten words, goods on video bags, and so on. So what is the effect of the translation pen when scanning the text on these surfaces?

To solve this problem, CTOnews.com conducted three rounds of tests, using three translation pens to scan the handwritten text, the text on the item bag and the vertical typesetting text on the circular box. The test process is as follows:

As can be seen from the video above, iFLYTEK AI translator P20 Plus recognizes the fastest and most accurate handwritten character recognition, followed by youdao dictionary pen X5, but X5 misses one letter "I".

On the other hand, the recognition accuracy of Bubugao dictionary pen F5 is not very high, and the recognition is successful in daily use, but the editor tried it twice during the test, and each time the text can be recognized, but the voice broadcast can only broadcast the first letter.

Then there is the English on the mask bag, these words suddenly big and small, but also test the ability to identify, from the results, the three products have passed the test.

Finally, there is the vertical text "aftertaste of traditional food" on the lotus root jar, and the surface of the jar is uneven, which is a big test for the recognition ability of the translation pen. IFLYTEK AI translator P20 Plus is not very friendly to this kind of rugged special case because the pen is close to the plane design, but the editor tried twice, but successfully recognized it.

The non-tight fit design of the youdao dictionary pen X5 is easier to identify in this case, which can be successfully identified in a single test. And step by step to improve the dictionary F5, the editor has made many attempts, but still did not successfully identify.

▲ from top to bottom is: BBGO dictionary pen F5, NetEase youdao dictionary pen X5, iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus

Generally speaking, in terms of the experience of the core function of recognition and translation, what impressed CTOnews.com more deeply was the iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus, which performed well in all aspects of the experience of using the relationship, such as scanning accuracy, translation speed, and translation naturality. moreover, handwriting recognition is specially optimized, and it can also accurately recognize the text on the surface of other objects, such as packaging bags, using a wider range of scenes, but also more versatile.

On the other hand, the performance of youdao dictionary pen X5 can also be satisfactory, but it can be further improved in individual detail experience, while step-by-step dictionary pen F5 has relatively large room for upgrading in core recognition and translation experience.

Third, learning function and product use experience as translation pens or dictionary pens, if we only focus on the core functions such as scanning and translation, it obviously can not meet the needs of the majority of students. If you really want to help children improve their academic performance, you need to have richer assistive learning functions.

1. Comparison of textbook richness when it comes to assisted learning, the first step is to keep pace with children's learning progress, and the most important thing is to be able to match textbooks. At present, different teaching materials are used in different parts of the country, so for translation pens, it is necessary to support as many textbooks as possible.

▲ step by step to improve the dictionary F5

First take a look at the iFLYTEK AI translation P20 Plus. In practice, parents can bind the translation pen to the App on their mobile phone, and then distribute textbooks to their children in the App section. On App, iFLYTEK provides a very rich variety of textbooks, from the people's Education version to the Yilin version to the textbook version, etc., very complete, basically no textbooks can not be found.

Not only textbooks, iFLYTEK also integrates a lot of extracurricular English reading materials, sent to the translation pen P20 Plus can also learn and listen to help children improve their interest in learning English.

Youdao dictionary pen X5, after the editor's comparison, its support for primary school English textbooks is more comprehensive, there should be all versions, but junior high school textbooks are only Ji Jiao, junior high school Beijing normal University and junior high school Shanghai education Oxford three versions, high school is only senior high school Beijing normal University, relatively few.

There are even fewer English textbooks supported by the step-by-step dictionary F5, and only the human teaching version can choose. However, this dictionary pen supports the synchronous learning of Chinese textbooks, which is an advantage.

In terms of actual synchronization, all three products support scanning page numbers to listen to the whole page, words, sentences and other learning methods. Here CTOnews.com gives you a demonstration by scanning page numbers and listening to the whole page:

2. Comparison of extracurricular listening expansion content comparison just mentioned iFLYTEK AI translation P20 Plus in addition to textbooks, it also provides a lot of extracurricular English reading materials, including RAZ graded reading, Ryan Bear AI English, Disney Marvel picture books, listening to a good English story every day, etc. Children can use them every day to develop their English language awareness and interest.

In fact, youdao Dictionary Pen X5 also has a lot of extracurricular expansion. For example, the Walkman application can be found in the main interface of Dictionary Pen, which integrates a large amount of English audio resources, graded readings, classic picture books, literary works, English film and television soundtracks, and even Himalayan children's programs, "NetEyun Music" App, etc. However, the youdao dictionary pen X5 integrates a bit too much extracurricular content, and daily use may distract children.

And it also includes some content resources that need to be recharged VIP to use, or need to be paid separately, which may lead to the problem that bears are still buying without their parents' knowledge.

The other extreme is the step-by-step dictionary F5, where you can hardly find extracurricular listening reading.

3, word query function comparison so specific when children use to look up words or sentences, how can the translation pen help them learn knowledge points? Let's take a look at how these three products are made.

First of all, when using the iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus to query a word, P20 Plus will display the phonetic alphabet, interpretation, and example sentences of the word, and the sample sentences will show the sample sentences of the textbook first. Then further, P20 Plus will also show the phrase collocation of words, related words, Oxford Dictionary interpretation, Longman Dictionary interpretation, these are the contents of extended learning, which can be said to be progressive from shallow to deep.

Find the same word, youdao dictionary pen X5 can give the phonetic alphabet, interpretation, bilingual sample sentences, word deformation, fixed collocation and other knowledge points. One thing, however, is that the sample sentences given by the youdao dictionary pen X5 are often weird and may not be friendly to understand.

On the other hand, F5 only gives the phonetic alphabet, interpretation, part of speech and sample sentences, and the content is relatively less.

4. When the sentence translation learning function is compared and scanned, P20 Plus can not only give the interpretation of the sentence, but also intelligently judge the key grammar contained in the sentence, and help students analyze the grammar composition, usage and other knowledge points. This will make the child feel as if there is an English teacher tutoring around.

Youdao dictionary pen X5 can not only translate sentences, but also assist grammar analysis, but the parsing function often indicates failure.

Step by step high dictionary F5 directly does not have the function of grammatical analysis, only sentence interpretation.

5. Comparing the functions of sweeping questions and composition guidance, after children have learned knowledge points, they still need to carry out certain exercises and exercises. if there is no teacher or parent guidance around in the process of autonomous learning, then the mistakes may not be found in time. So can the translation pen help the child to accomplish these things?

CTOnews.com actually tested it and found that iFLYTEK AI translation P20 Plus really works. For example, it can be to achieve problem-sweeping analysis. The purpose of this problem is not to sweep it out and give the answer directly, but to help students understand the meaning of the question. When in use, you can use P20 Plus to scan the stem + option of the single-choice question, or just scan the option of the single-choice question, the translation pen can automatically determine that this is the option of the multiple-choice question, and output the corresponding format content.

Click on an option, which will automatically fill in the blanks and show the translation results of the complete questions, as well as the word search results or translation results of this option. In this way, the child will be able to better understand the topic and the meaning of each option, rather than brainlessly giving the answer.

At present, the editor uses youdao dictionary pen X5 and step-by-step dictionary pen F5 to test, and it is found that both of them do not support the function of sweeping questions.

▲ NetEase youdao Dictionary Pen X5

In addition to doing exercises, English composition is also a difficult part for children in the process of learning English. For this, iFLYTEK translator P20 Plus and youdao dictionary pen X5 both provide the function of composition correction.

After the composition is finished, scan it with P20 Plus, it really corrects some spelling and grammatical errors, and gives a comprehensive evaluation of the whole article, word optimization recommendations and so on. With this function, children can practice their English composition at home.

The same is true of the writing instruction function of the youdao dictionary pen X5, which can give suggestions and grades for your child's composition, similar to the iFLYTEK translation pen P20 Plus.

Step by step dictionary F5 does not support the function of composition correction and guidance at present.

6. Comparison of school situation monitoring functions it is also worth mentioning that if you are a parent, iFLYTEK translation pen P20 Plus and youdao dictionary pen X5 also provide monitoring functions for children's learning, such as iFLYTEK translation pen P20 Plus, "iFLYTEK AI Learning" App side or "iFLYTEK translation pen" official account, you can check the statistics of children's textbook listening and reading, word learning, word search translation and book listening and reading. You can also learn about your child's learning achievements intuitively in a graphical way.

For the youdao dictionary pen X5, you can check the length of time children scan words and use them on the youdao Wisdom Learning App.

Step by step high dictionary F5 does not have this function at present.

Finally, there are two more detailed functions in daily use experience. First of all, the screen, I believe that the use of translation pens, dictionary pens are mostly students, and may often need to look at the screen, for a long time may cause harm to the eyes. For this, the iFLYTEK translator P20 Plus has introduced a low blue Rheine Eye Protection certification function into the screen, so that children won't feel tired and affect their eyesight even if they face the translator's screen for a long time.

▲ iFLYTEK AI translator P20 Plus

However, the youdao dictionary pen X5 and the step-by-step dictionary pen F5 have no eye protection function.

The other is the convenience of use. When using the translation pen, you need to hold the pen body with one hand, so if you need to manipulate the screen, you often have to use the other hand, which is more inconvenient. Both the youdao dictionary pen X5 and the step-by-step dictionary pen F5 are troublesome.

And iFLYTEK translation pen P20 Plus especially near the pen added a finger touch that is bright screen, support double-click re-read, slide to turn the page and other operations, so that if you need to turn the page or other operations, directly with the pen hand to touch the smart shortcut keys on it, saving the trouble of switching with one hand.

Conclusion through the comparative experience of iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus, NetEase youdao dictionary pen X5 and Bubugao dictionary pen F5, CTOnews.com has gained a deeper understanding of what a really useful translation pen should look like.

First of all, its core experience in identification and translation should not be poor. Secondly, like a small teacher who can accompany the child at any time, it should be able to assist the child in learning, help the child find the problems in learning at any time, and guide the solution. Finally, it should also be a good product, which can bring convenience and comfort to children in the detailed experience of use.

▲ from left to right is iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus, Bubugao dictionary pen F5, NetEase youdao dictionary pen X5

In the process of comparative experience of the above three products, the editor believes that the performance of iFLYTEK AI translation pen P20 Plus in all aspects is the closest to the "really easy to use" standard, followed by youdao dictionary pen X5.

And in terms of purchase suggestions, combined with the respective positioning of the three products, the editor thinks that the iFLYTEK AI translation P20 Plus is relatively suitable for friends of all school age, from primary school to university and even the postgraduate entrance examination, it can become a good helper for you to learn English.

NetEase youdao dictionary pen X5 is better than iFLYTEK P20 Plus in content resources and playability, but iFLYTEK P20 Plus comprehensive product experience is better. When you actually buy, you can choose according to your specific needs.

And step by step high dictionary F5 is relatively more suitable for students of lower school age, such as primary school students, or the demand for assisted learning is not very strong, but a friend who needs a word translation tool is needed. In this way, step by step high dictionary F5 can also meet your daily needs.

Finally, I hope everyone can find suitable learning tools to make learning easier!

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