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BOOKMAN
EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK
Speak English!
Electronic Publishers
USER’S GUIDE
ESL-580
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License Agreement READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU AC- CEPT THE TERMS OF THIS LICENSE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, YOU MAY RETURN THIS PACKAGE WITH PURCHASE RECEIPT TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH YOU PURCHASED THE BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. BOOKMAN ELEC- TRONIC BOOK means the software product, hardware, and documentation found in this package and FRANKLIN means F
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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
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Key Guide Color Keys Direction Keys HEAR (red) Plays the prerecorded Scrolls through text or menus, or word(s). moves the cursor or highlight. SELF DN UP (green) Plays your recorded Pages down or up. word(s). Key Combinations* BOTH (yellow) Plays your recorded CAP + Goes to the next or previ- word(s) first and then plays the or ous paragraph or section. prerecorded word(s). BACK ✩ + Goes to the top level of a SHOW (blue) Shows how to pro- menu. nounce a word. ✩ + S Lets you enter a word to O
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About the Special Features PC Headphone Jack Serial Port Volume Control Your BOOKMAN 580 model is equipped MAN and/or PC. Franklin’s serial with several special features that many, but cable is specifically designed for the not all, BOOKMAN books use. To learn if transfer of data between your you can use the special features with a par- BOOKMAN and a PC. ticular book, read its User’s Guide. Note: Speak English! does not use the serial port. Serial Port: The serial port allows your BOOKMAN, when
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Installing the Batteries Installing Book Cards Warning: Never install or remove a Your BOOKMAN model ESL-580 re- book card when your BOOKMAN is on. quires two AAA batteries. Here is how If you do, information that you’ve en- to install or replace them. tered in the built-in book, and in any in- 1. Turn your BOOKMAN over. stalled book card, will be erased. 2. Remove the battery cover by 1. Turn your BOOKMAN off. pinching its tab and then lift- ing up. 2. Turn your BOOKMAN over. The battery cover
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Selecting a Book Using the Color Keys Once you have installed a book card in The red, green, yellow, and blue keys on your BOOKMAN, you can select the top row of your BOOKMAN change which book you want to use. Note: functions according to which book you The built-in book will be automatically have selected and are using. selected when no book cards are in- If you have selected the built-in book, stalled. the color keys function as labeled on ON/OFF 1. Press to turn your BOOK- the keyboard. If y
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Changing the Settings Viewing a Demonstration You can adjust the shutoff time and Before you start using your new screen contrast of this book. The shutoff BOOKMAN, you may want to see a time is how long your BOOKMAN stays brief demonstration of what it can do. on if you forget to turn it off. Contrast re- When a book card is installed in your fers to how light or dark the screen is. BOOKMAN, simply select View Demo from the Setup menu to view the demo. CLEAR 1. Press . When no book card is inst
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Hearing Correct Using the Introduction Pronunciations To get started, you can learn about the To hear the correct pronunciation of high- main features of Speak English! by lighted words on the Word List and in the reading its Introduction. Here’s how. lessons and games, all you have to do is HEAR press the key. Try the following CLEAR 1. Press . example. Note: In order to hear the word, you must be wearing headphones. You can control the volume with the dial located Introduction is already high
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Recording and Hearing Hearing Correct Pronunciations Your Voice Perfecting your pronunciation of En- ➤ About the Word List glish words takes practice. With your The words on the Word List are Speak English!, you can record your representative of the different own voice and then play it back to hear vowel and consonant sounds used your progress. You can record for up to in English. 16 seconds. Here’s how. ➤ Follow the Arrows SPACE 1. Press to begin recording. The flashing arrows on the right T
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Comparing Pronunciations Showing Pronunciations For comparison, you can hear your You can see both the phonetic spelling of pronunciation of a word followed by its a highlighted word and a picture showing correct pronunciation. It is as simple as how the sounds of that highlighted word pressing a key. are made. Here’s how. 1. Highlight a word on the Word 1. Highlight a word on the Word List or find a highlighted List. For example, highlight word in a lesson. For ex- flower. ample, highlight chil
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Showing Pronunciations Showing Pronunciations ENTER 11. Press and use to read a lesson about con- trasting similar sounds. BACK 12. Press twice to go back to 6. When is on the ENTER the original phonetic analysis. screen, press to see a CLEAR moving picture. 13. Press when finished. ➤ Understanding the Interna- tional Phonetic Alphabet To stop the moving picture, press The International Phonetic Alphabet any key. (IPA ) provides unique symbols for 7. To see the picture move each speech so
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Hearing Spellings Hearing Spellings Here’s how to hear words spelled ➤ Another Way to Hear Spellings aloud. To read the lesson about spelling CLEAR 1. Press . words aloud, first highlight Let’s S 2. Hold ✩ and press . Talk! from the Outline menu and ENTER press to select it. Then select Spelling Words Out and use or DN to read the text. When you get ENTER to the end of the text, press This is the word-entry screen. for the exercise. 3. Type a word. Listen to the prerecorded question and type
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Using the Lessons Using the Lessons You can work on perfecting your En- 5. Use to highlight a lesson and ENTER glish pronunciation by using the les- press . For example, select sons in Speak English! The lessons are /p/ as in “pat.” located on the Outline menu. Be sure to read the screen directions in each lesson for guidance. Remember, if you are hav- HELP ing trouble, press the key for DN 6. Use or to read the text. more instructions. Follow the screen directions to CLEAR 1. Press . comple
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Playing the Games Playing the Games HEAR You can play three fun games that test Press to hear the word again as your mastery of English pronuncia- many times as you like. When you tions. Here’s how to play. think you know what word is being ENTER said, press to see if you are cor- Selecting a Game DN rect. To hear a new word, press . CLEAR 1. Press . To hear the previous word, press UP . 2. Press to highlight Let’s Playing Say It Right Talk! from the Outline menu. In Say It Right, you wil
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Sending Words Between Books Resetting BOOKMAN This BOOKMAN book can send words If the BOOKMAN keyboard fails to re- to certain other BOOKMAN books. spond, or if its screen performs errati- CLEAR cally, first press and then press To send a word, you must first install a ON/OFF twice. If nothing happens, follow book card in your BOOKMAN, and that the steps below to reset it. book card must be able to receive Warning: Pressing the reset button with words. To learn if a book card can send more tha
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Limited Warranty (U.S. only) Specifications FRANKLIN warrants to you that the BOOKMAN PRODUCT will be free from Model: ESL-580 defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your BOOKMAN PRODUCT, FRANKLIN will repair • size: 12 x 8.3 x 1.4 cm or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer from which you made your purchase or Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., • weight: 4 oz One Franklin Plaza, Burlington, NJ 0801
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Index Name That Picture 14 Auto-resume feature 9 Numbers, typing 3, 12 Batteries Outline menu 14 installing 5 Picture bar 11 replacing 5 Record (SPACE) key 9, 14 Blue (SHOW) key 3, 10, 11 Book cards Recording your voice 9 Red (HEAR) key 3, 8, 10, 14 installing 5 Replacing batteries 5 removing 5 Say It Right 14 BOTH (yellow) key 3, 10, 11, 14 Screen illustrations 6 CARD key 6 Selecting books 6 Color keys SELF (green) key 3, 9, 11 understanding 3 Serial Port 4 using 6 Set Co
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BOOKMAN EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK Speak English! Electronic Publishers USER’S GUIDE ESL-580
