Franklin ESL-580 User's Manual
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3. 891 775 4 982 181 5 007 019 5 113 340 5 153 831 5 203 705 5 218 536 5 229 936 5 249 965 5 295 070 5 321 609 5 333 313 5 396 606 European Patent 0 136 379 Deutsche Patents M 9409743 7 and M 9409744 5 Pat Pend ISBN 1 56712 310 4 Index Auto resume feature 9 Batteries installing 5 replacing 5 Blue SHOW key 3 10 11 Book cards installing 5 removing 5 BOTH yellow key 3 10 11 14 CARD key 6 Color keys understanding 3 using 6 Contrast bar 11 Direction keys 3 Disable demo 7 Games 14 Green SELF key 3 Headphone Jack 4 HEAR red key 3 8 10 14 Hear It Right 14 Hearing your voice 9 HELP key 7 13 Help messages 7 Installing batteries 5 International Phonetic Alphabet IPA 10 11 Introduction using 8 IPA International Phonetic Alphabet 11 Lessons using 13 Limited Warranty 16 Name That Picture 14 Numbers typing 3 12 Outline menu 14 Picture bar 11 Record SPACE key 9 14 Recording your voice 9 Red HEAR key 3 8 10 14 Replacing batteries 5 Say It Right 14 Screen illustrations 6 Selecting books 6 SELF green key 3 9 11 Serial Port 4 Set Contrast 7 Set Shutoff 7 Setup menu 7 SHOW blue key 3 10 11 Sounds of English 13 SPACE record key 9 14 Special Features 4 Specifications 16 Tutorial viewing 7 Using the Lessons 13 Viewing help messages 7 tutorial 7 Volume Control 4 Word List 8 9 Word entry screen 12 Yellow BOTH key 3 10 11 14 FTB 28004 00 P N 72012
4. Removing Book Cards Warning When you remove a book card to install another infor mation that you entered in the removed book card will be erased Selecting a Book Once you have installed a book card in your BOOKMAN you can select which book you want to use Note The built in book will be automatically selected when no book cards are in stalled 1 Press to turn your BOOK MAN on 2 Press caro These are sample books 3 Press or amp to highlight the book you want to use COLUMBIA EHCY LOFEDIH DI TIOHAEY ACY ARICED a i adi COHCISE DICTIOHAE 1 ADVANCED 4 Press emer to select it gt About Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User s Guide may differ from what you see on the screen This does not mean that your BOOKMAN is malfunctioning Using the Color Keys The red green yellow and blue keys on the top row of your BOOKMAN change functions according to which book you have selected and are using If you have selected the built in book the color keys function as labeled on the keyboard If you have selected a book in a book card the color keys function as labeled on that book card Coca CD Ka A ABRA T E Remember when you have selected a book card the color keys function as labeled on that book card not as on the keyboard Changing the Settings You can adjust the shutoff time and screen contrast of
5. have recorded yourself saying the word on the screen press to compare your pronunciation with the correct one To play with a new word press m To play with the pre vious word press w Playing Name That Picture In Name That Picture you are shown a picture of a part of the body Record yourself saying the word and then press to compare your answer with the correct answer To see the next picture press on To see a pre vious picture press tp Sending Words Between Books This BOOKMAN book can send words to certain other BOOKMAN books To send a word you must first install a book card in your BOOKMAN and that book card must be able to receive words To leam if a book card can send or receive words read its User s Guide Note Speak English can only receive International Phonetic Alphabet sym bols from other BOOKMAN books 1 Highlight a word in this book OUTLIHE WORD LIST SETIF WRF RAF MRAFFED You can highlight a word on the Word List or use a highlighted word in the text 2 Hold and press car 3 Highlight another book 4 Press em The word that you highlighted ap pears in the other book 5 Press to look up the word if needed Resetting BOOKMAN If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re spond or if its screen performs errati cally first press and then press twice If nothing happens follow the steps below to reset it Warning Pressing the reset button with mo
6. this book The shutoff time is how long your BOOKMAN stays on if you forget to turn it off Contrast re fers to how light or dark the screen is 1 Press cina 2 Use amp or to highlight the Setup menu 3 Press JL to highlight Set Shutoff or Set Contrast OUTLIHE WORD LIST aie SET SHUTOFF SET CONTRAST a 4 Press m 5 Use T or JL to highlight a setting If you select Set Contrast press T or JL repeatedly to make the screen darker or lighter To leave the settings unchanged press Back 6 Press to select it Viewing a Demonstration Before you start using your new BOOKMAN you may want to see a brief demonstration of what it can do When a book card is installed in your BOOKMAN simply select Wew Demo from the Setup menu to view the demo When no book card is installed in your BOOKMAN the demonstration will au tomatically appear after you turn the unit on To stop the demonstration press car To disable it press and then select Disable Demo from the Setup menu To re enable it select Enable Demo from the Setup menu gt Help is Always at Hand You can view a help message at vir tually any time by pressing Her Press JL or m to read the help Press to exit the message To read about how to use the keys select Tutorial from the Setup menu Using the Introduction To get started you can learn about the main features of Speak English by reading its Introduction He
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9. aches you how to make vowel and consonant sounds e Stress and Rhythm instructs you about pronouncing accented syllables e Mischief Makers teaches you about how to pronounce words with difficult letter clusters and silent letters e Let s Talk instructs you about pro nouncing words and phrases that are likely to appear in everyday conversations Playing the Games You can play three fun games that test your mastery of English pronuncia tions Here s how to play gt Selecting a Game 1 Press cina 2 Press JL to highlight Let s Talk from the Outline menu OUTLINE WORD LIST SETU IMISCHIEF MAKERS O am LET Z TALE k 3 Press eva 4 Press JL to highlight Games LET TALK SPELLING WORDS OUT GAMES a 5 Press emr 6 Press JI to highlight a game and press ever to select it 7 Press JI to read its directions gt Playing Hear It Right In Hear It Right the prerecorded voice speaks a word and you are challenged to guess what word is being said Playing the Games 14 Press to hear the word again as many times as you like When you think you know what word is being said press to see if you are cor rect To hear a new word press en To hear the previous word press tr Playing Say It Right In Say It Right you will be asked to record a word chosen at random To record a word first press Face and then say the word clearly Press again to stop recording After you
10. elf saying the word To learn how read Recording and Hearing Your Voice 4 Press yellow to hear both voices 5 Press when you are fin ished Showing Pronunciations You can see both the phonetic spelling of a highlighted word and a picture showing how the sounds of that highlighted word are made Here s how 1 Highlight a word on the Word List For example highlight flower 2 Press blue flower di au a The sounds of the highlighted word are shown as symbols of the Inter national Phonetic Alphabet 3 Press ras red to hear an ex ample word that contains the highlighted phonetic sound 4 Press to highlight the next sound in the main word Flower td in a 5 Press and use JI to read how to make the highlighted sound Showing Pronunciations i as In load Open your mouth slightly and place your tongue be 6 When Hi is on the screen press to seea moving picture Le LE To stop the moving picture press any key 7 To see the picture move again press again 8 Press to go back to the text and use 1 to continue reading 1 lear Lid You are shown a list of words that use the highlighted sound 9 Use ran ser som and to practice your pronunciation 10 Press Ji or on until you see 11 Showing Pronunciations 11 Press and use JI to read a lesson about con trasting similar sounds 12 Press twice to go back to t
11. enus or moves the cursor or highlight on Pages down or up Key Combinations JL Goes to the next or previ o T ous paragraph or section Goes to the top level of a menu Lets you enter a word to hear its spelling Q P Types numbers Goes to the next or previ or w ous exercise or lesson Hold the first key while pressing the other key 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 la beled on their keyboards or book cards To learn more read Using the Color Keys s About the Special Features ne Ele EI Gl TEI Ey EEE Headphone Jack 0 Volume Control Your BOOKMAN 580 model is equipped with several special features that many but not all BOOKMAN books use To leam if you can use the special features with a par ticular book read its Users Guide Serial Port The serial port allows your BOOKMAN when connected by Franklin s 3 5 mm serial cable to trans fer information to and from a personal computer Warning Using a serial cable other than the one obtained from Franklin may damage your BOOK PA A PA AE A EI EE Er EME EL EEE EME T Serial Por MAN and or PC Franklin s serial cable is specifically designed for the transfer of data between your BOOKMAN and a PC N
12. he original phonetic analysis 13 Press when finished Understanding the Interna tional Phonetic Alphabet The International Phonetic Alphabet IPA provides unique symbols for each speech sound To see the phonetic symbol tables of vowels and consonants first select Sounds of English from the Outline menu and then select Vowel Sounds or Consonant Sounds Then select Vowel Sounds Table or Consonant Sounds Table from the submenu and press to see the table Ii ea amp J o Uu U a au JI ai To highlight a sound use the arrow keys Press to hear an example word containing that sound Hearing Spellings Here s how to hear words spelled aloud 1 Press cina 2 Hold and press s Type a word press z This is the word entry screen 3 Type a word Type a word press Gas As you type letters the prere corded voice pronounces them To erase a letter press Back To type numbers hold x and press the numbered keys 4 Press evra after you are fin ished typing to hear the letters pronounced in sequence 5 Press car when you are fin ished 12 Hearing Spellings gt Another Way to Hear Spellings To read the lesson about spelling words aloud first highlight Let s Talk from the Outline menu and press to select it Then select Spelling Words Out and use 4 or pn to read the text When you get to the end of the text press for the exercise Liste
13. iety information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use This license is effective until ter minated This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license Contents Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN nunciations of about 2 000 words and BOOKMAN is a powerful portable phrases recording your own pronun electronic reference with a built in book ciations and then comparing both and two slots in the back for more Speak English also provides lessons books With Speak English you can exercises and games that can help you improve your pronunciation of English improve your pronunciation skills To by listening to correct prerecorded pro learn how read this User s Guide About the Special Features ccccscesssseesceesneeeenseesneseneesensenens 4 Installing the Batteries and Book Cards cccsecsseeesneeneeenenenes 5 Selecting a Book scans susnmnsasnsset asensensenesntenuenceut e 6 Using the Color Keys isssssssiesnacsntesnesnsenenanesneumerententeense 6 Changing the Settings ccscccsccseesseeeeeceeneeeeeeneeneeeneeceesneeneeneeaes 7 Viewing a Demonstration ssssss22 7 Using the Introduction u 22 8 Hearing Correct Pronunciations cccccsesseeeeesseeneeeceeneeeeeeneenens 8 Recording and Hearing Your Voice
14. n to the prerecorded question and type your answer As you type the prerecorded voice pronounces the letter or number Press when you are finished typing to hear the letters pronounced in sequence To hear another question press To hear a previous question press w Using the Lessons You can work on perfecting your En glish pronunciation by using the les sons in Speak English The lessons are located on the Outline menu Be sure to read the screen directions in each lesson for guidance Remember if you are hav ing trouble press the key for more instructions 1 Press cina 2 Press JL to highlight a lesson category For example high light Sounds of English OUTLINE WORD LIST SETUF HTROOUCTION a ee ENGLISH E 3 Press em SOUNDS OF ENGLISH LJOLJEL SOURDS ET CONSONANT SOUNDS The slanted arrow indicates a submenu 4 Use JL to highlight a lesson topic and press to select it For ex ample select Consonant Sounds ZOHSOHAHT SOUNDS ABOUT ZONZOMAHT COHSOHANT SOUNDS TAELE Using the Lessons 5 Use JL to highlight a lesson and press m For example select p as in pe 6 Use JL or x to read the text Follow the screen directions to complete the exercises 7 At the end of the lesson hold and press ov to go to the next lesson Or press to select another lesson gt About the Lessons There are four categories of lessons e Sounds of English te
15. nds used in English gt Follow the Arrows The flashing arrows on the right side of the screen tell you which keys to press to see more gt Resuming Where You Left Off You can turn off your BOOKMAN at any time When you turn your BOOKMAN on again the screen that you last viewed appears Recording and Hearing Your Voice Perfecting your pronunciation of En glish words takes practice With your Speak English you can record your own voice and then play it back to hear your progress You can record for up to 16 seconds Here s how 1 Press sac to begin recording The electronic tone tells you that Speak English is recording 2 Speak clearly into the micro phone The microphone is located to the left of the glass screen display 3 Press again to stop re cording The electronic tone tells you that Speak English has stopped recording Note After 16 seconds of recording the electronic tone sounds to tell you that Speak English has stopped recording 4 Press ser green to hear your voice 5 Press when you are fin ished Comparing Pronunciations For comparison you can hear your pronunciation of a word followed by its correct pronunciation It is as simple as pressing a key 1 Highlight a word on the Word List or find a highlighted word in a lesson For ex ample highlight child OUTLINE iy ZSETUF CHILO 2 Press to hear the word s correct pronunciation 3 Record yours
16. nty is made that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will run uninterrupted or error free You assume all risk of any damage or loss from your use of the BOOKMAN PRODUCT This warranty does not apply if in the sole discretion of FRANKLIN the BOOKMAN PRODUCT has been tampered with damaged by accident abused misused or misapplication or as a result of service or modification by any party including any dealer other than FRANKLIN This warranty applies only to products manufactured by or for FRANKLIN Batteries corrosion or battery contacts and any damage caused by batteries are not covered by this warranty NO FRANKLIN DEALER AGENT OR EMPLOYEE IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTY IN THIS REGARD OR TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATION OR EXTENSION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY THE FOREGOING WARRANTY IS EXCLUSIVE AND IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES WRITTEN OR ORAL INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FORA PARTICULAR PURPOSE YOUR SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY SHALL BE FRANKLIN S OBLIGATION TO REPLACE OR REFUND AS SET FORTH ABOVE IN THIS WARRANTY Some States do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties or limitations on how long a warranty lasts This warranty gives you specific rights you may also have additional rights which vary from State to State This warranty shall not be applicable to the extent that enforcement of any provision may be prohibited by applicable law FRANKLIN SHALL IN NO EVENT BE
17. ote Speak English does not use the serial port Volume Control The dial located under the headphone jack controls the volume of the headphones Headphone Jack Your BOOK MAN also has a 3 5 mm stereo head phone jack for use with a standard impedance 8 Ohm headphones Installing the Batteries Your BOOKMAN model ESL 580 re quires two AAA batteries Here is how to install or replace them 1 Turn your BOOKMAN over 2 Remove the battery cover by pinching its tab and then lift ing up The battery cover is located near the etched product information 3 Install the batteries as shown in the diagram inside the case 4 Replace the battery cover Warning When the batteries lose all power or are removed from your BOOKMAN information that you en tered in its built in book and in any in stalled book cards will be erased gt If the Batteries Are Low When the batteries are low on power the screen display starts to dim and the voice becomes slurred If this happens replace the old bat teries with new ones Installing Book Cards Warning Never install or remove a book card when your BOOKMAN is on IF you do information that you ve en tered in the built in book and in any in stalled book card will be erased 1 Turn your BOOKMAN off 2 Turn your BOOKMAN over 3 Align the tabs of the book card with the notches in the slot 4 Press the book card down until it snaps into place gt
18. re s how 1 Press cina OUTLIHE WORD LIST SETUF IHTEUDU TIJH SOUNDS OF EHGLISH Introduction is already highlighted 2 Press ura To stop the moving picture press any key 3 After watching the moving pic ture use JI to read the text Introduction Speak Enalish With confi dence Follow the directions to learn how to hear the prerecorded voice record your own voice hear both voices and see the phonetic analysis of words 4 At the end of the introduc tion hold G and press m to begin the lessons To learn more about the lessons read Using the Lessons Hearing Correct Pronunciations To hear the correct pronunciation of high lighted words on the Word List and in the lessons and games all you have to do is press the key Try the following example Note In order to hear the word you must be wearing headphones You can control the volume with the dial located near the headphone jack 1 Press cia 2 Press to highlight the Word List 3 Start typing a word until it is highlighted For example type wrought OUTLINE WORD LI gt T SETIF WROUGHT Or press JL or ff repeatedly to highlight a word 4 Press red or to hear the correct pronuncia tion of the highlighted word To hear the word again press or again Hearing Correct Pronunciations gt About the Word List The words on the Word List are representative of the different vowel and consonant sou
19. re than very light pressure may perma nently disable your BOOKMAN In addi tion resetting BOOKMAN erases settings and information entered into its built in book and in an installed book card 1 Hold and press eNor If nothing happens try Step 2 2 Use a paper dip to gently press BOOKMAN s reset button The reset button is recessed in a pin sized hole near BOOKMAN s key gt Troubleshooting BOOKMAN e Make sure your book card if any is installed correctly e Check that the book card s metal con tacts are dirt and dust free This unit may change operating modes due to Electro static Discharge Normal operation of this unit can be re estab lished by pressing the reset key N oF or by removing replacing batteries Limited Warranty U S only FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT FRANKLIN will repair or replace it without charge on return with purchase receipt to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc One Franklin Plaza Burlington NJ 08016 4907 within one year of purchase Alternatively FRANKLIN may at its option refund your purchase price Data contained in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT may be provided under license to FRANKLIN FRANKLIN makes no warranty with respect to the accuracy of data in the BOOKMAN PRODUCT No warra
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