Franklin Talking Spanish-English Dictionary BES-1240 User manual

User’s Guide
BES-1240
Talking
Spanish-English
Dictionary

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Pronounces words aloud.
Opens the Dynamic Pronunciation Guide.
Goes to the word entry screen. At the word
entry screen, changes the input language.
Shows the Games menu.
Lets you use your word list, change
settings, or view a demonstration.
Shows help messages.
Turns the dictionary on or off.
Shifts the keys to type capital letters.
Erases a letter, backs up to the previous
screen, or turns off the highlight in definitions.
Enters words, starts the highlight in
definitions, or selects items.
Clears the most recently entered word or
goes to the word entry screen.
Moves up, or makes the screen darker at
the word entry screen. Cycles through
accents for a letter, if available.
Moves down, or makes the screen lighter
at the word entry screen. Cycles through
accents for a letter, if available.
Moves the cursor or highlight to the left.
Moves right, or types a space.
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Key Guide

Before you start, you should install new
batteries and adjust the screen contrast. Note:
Replace the batteries when the screen contrast
is too light even after adjustment. When you
remove batteries, stored information is erased.
1. Remove the battery compartment cover
on the back of the unit.
2. Install four AAA batteries.
3. Press .
The first time you turn on this dictionary, you
are asked to select the message language.
Message language is the language used in
help, menu items and pop-up messages.
4. Press A for English.
Press Bfor Spanish.
You go to the word entry screen.
5. Press or repeatedly to make the
screen lighter or darker.
Note: You can make the screen lighter or
darker only at an empty English or Spanish
word entry screen.
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Getting Started
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✓Seeing a Demonstration
You can see a brief demonstration by first
pressing LIST and then pressing until you
see Demonstration. Then press ENTER to
see the demonstration. To stop the
demonstration, press CLEAR.
✓Changing the Message Language
You can change the message language
from English to Spanish, or vice versa, any
time you want. First press LIST. Then press
until you see Message Language. Press
or to switch between English and
Spanish. Your current choice is marked.
✓About the Automatic Shutoff
If you forget to turn off the dictionary, it will
turn off automatically in about two minutes.
✓Learn a New Word
Your dictionary comes with a Learn A Word
feature to help you increase your Spanish or
English vocabulary. Each time you turn your
dictionary on, you can see a random
headword. When Spanish is the entry
language, you are shown a Spanish word.
When English is the entry language, you are
shown an English word. First press LIST.
Then press until you see Learn A Word.
Press or to turn it on or off.
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Getting Started

It’s easy to look up the English translation of
Spanish words with your dictionary. Let’s learn how.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press DICT, if necessary, to go to the
Spanish word entry screen.
3. Type a word. For example, type mañana.
To erase letters, use BACK. To type an
accent, type the letter, then press or to
cycle through the available accents for that
letter. To type an ñ, press Ñ. To type a
space, press . To type a capital letter, hold
down CAP while you type a letter.
4. Press ENTER to see its definition.
5. Press SPEAK to hear the word.
To go to the Dynamic Pronunciation Guide
for the word, press PHONICS.
6. Press to read more of the definition.
7. Press CLEAR when you are finished.
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Looking up a Spanish Word

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Looking up an English Word
It’s just as easy to look up the Spanish
translation of English words with your
dictionary. Let’s learn how.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press DICT, if necessary, to go to the
English word entry screen.
3. Type a word. For example, type apple.
To erase letters, use BACK. To type a
space, press . To type a capital letter, hold
down CAP while you type a letter.
4. Press ENTER to see its definition.
5. Press SPEAK to hear the word.
To go to the Dynamic Pronunciation Guide
for the word, press PHONICS.
6. Press to read more of the definition.
7. Press CLEAR when you are finished.

If you misspell a word, the dictionary automatically
shows you a list of spelling corrections.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press DICT, if necessary, to go to the
English word entry screen.
3. Type a misspelled word. For example,
type jiraph.
4. Press ENTER.
Press DOWN, if necessary, to highlight the
correct word.
5. Press SPEAK to hear the word.
To highlight another correction, press .
6. Press ENTER to see its definition.
7. Press BACK to go back to the corrections.
8. Press CLEAR when you are finished.
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Correcting Misspellings

If you want to learn the translation of a word
that you see in a definition, you can highlight
the word and then jump to its definition.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press DICT, if necessary, to go to the
English word entry screen.
3. Type a word. For example, type here.
4. Press ENTER.
5. Press ENTER again to start the highlight.
To turn off the highlight, press BACK.
6. Press the arrow keys to highlight a word.
For example, highlight listen.
7. Press ENTER to jump to the definition of
the highlighted word.
8. Press BACK to go back to the word that
you typed.
9. Press CLEAR when you are finished.
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Jumping to a Word

Confusables are words that are spelled or
sound alike that people often confuse. Note:
Confusables are only available for English
words and are listed in entries following the
Spanish translation.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press DICT, if necessary, to go to the
English word entry screen.
3. Type peace and then press ENTER.
4. Press to scroll until you see the
heading “CONFUSABLES”.
5. Press to view the confusables.
Each confusable is followed by a word that
explains its meaning.
6. Press CLEAR when you are finished.
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Viewing Confusables®
✓Help is Always at Hand
You can view a help message at almost any
screen by pressing HELP. To go back to
where you were, press BACK.

Conjugations show how a verb changes
depending on its subject and tense. Note:A
brief overview of conjugations is available for
verbs and is listed in entries following the
translation.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press DICT, if necessary, to go to the
Spanish word entry screen.
3. Type tener and then press ENTER.
4. Press to scroll until you see the
heading “CONJUGATIONS”.
5. Press to view the inflections.
Each inflection includes a brief note that helps
explain when it’s proper to use that form.
6. Press CLEAR when you are finished.
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Viewing Conjugations
✓Just 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.

The Dynamic Pronunciation Guide is a tool to help
you learn how to say a word by hearing all the
individual sounds that make up a word. This tool is
available for both English and Spanish words.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press DICT, if necessary, to go to the
Spanish word entry screen.
3. Type perro and then press ENTER.
4. Press PHONICS.
The word you looked up is displayed on the
top line. The letters that comprise its initial
sound are in bold. Other words that use that
same sound are displayed on the bottom line.
Press ENTER at any time to hear the sound
made by the bold letters. Press or to
see the next or previous sound.
5. Press BACK to go back to the word that
you typed.
6. Press CLEAR when you are finished.
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Using the Dynamic Pronunciation Guide

You can save as many as 80 total words for study
and review in separate English and Spanish word
lists. You can add words to the lists that are not
found in this dictionary, but they take up more space.
To Add a Word to Your List
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press LIST.
3. Press or until you see Add a Word.
English or Spanish is marked. Press or
to switch lists.
4. Press ENTER.
5. Type a word and then press ENTER.
If the word is not in this dictionary, press
or to see your options and then press
ENTER to select one.
- or -
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Type a word and press LIST.
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Saving Words for Study

You can also type a word, press ENTER to
see the definition and then press LIST.
Note: You can also add highlighted words in
definitions or spelling correction lists. To
learn how to highlight a word in a definition,
see “Jumping to a Word” on page 8.
3. Press ENTER to add the word.
To See and Hear Your Words
1. Press LIST.
2. Press or to see See Your Words.
English or Spanish is marked. Press or
to switch lists.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press or to highlight a word.
5. Press SPEAK to hear a word, ENTER to
see its definition, or PHONICS to see its
pronunciation information.
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Saving Words for Study

To Erase a Word
1. Press LIST.
2. Press or to see Erase a Word.
English or Spanish is marked. Press or
to switch lists.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press or to highlight a word.
5. Press ENTER to erase the highlighted
word or press BACK to cancel.
To Erase Your Entire List
1. Press LIST.
2. Press or to see Erase List.
English or Spanish is marked. Press or
to switch lists.
3. Press ENTER.
4. Press Y to erase your list or press N to cancel.
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Saving Words for Study

The dictionary can pronounce any headword or
highlighted word. Just press the SPEAK key
whenever you want to hear a word.
To adjust the volume, turn the volume control
wheel on the side of the dictionary. You can
plug headphones into the headphone jack on
the other side to listen by yourself.
Try this example.
1. Press CLEAR.
2. Press DICT, if necessary, to go to the
English word entry screen.
3. Type elephant and then press SPEAK to
hear the word.
4. Press ENTER and then use the arrow
keys to highlight a word in the definition.
5. Press SPEAK to hear the highlighted
word.
6. Press CLEAR when you are finished.
✓Turning the Sound On or Off
You can turn the sound on or off by pressing
LIST, pressing to see Sound, and then
pressing or .
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Hearing Words

Your dictionary has five fun word games. You
can choose a skill level (Easy or Hard), which
game words (All or Your List) to use, and what
language (English or Spanish) to use.
1. Press GAMES.
2. To change the skill level, press or to
see Skill Level and then press or to
switch between settings.
Your current choice is marked.
3. To change the game words, press or
to see Game Words and then press
or to switch between settings.
4. To change the game language, press
or to see Game Language and then
press or to switch between settings.
✓Understanding the Skill Levels
The skill levels change the number of guesses
in Hangman, the difficulty of the computer
opponent in Word Train, and the number of
letters in Jumble, Flashcards and Gender Tutor.
✓Understanding the Game Words
If you choose All, the game words will be
chosen at random from the dictionary. If you
choose Your List, the game words will be
from the words in your list. Words in your list
that have capitals, punctuation, spaces or
are too long will not appear in the games.
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Changing Game Settings

Hangman
Hangman challenges you to guess a mystery
word, indicated by ?s, one letter at a time.
1. Press GAMES, if needed.
2. Press or to see Hangman and then
press ENTER.
3. Type letters you think are in the word.
4. To give up and reveal the word, press .
5. To see the definition of the word, press
ENTER.
To go back to the game, press BACK.
6. Press to play a new round.
Jumble
Jumble scrambles the letters of a mystery word.
You must unscramble all the letters to form the
word.
1. Press GAMES, if needed.
2. Press or to see Jumble and then
press ENTER.
3. To shuffle the letters, press ENTER.
4. Type your guess and press ENTER.
5. To give up and reveal the word, press .
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Playing the Games

6. Press ENTER to see the definition of the
word.
To go back to the game, press BACK.
7. Press to play a new round.
Flashcards
Flashcards flashes words for you to learn the
translation of.
1. Press GAMES, if needed.
2. Use or to see Flashcards and then
press ENTER.
3. Press SPEAK to hear the word.
4. Press ENTER to see the definition of the
word.
To go back to the game, press BACK.
5. Press to play a new round.
Gender Tutor
In Gender Tutor, you must guess whether the
word on the screen is masculine or feminine.
Note: You can only play Gender Tutor using
Spanish nouns.
1. Press GAMES, if needed.
2. Press or to see Gender Tutor and
then press ENTER.
3. Press M if you want to guess masculine,
or F if you want to guess feminine.
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Playing the Games

4. Press to give up and reveal the answer.
5. Press to play a new round.
Word Train
In Word Train, your challenge is to beat the
computer as you take turns trying to make a
word by adding one letter at a time. Winning
words have to be at least four letters long.
1. Press GAMES, if needed.
2. Press or to see Word Train and
then press ENTER.
3. When it’s your turn, type a letter.
The computer then places its letter.
4. Continue alternating turns until a word is
completed or you type a letter that
cannot be further built upon.
5. Press to give up and reveal a solution.
6. Press to play a new round.
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Playing the Games
✓Seeing Your Score
Your score appears after each round of most
games until you change games or until you
exit the game.
✓About Screen Illustrations
Some screen illustrations in this User’s
Guide may differ slightly from what you see
on screen. This does not mean that your
product is malfunctioning.