Mattel Radica Girl Tech Voice Recognition Password Journal

This was purchased for my daughter,she was a little frustrated trying to program it, and my husband and I were too, she has had this item for about 2 years, and she does like it and still use's it,but not the voice recognition command, she uses it manually.

I bought this for both of my girls and within moments of playing the voice recognition was giving them trouble. If there is the SLIGHTEST background noise, the recognition will not recognize the password and won't open. If the tone is not exactly the same as when the password is set, the voice recognition will not recognize and wont open. My daughters had to keep reseting the passwords, which defeats the purpose of the password protection. I say get the old fashion key and lock diary is better then this one.

I bought this Password Journal 4 for my eight year old daughter. She was very excited, and I thought it was a good idea because it would encourage her to write.Problem 1) It was very difficult for her to program because you have to speak clearly, and slowly. That was very fustrating for her. Finally working with her, and showing her how to do it, we got it to accept all her "Secret Codes".Problem 2) You can't whisper to it, so it didn't take long for her brother to hear her, and learn her secret code.Problem 3) Even though it was so fickle about the way she spoke the secret code, it wasn't fickle at all about who entered it. Her brother's voice worked just as well to open it, and it turned out my deeper voice openned it too. I could say a word that was close to the original and it would open.My daughter tried using it by hiding it in her room, but she quickly lost interest in it, and now it's on the bottom of her toy box.

This is a fun journal to write in, because you don't have any lines on the paper, so it's easy to write OR draw.However, after a while, it starts opening by itself immediately after you push the button. When it does that, simply take the batteries out and put them back in, or replace them with new ones; and start all over. All your old journal entries should still be there. :)I recommend Journal 5 though, it has invisible ink that only shows when you use the light.

this is the biggest piece of junk... doesn't work at all 70.00 bucks wasted cant return it because the package got thrown out...sorry I bought it

I bought this for my daughter for Christmas and she loves it. I almost didn't get it because it had so many bad reviews. The one thing I can say about the bad reviews is that they actually helped me. I had no grand expectations of this product. I knew that I had to be patient with it. However, it did NOT take us hours to program it. It was only about 15 minutes and it is working beautifully. The only problem that we have is that it doesn't always recognize your voice. You have to speak the password exactly the same each time for the password to work. Other than that, we love it. My daughter is having a great time with it. She is nine years old which is a perfect age for this product. Very important though, make sure you have NEW batteries for best performance. Hope this helps. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

We bought this for our 6 year old daughter. She grasps how to use it fast. Her little brother though can say the same password and gain access to it easily. He is 2 1/2. Even though he does not speak clearly, it will still open. He heard the password one time. Now she has to make sure his little ears are not around when she changes the password for the third time. My daughter likes the toy, but not the brother.....

I purchased this toy for my 8 year old daughter. She was very disappointed. She had a hard time getting it to accept her password & it would let anyone into it who spoke the password. It also would not work if our Grandfather clock was chiming, you had to be in a quiet place. Within the first 15 minutes, the front cover had came off. I was able to repair it, but you would hope for better quality from a $20 toy. I would not recommend this product.

Bought as a present,great condition and well received by the recipient

great product, worth the money, highly recommended. would buy again, ideal for children aged 3 up wards. ideal for christmas

never worked

Excellent