I remember having one as a kid. I get that the gimmick was that it was supposed to learn human language progressively, but I kept wondering why mine never improved. Turns out that the translation for Spanish was so awful that it was often downright confusing to use.
"Ruido abajo, por favor" does not mean "keep noise down" but "(make) noise below, please." 🙃
I've been this person downtown. I had to warn two Spanish women of using their cellphones on the street where I had witnessed two blatant motorcycle snatchers drive off with people's cellphones. One of them found me annoying and wouldn't look up from her screen to listen to what I was saying. Alright, ma'am, you do you. My bad.
Putting up a literal show for the believers. Look at the shiny thing, and give us money!