Franklin BOOKMAN BES-2019 User manual

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ELECTRONIC BOOK CARD
B OO K MAN
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Speaking
Spanish Master/
Maestro Ingles
Hablante ´
™
USER’S GUIDE
MANUAL DEL USUARIO
BES-2019

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Contents
both Spanish and English words, view noun,
adjective, and verb inflections, and save
words to a Personal word list for a more en-
joyable way to learn, and hear words in both
Spanish and English. To learn how to use
other books, read their User’s Guides.
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
BOOKMANisa powerful,portableelectronic
referencewithabuilt-in book and a slot in the
backformorebooks. With this
SpanishMas-
ter
, you can now translate and define more
than 250,000 words, correct misspellings of
Installing Book Cards & Selecting Books ....................... 5
Using the Color Keys & Changing the Language ............ 6
Viewing a Demonstration .............................................. 7
Translating English Words ............................................. 8
Translating Spanish Words ............................................ 9
Highlighting a Word ....................................................... 9
Hearing a Word ............................................................. 10
Learning Inflections....................................................... 10
Finding a Letter ............................................................. 11
Finding a Prefix ............................................................. 12
Correcting Misspellings................................................. 12
Using Your Personal List ............................................... 13
Sending a Word ............................................................. 14
Changing Game Settings ............................................... 15
Playing the Games......................................................... 15

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Function Keys
CLEAR
Clears to the Ready screen.
MENU
Shows Additional Functions menu.
INFL (red) Show inflections of a word.
LANG
(green) Switches between English
and Spanish entry languages.
GAMES
(yellow) Shows the games list.
SAY
(blue) Says a word
CARD
Exits the selected book.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
Key Guide
➤ Understanding the Color Keys
The color keys (red, green, yellow, and
blue) perform the functions listed above
onlyforthe BOOKMANbookdescribedin
this User’s Guide.
Other books have their own color key
functions,which are labelled on theirbook
cardsandlistedintheirUser’s Guides. For
more information, read “Using the Color
Keys.”
*Hold
✩
while pressing the other key.
Other Keys
BACK
Backs up, erases letters, or
stops a highlight.
CAP
Shifts keys to type punctuation.
ENTER
Enters a search, selects a
menu item, or starts a highlight.
HELP
Shows help messages.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
? ✽
Types a ? to stand for an
unknown letter in a word;
shifted, types an ✽ to stand
for a series of unknown letters.
Direction Keys
Move in indicated direction.
Star Key Combinations*
✩
+
CARD
Sends a word between books.
✩
+
DN
Shows the next word or
inflection group.
✩
+
UP
Shows the previous word
or inflection group.
✩
+ LGoes to Personal word list.
✩
+ NTypes an ñ .

Warning: Never install or remove a book
card when BOOKMAN is on. If you do,
information that you entered in its built-in
book, and in an installed book card, will be
erased.
1. Turn BOOKMAN off.
2. Turn BOOKMAN over.
3. Align the tabs on the book card
with the notches in the slot.
4. Press the book card down until
it snaps into place.
Installing Book Cards
➤ 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.
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Once you have installed a book card in
your BOOKMAN, you must select which
book you want to use.
1. Turn BOOKMAN on.
2. Press
CARD
.
These are sample books.
3. Press or to highlight the
book you want to use.
4. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Selecting Books
➤ 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.

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Using the Color Keys
Thered, green,yellow,andbluekeysonyour
BOOKMAN change functions according to
which book is selected.
When the built-in book is selected, the
color keys function as labelled on the
BOOKMAN keyboard. When a book card
book is selected, the color keys function
as labelled on that book card.
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Remember, the color keys for BOOK-
MAN books in book cards function as la-
belled on their book cards, not as on the
keyboard.
Changing the Language
Message Language
When you turn on this product for the first
time, you must choose the message lan-
guage. The message language is the lan-
guage of prompts, help, and other mes-
sages. You can change the message lan-
guage after your initial decision.
Note: The examples in the English half of
thismanualuse Englishasthemessagelan-
guage.
1. Press
MENU
if you are not at the
Message Language screen.
2. Press A to select the Message
Language screen.
3. Press B to select English as the
message language; press Ato
select Spanish.

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Entry Language
The entry language is the language in
which you enter words at ready screens.
This determines which dictionary you will
use, Spanish or English.
1. If not at a menu screen, press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
LANG
to switch between
dictionaries.
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➤ Typing Numbers
To type numbers, hold
✩
and press a
number key.
➤ Changing the Contrast
Ifyou want to change thescreen contrast,
repeatedly press or at the blank
ready screen.
Changing the Language
Viewing a Demonstration
Before you start using a book, you can view
a demonstration of what it can do.
If the book is built-in, the demonstration au-
tomatically appears the first time that you
select it. To stop the demonstration, press
CLEAR
. To disable it, press
MENU
, and then
select
Disable Demo from the Additional
Functions menu.
➤ Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at virtually
any screen by pressing
HELP
. Press the
directionkeystoreadit.Toexithelp,press
BACK
.
To read a tutorial of how to use the main
functionsand keys of thisbook, select
Tu-
torial
from the Additional Functions menu.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of the
screen show which arrow keys you can
press to move around menus or view
more text.

➤ Explanation of Genders
Spanish nouns are different than English
nouns in that they must either be mascu-
line or feminine. The <m> means that the
word listed (e.g.,
hombre ) is masculine.
Likewise an <f> would show the word to
be feminine.
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Translating English Words Translating English Words
➤ Understanding Definitions
When you find a definition, you may see
that there are several different meanings
for your word. Here is an example.
1. Type
man .
2. Press
ENTER
.
This screen shows that “hombre” is the
most common use of the word.
The capitalized words found in brackets
indicate there's another category that this
word could be used with. For example, if
you are talking about a chess man, you
would use the word “pieza” instead of
“hombre”.
With this Spanish Master, you are able to
translate English words to Spanish simply
by typing English words.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
LANG
to change the entry
language to English, if needed.
3. Type a word (e.g., cat).
To erase a letter press
BACK
.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Press
CLEAR
when finished.

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TranslatingSpanishWords
Your Spanish Master is fully bilingual. Try
translating a Spanish word.
1. Press
LANG
to change the Entry
language from English to
Spanish, if needed.
2. Type a word (e.g., mensaje).
If you need to type an accent: type the
letter (e.g., e ) and press repeatedly
until the accent you want appears. If
you want to type a
ñ, then hold
✩
and
press
N .
3. Press
ENTER
.
In addition to "mensaje", the Spanish
Master translates words with similar
meanings such as “verse” . To view
more press .
4. Press
CLEAR
when done.
Highlighting a Word
You can look up most words by highlighting
them within dictionary definitions. You can
then find their definitions, translations, and
synonyms. Note: By searching for a high-
lighted word, the entry language changes to
the language of the word for which you
searched.
1. At any text, press
ENTER
to start
the highlight.
You can turn the highlight off by press-
ing
BACK
.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight
a word.
3. Do one of the following:
To... Press...
define the word
ENTER
view inflections
INFL
hear word pronounced
SAY

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You can hear a word pronounced at the
Ready screen, in text, or in a list. Note: You
can only hear words if you have a speaking
BOOKMAN unit.
Hearing Words at the Ready screen
1. Type a word at the Ready screen.
2. Press
SAY
.
Hearing Words in Text
1. Go to a definition.
2. Press
SAY
.
The headword is pronounced.
3. Press
ENTER
to start the highlight.
4. Use the arrow keys to highlight a
word.
5. Press
SAY
.
The highlighted word is pronounced.
Hearing Words in a List
1. Go to your User’s or Path list.
2. Press or to highlight a
word on the list.
3. Press
SAY
to hear the word.
Hearing a Word
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Learning Inflections
Inflections show changes in a word’s
meaning or function. This dictionary in-
cludes extensive inflections of nouns,
verbs, modifiers, and other words.
1. Press
LANG
to switch to the
Spanish ready screen.
2. Type a Spanish word (e.g., beber).
3. Press
INFL
.
These are the principal forms of the
verb
beber .
4. Use the direction keys to read.
5. Press either
INFL
or hold
✩
and
press
DN
repeatedly to view
more inflections.
If the word is a noun, an adjective, or
another modifier, then there won’t be
any other inflections.
6. Press
CLEAR
when done.
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