User manual FRANKLIN IC-157

[. . . ] This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. 1 Contents License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 About the Screen Illustrations Some screen illustrations in this User's Manual may vary slightly from what you see on screen. These variations do not mean that this digital book or your Digital Book System is malfunctioning. 2 Introduction The DBS Speech Card's purpose is to pronounce English words. It is designed for people who are speaking English for the first time, people who speak English as a second language, and people who want to hear correct pronunciation of English words and phrases. [. . . ] If you misspell a word you will see a Pronunciation not available error message. This message will also appear if the word that you typed is not in the Speech Card's word list. To edit the word, press BACK to erase letters and then type the letters you wish. Press CLEAR to clear the entry. Help is at Hand You can view a help message any time by pressing HELP . The messages will give you instructions on how to use this digital book. To exit the help text press BACK . 7 Pronouncing Words Using Punctuation and Capitalization · Apostrophes The Speech Card does recognize conjunctions: (e. g. However, the Speech Card does not pronounce possessives using an apostrophe, like woman's, players', their's. · Periods There are some abbreviations that the Speech Card recognizes. · Hyphens The Speech Card recognizes words that require the use of a hyphen in the word itself: (e. g. Be careful with this function; if the word does not require a hyphen then the word will not be recognized. · Capitals You can type capitals with this digital book by holding the SHIFT key and pressing the letter you wish to have capitalized. The Speech Card will only recognize a word if the first letter is capitalized. 8 Pronouncing Phrases & Sentences Another function of the Speech Card is to pronounce sentences. It can say up to eight words having no more than thirty characters, including spaces. Type the sentence that you wish to hear pronounced without sentence punctuation. 2. To edit the sentence, press BACK to erase any letters and type the letters you wish. Phrases The Speech Card does not differentiate phrases from complete sentences. Therefore, you can type any kind of phrase you want and it will pronounce each word, as long as it recognizes each word. 9 Pronouncing Words from Other Books You can send words from other Digital Books to the Speech Card to be spoken. This is very useful when used with Oxford Student's Dictionary Bilingual Dictionaries. You can look up words in another language, see the English translation, and hear the English pronunciation all within the Digital Book System. Use the arrow keys to highlight the word you wish to send to the Speech Card. Press ENTER to send the word to the Speech Card and hear it pronounced. You may return to the Digital Book from which you sent the word by pressing CARD , or , and ENTER . 10 Using the Digital Book System® w w Resetting the Digital Book System To reset the Digital Book System, either hold CLEAR while pressing ON/OFF , or press the recessed reset button on the back of the Digital Book System. [. . . ] FRANKLIN makes no warranty with respect to the accuracy of data in the DIGITAL BOOK. No warranty is made that the DIGITAL BOOK will run uninterrupted or error free. You assume all risk of any damage or loss from your use of the DIGITAL BOOK. This warranty does not apply if, in the sole discretion of FRANKLIN, the DIGITAL BOOK has been tampered with, damaged by accident, abuse, misuse, or misapplication, or as a result of service or modification by any party, including any dealer, other than FRANKLIN. [. . . ]