® BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD ® Speaking Spelling Ace USER'S GUIDE SSA-2045 ® License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. LIMITED USE LICENSE All rights in the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK remain the property of FRANKLIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive license to use the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK on a single FRANKLIN BOOKMAN at a time. You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK or of the preprogrammed data stored therein, whether in electronic or print format. Such copying would be in violation of applicable copyright laws. Further, you may not modify, adapt, disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works of, or in any way reverse engineer the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK. You may not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK contains Franklin's confidential and propriety information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. 24 Contents Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN! With this Speaking Spelling Ace® book card, you can check spellings, learn how to write letters, and play 11 fun word games. In addition, if you have a BOOKMAN with a speaker or a headphone jack, you can hear pronunciations of letters and words. It's fun and easy to use. To learn how, read this User's Guide. Installing a Book Card and Selecting a Book ..................... 3 Using the Color Keys and Changing the Settings .............. 4 Viewing a Demonstration .................................................. 5 Hearing Letters and Words ................................................ 5 Checking Spellings ............................................................ 6 Finding a Letter in a Word ................................................. 7 Finding a Series of Letters ................................................ 7 Learning to Write Letters and Words ................................. 8 Saving Words for Study ..................................................... 9 It's Time to Rhyme ........................................................... 10 Learning Confusable Words ............................................. 10 Changing Game Settings ................................................. 11 Playing the Games ........................................................... 11 Sending a Word Between Books ...................................... 14 Resetting Your BOOKMAN .............................................. 15 Book Card Care ............................................................... 15 Specifications .................................................................. 16 Limited Warranty (U.S. only)............................................ 17 1 Key Guide Color Keys SPELL Other Keys BACK CAP (red) Pronounces a letter, SAY GAMES RHYME number, or punctuation mark. (green) Pronounces a word. (yellow) Shows the games list. (blue) Shows a list of rhyming words. Direction Keys Moves through text or menus, or moves the cursor or highlight. Pages down or up. CARD CLEAR ENTER HELP MENU ON/OFF DN UP ?V ® Understanding the Color Keys The color keys (red, green, yellow, and blue) perform the functions listed above only for the book described in this User's Guide. Other BOOKMAN books have their own color key functions, which are labeled on their keyboards or book cards. To learn more, read "Using the Color Keys." 2 SPACE Erases a letter or backs up. Shifts the keys to type capitals or punctuation. Exits the book you are reading. Clears your entry. Enters a word, selects a menu item, or starts a highlight. Displays help messages. Displays the main menu. Turns BOOKMAN on or off. Shows Confusables®, types a ? to stand for an unknown letter in a word; with CAP , types an V to stand for a series of letters in a word. Types a space or pages down. Key Combinations* Q DN 6 6 + + UP - P or CAP + or Types numbers. Goes to the next or previous handwritten letter or number. Goes to the top or bottom of a word list or menu. * Hold the first key while pressing the other key. Installing a Book Card Warning: Never install or remove a book card while your BOOKMAN is turned on. If you do, information that you entered in its built-in book, as well as in any other installed book cards, will be erased. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN off. 2. Turn your BOOKMAN over. 3. Align the tabs on the book card with the notches in the slot. Selecting a Book Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN, you can select which book you want to use. Here's an example. 1. Turn your BOOKMAN on. 2. Press CARD . 3. Press or to highlight the book you want to use. 4. Press ENTER to select it. 4. Press the book card down until it snaps into place. ® Resuming Where You Left Off You can turn off BOOKMAN at any screen. When you turn BOOKMAN on again, the screen that you last viewed appears. 3 ® Removing Book Cards Warning: When you remove a book card to install another, information that you entered into the removed book card will be erased. Using the Color Keys The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on the top row of your BOOKMAN change their functions according to which book you have selected. If you have selected the built-in book, the color keys function as labeled on the BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have selected a book card, the color keys function as labeled on that card. ® Changing the Settings You can adjust the keyboard echo, shutoff time, and screen contrast of this book. You can also change all the letters to capitals. Turning the keyboard echo off stops the pronunciation after each symbol is typed and lets you type letters faster. The shutoff time is how long your BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off. Contrast refers to how light or dark the screen is. 1. Press MENU . to highlight Setup. 2. Use 3. Press ENTER . to highlight a setting. 4. Use Remember, when you've selected a book card, the color keys function as labeled on that card, not as on the keyboard. 4 5. Press ENTER to select it. If you select Set Contrast, press or repeatedly to make the screen darker or lighter. To leave the settings unchanged, press BACK . 6. Press CLEAR when finished. Viewing a Demonstration Before you start using your new book card, you may want to see a brief demonstration of what it can do. Here's how. 1. Press MENU . 2. Use the arrow keys to highlight Setup and press ENTER . 3. Use the arrow keys to highlight View Demo, and press ENTER to start the demonstration. 4. To stop the demonstration at any time, press CLEAR . Hearing Letters and Words If you have a BOOKMAN with a speaker or a headphone jack, you can hear letters, numbers, and punctuation marks pronounced as you type them and words after you enter them. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Type a word. For example, type wren. ® Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at virtually any time by pressing HELP . Press or DN to read the help. Press BACK to exit the message. To read about how to use the keys, select Tutorial from the Setup menu. 5 If the keyboard echo has not been turned off, you will hear each letter, number, or punctuation mark as you type. To learn how to turn the keyboard echo on or off, read "Changing the Settings." 3. Press SAY (the green key) to hear the word pronounced. 4. Press SPELL (red) repeatedly to hear the word spelled aloud. 5. To adjust the volume, turn the dial on the side of your BOOKMAN. 6. Press CLEAR when finished. Checking Spellings If you misspell a word, your Speaking Spelling Ace automatically provides a list of corrections. If you enter a correctly spelled word, Correct appears on the screen. Try this example. . 1. Press 2. Type a word. For example, type jiraph. CLEAR Checking Spellings 5. Press ENTER . To erase a letter, press BACK . To type capitals and punctuation, hold CAP and press a letter or punctuation key. To type numbers, hold 6 and press a numbered key. 3. Press ENTER . 4. Use to highlight a correction, if needed. 6. Press SAY (green) to hear the word pronounced. 7. Press SPELL (red) repeatedly to hear the word spelled aloud. You can see rhyming words by pressing RHYME . To learn more, read "It's Time to Rhyme." 8. Press BACK to go back to the corrections. 9. Press CLEAR when finished. ® About Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User's Guide may differ from what you see on screen. This does not mean that your BOOKMAN is malfunctioning. ® Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows on the right of the screen show which arrow keys you can press to move around the screen. 6 Finding a Letter in a Word Finding a Series of Letters If you are unsure how to spell a word, type a question mark in place of each unknown letter. You can type more than one question mark in a word. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Type a word with ?'s. For example, type p?rt. You can also find the endings, beginnings, and other parts of words by typing an asterisk (V). An asterisk stands for a series of letters. 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Type a word with an V. For example, type deVcks. To type an asterisk, hold CAP and press ? T . 3. Press ENTER . 4. Use to highlight a word. 3. Press ENTER . to highlight a word. 4. Use 5. Press SAY (green) to hear the highlighted word pronounced. 6. Use SPELL (red) to hear the highlighted word spelled aloud. ® Crossword Helper You can also use question marks to help solve crossword puzzles. For example, if the second letter of a fiveletter word is h and its last letter is w, enter ?h??w to see possible answers. 7 5. Press SAY (green) to hear the highlighted word pronounced. 6. Press SPELL (red) repeatedly to hear the highlighted word spelled. 7. Press CLEAR when finished. Learning to Write Letters and Words Your Speaking Spelling Ace can help you learn how to write manuscript (block printing) and cursive letters, and cursive words. 1. Press MENU . 2. Press ENTER to select Handwriting. to highlight a category 3. Use and then press ENTER . For example, select Cursive Letters. Learning to Write Letters and Words 6. Press or ENTER again to see the letter or number written on the screen. 4. Type a letter or number and press ENTER . For example, enter g. 7. To see the letter or number written again, press or ENTER again. 8. Press SAY or SPELL to hear the letter or number pronounced. 9. Hold 6 and press DN or UP to see the next or previous letter or number. ® Learning to Write Cursive Words You can learn how to write cursive words. Simply select Cursive Words from the Handwriting menu and then use the arrow keys to select a word from the word list. For example, select ball. Note: You can enter only one handwritten letter or number at a time. To type numbers, hold 6 and press the numbered keys. or ENTER to see a 5. Press guide about how to write the letter or number. 8 Press SAY (green) to hear the word pronounced. Press SPELL (red) to hear the word spelled aloud. To see the word written again, press or ENTER . Saving Words for Study You can create a User List of up to 20 words for study and review. Words are listed in the order they are entered. You can only add words to the User List that are in Speaking Spelling Ace's word list. w Adding and Viewing Words 1. Press CLEAR . 2. Press MENU and select User List. 3. Highlight Add to List. w w 9 Saving Words for Study Deleting One Word 1. Press MENU and select User List. 2. Select Delete Word. 3. Highlight a word on the list. 4. Press ENTER to delete it. Or press BACK to cancel. Erasing Your User List 4. Press ENTER . 5. Type a word. 1. Press MENU and select User List. 2. Select Erase List. 3. Press Y to erase the entire list. Or press N to cancel. ® Other Ways to Add Words You can also add a word to your User List by entering it at the Type a word screen or by highlighting it in text. To enter a word at the Type a word screen, simply type a word and press MENU . Select User List. Press and then press ENTER to add the word. To add a word in text, press ENTER to start the highlight and use the arrow keys to highlight a word. Then press MENU and select User List. Press and then press ENTER to add the word. 6. Press ENTER to add the word to your User List. Note: If a word is not in its word list, Speaking Spelling Ace treats that word as a misspelling. 7. Highlight Vie ...