Franklin BOOKMAN SSA-840 User manual

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Contents
Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN!
BOOKMANisapowerful,portableelec-
tronicreferencewithabuilt-inbook,plus
a slot in the back for more book cards.
Withthis
SpeakingSpellingAce ,youcan
check spellings, hear pronunciations of
lettersandwords,learnhowtowritelet-
ters, and play 11 fun word games. It’s
fun and easy to use. To learn how, read
this User’s Guide.
Installing Batteries and Installing a Book Card..............4
Selecting a Book and Using the Color Keys ..................5
Changing the Settings ...................................................6
Viewing a Demonstration ..............................................6
Hearing Letters and Words ............................................7
Checking Spellings ........................................................7
Finding a Letter in a Word .............................................8
Finding a Series of Letters ............................................9
Learning to Write Letters and Words .............................9
Saving Words for Study...............................................10
It’s Time to Rhyme .......................................................11
Learning Confusable Words.........................................12
Changing Game Settings .............................................12
Playing the Games .......................................................13
Sending a Word Between Books..................................16
Special Features and Specifications............................17
Limited Warranty .........................................................18

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Key Guide
Color Keys
SPELL
(red) Pronounces a letter,
number, or punctuation mark.
SAY
(green) Pronounces a word.
GAMES
(yellow) Shows the games list.
RHYME
(blue) Shows a list of rhyming
words.
Other Keys
BACK
Erases a letter or backs up.
CAP
Shiftsthekeystotypecapitalsor
punctuation.
CARD
Exits the book you are reading.
CLEAR
Clears your entry.
ENTER
Enters a word, selects a menu
item, or starts a highlight.
HELP
Displays help messages.
MENU
Displays the main menu.
ON/OFF
Turns BOOKMAN on or off.
?✽
Shows Confusables, types a ?
to stand for an unknown letter
in a word; with
CAP
, types an
✽to stand for a series of
letters in a word.
SPACE
Types a space or pages down.
Direction Keys
Movesthroughtextormenus,or
moves the cursor or highlight.
DN
UP
Pages down or up.
➤ 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.”
Key Combinations*
✩
+ Q-PTypes numbers.
✩
+
DN
Goes to the next or previ-
ous handwritten letter or
number.
CAP
+ Goes to the top or bottom
of a word list or menu.
* Hold the first key while pressing the other key.
or
UP
or

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YourBOOKMANmodel840ispowered
by four AAA batteries. Here is how to
install or replace them.
Warning: When the batteries lose
powerorareremovedfromyourBOOK-
MAN,informationthatyouhaveentered
in its built-in book, as well as in any in-
stalled book card, will be erased.
1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.
2. Slide off its battery cover in
the direction of the triangle.
3. Install the batteries as shown
on the diagram in the bat-
tery compartment.
4. Replace the battery cover.
Warning: Never install or remove a
book card while your BOOKMAN is
turnedon.Ifyoudo,informationthatyou
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.
4. Press the book card down
until it snaps into place.
Installing Batteries Installing a Book Card
➤ 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.
➤Resuming Where You Left Off
You can turn off BOOKMAN at any
screen. When you turn BOOK-
MAN on again, the screen that you
last viewed appears.

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Once you have installed a book card in
your BOOKMAN, you can select which
book you want to use. Here’s an ex-
ample.
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.
Selecting a Book
➤ 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.
Using the Color Keys
Thered, green,yellow,andbluekeyson
the top row of your BOOKMAN change
their functions according to which book
you have selected.
If you have selected the built-in book,
thecolorkeysfunctionaslabeledonthe
BOOKMAN keyboard. If you have se-
lected a book card, the color keys func-
tion as labeled on that card.
Remember, when you’ve selected a
book card, the color keys function as
labeled on that card, not as on the
keyboard.
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Youcanadjustthekeyboardecho,shut-
off time, and screen contrast of this
book. You can also change all the let-
ters to capitals.
Turning the keyboard echo off stops the
pronunciationaftereachsymbolistyped
and lets you type letters faster.
TheshutofftimeishowlongyourBOOK-
MAN stays on if you forget to turn it off.
Contrast refers to how light or dark the
screen is.
1. Press
MENU
.
2. Use to highlight Setup.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use to highlight a setting.
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.
Changing the Settings
Before you start using your new
BOOKMAN, you may want to see a
brief demonstration of what it can do.
When no book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, the demonstration will au-
tomaticallyappearafteryouturntheunit
on. To stop the demonstration, press
CLEAR
. To disable it, press
MENU
, use
tohighlight Setup andpress
ENTER
.High-
light
Disable Demo and press
ENTER
. To
re-enable it, select Enable Demo from
the Setup menu.
When a book card is installed in your
BOOKMAN, press
MENU
. Then use
to highlight Setup and press
ENTER
to
select it. Then select View Demo .
Viewing a Demonstration
➤ 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.

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Hearing Letters and Words
If you misspell a word, your Speaking
SpellingAce
automaticallyprovidesalist
of corrections. If you enter a correctly
spelled word,
Correct appears on the
screen. Try this example.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word. For example,
type jiraph.
To erase a letter, press
BACK
.
To type capitals and punctuation,
hold
CAP
and press a letter or
punctuation key.
To type numbers, hold
✩
and
press a numbered key.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use to highlight a correc-
tion, if needed.
Checking Spellings
Youcanhearletters,numbers,andpunc-
tuation marks pronounced as you type
them and words after you enter them.
Here’s how.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word. For example,
type wren.
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.

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Checking Spellings
Finding a Letter in a Word
5. Press
ENTER
.
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.
Ifyouareunsurehow tospell aword, type
a question mark in place of each unknown
letter. You can type more than one ques-
tion mark in a word.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word with ?’s. For
example, type p?rt.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use to highlight a word.
5. Press
SAY
(green) to hear the
highlighted word pronounced.
6. Use
SPELL
(red) to hear the high-
lighted word spelled aloud.
➤ Follow the Arrows
The flashing arrows on the right of
the screen show which arrow keys
you can press to move around the
screen.
➤ Crossword Helper
You can also use question marks to
help solve crossword puzzles. For
example, if the second letter of a five-
letter word is
h and its last letter is w ,
enter
?h??w to see possible answers.

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Finding a Series of Letters
You can also find the endings, begin-
nings, and other parts of words by typ-
ing an asterisk (✽). An asterisk stands
for a series of letters.
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Type a word with an ✽. For
example, type de
✽ cks.
To type an asterisk, hold
CAP
and
press
?
✻
.
3. Press
ENTER
.
4. Use to highlight a word.
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 print-
ing)andcursiveletters,andcursivewords.
1. Press
MENU
.
2.Press
ENTER
toselectHandwriting.
3. Use to highlight a category
and then press
ENTER
. For ex-
ample, select Cursive Letters.
4.Typealetterornumberandpress
ENTER
. For example, enter g.
Note: You can enter only one hand-
written letter or number at a time.
To type numbers, hold
✩
and press
the numbered keys.
5. Press or
ENTER
to see a
guide about how to write the
letter or number.

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Saving Words for Study
6. Press or
ENTER
again to see the
letter or number written on the
screen.
7. To see the letter or number writ-
tenagain,press or
ENTER
again.
8. Press
SAY
or
SPELL
to hear the
letter or number pronounced.
9. Hold
✩
and press
DN
or
UP
to
see the next or previous letter
or number.
Learning to Write
Letters and Words
➤ LearningtoWriteCursiveWords
You can learn how to write cursive
words. Simply select Cursive Words
fromtheHandwritingmenuandthenuse
the arrow keys to select a word from
the word list. For example, select
ball .
Press
SAY
(green) to hear the word
pronounced.Press
SPELL
(red)tohear
thewordspelledaloud.Toseetheword
written again, press or
ENTER
.
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.
Adding and Viewing Words
1. Press
CLEAR
.
2. Press
MENU
and select User List.
3. Highlight Add to List.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Type a 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 View List and press
ENTER
to see the list.
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