Franklin Bookman ESL-580 User manual

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EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC BOOK

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USER’S GUIDE

ESL-580

Speak English!

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Contents

Welcome to the world of BOOKMAN

BOOKMAN is a powerful, portable

electronic reference with a built-in book

and two slots in the back for more

books. With

Speak English!

, you can

improve your pronunciation of English

by listening to correct prerecorded pro-

nunciations of about 2,000 words and

phrases, recording your own pronun-

ciations and then comparing both.

Speak English!

also provides lessons,

exercises, and games that can help you

improve your pronunciation skills. To

learn how, read this User’s Guide.

About the Special Features ..................................................... 4

Installing the Batteries and Book Cards .................................. 5

Selecting a Book ..................................................................... 6

Using the Color Keys ............................................................... 6

Changing the Settings ............................................................. 7

Viewing a Demonstration ........................................................ 7

Using the Introduction ............................................................. 8

Hearing Correct Pronunciations .............................................. 8

Recording and Hearing Your Voice .......................................... 9

Comparing Pronunciations ...................................................... 10

Showing Pronunciations .......................................................... 10

Hearing Spellings .................................................................... 12

Using the Lessons ................................................................... 13

Playing the Games ................................................................... 14

Sending Words Between Books ............................................... 15

Resetting BOOKMAN .............................................................. 15

Limited Warranty (U.S. only) ................................................... 16

Specifications .......................................................................... 16

Key Guide

Color Keys

HEAR

(red)Plays the prerecorded

word(s).

SELF

(green)Plays your recorded

word(s).

BOTH

(

yellow

)

Plays your recorded

word(s) first and then plays the

prerecorded word(s).

SHOW

(

blue

)

Shows how to pro-

nounce a word.

Other Keys

BACK

Erases a letter or backs up.

CAP

Shifts the keys to type capitals.

CARD

Exits the book you are reading.

CLEAR

Clears the screen and goes to

the Outline menu.

ENTER

Enters a word, selects a menu

item, or starts an exercise.

HELP

Displays help messages.

Displays the main menus.

ON/OFF

Turns BOOKMAN on or off.

✽

Displays the Outline location or

the full title (from the menu).

SPACE

Starts and stops a recording.

Direction Keys

Scrolls through text or menus, or

moves the cursor or highlight.

Pages down or up.

Key Combinations*

CAP

+ Goes to the next or previ-

ous paragraph or section.

✩

BACK

Goes to the top level of a

menu.

✩

Lets you enter a word to

hear its spelling.

✩

+ Q-PTypes numbers.

✩

Goes to the next or previ-

ous exercise or lesson.

* Hold the first key while pressing the other key.

➤ 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 la-

beled on their keyboards or book

cards. To learn more, read “Using the

Color Keys.”

About the Special Features

Your BOOKMAN 580 model is equipped

with several special features that many, but

not all, BOOKMAN books use. To learn if

you can use the special features with a par-

ticular book, read its User’s Guide.

Serial Port: The serial port allows

your BOOKMAN, when connected by

Franklin’s 3.5 mm serial cable, to trans-

fer information to and from a personal

computer.

Warning: Using a serial cable

other than the one obtained from

Franklin may damage your BOOK-

MAN and/or PC. Franklin’s serial

cable is specifically designed for the

transfer of data between your

BOOKMAN and a PC.

Note:

Speak English!

does not use

the serial port.

Volume Control: The dial located

under the headphone jack controls the

volume of the headphones.

Headphone Jack: Your BOOK-

MAN also has a 3.5 mm stereo head-

phone jack for use with a standard

impedance 8 Ohm headphones.

Serial Por

Headphone Jack

Volume Control

Installing the Batteries

Your BOOKMAN model ESL-580 re-

quires two AAA batteries. Here is how

to install or replace them.

1. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

2. Remove the battery cover by

pinching its tab and then lift-

ing up.

The battery cover is located near

the etched product information.

3. Install the batteries as shown

in the diagram inside the

case.

4. Replace the battery cover.

Warning: When the batteries lose all

power or are removed from your

BOOKMAN, information that you en-

tered in its built-in book and in any in-

stalled book cards will be erased.

Warning: Never install or remove a

book card when your BOOKMAN is on.

If you do, information that you’ve en-

tered in the built-in book, and in any in-

stalled book card, will be erased

1. Turn your BOOKMAN off.

2. Turn your BOOKMAN over.

3. Align the tabs of the book

card with the notches in the

slot.

4. Press the book card down

until it snaps into place.

Installing Book Cards

➤If the Batteries Are Low

When the batteries are low on

power, the screen display starts to

dim and the voice becomes slurred.

If this happens, replace the old bat-

teries with new ones.

➤ Removing Book Cards

Warning: When you remove a

book card to install another, infor-

mation that you entered in the

removed book card will be erased.

Selecting a Book

Once you have installed a book card in

your BOOKMAN, you can select

which book you want to use. Note:

The built-in book will be automatically

selected when no book cards are in-

stalled.

1. Press

ON/OFF

to turn your BOOK-

MAN 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.

➤ About Screen Illustrations

Some screen illustrations in this User’s

Guide may differ from what you see on

the screen. This does not mean that

your BOOKMAN is malfunctioning.

Using the Color Keys

he red, green, yellow, and blue keys on

the top row of your BOOKMAN change

functions according to which book you

have selected and are using.

If you have selected the built-in book,

the color keys function as labeled on

the keyboard. If you have selected a

book in a book card, the color keys

function as labeled on that book card.

Remember, when you have selected a

book card, the color keys function as

labeled on that book card, not as on

the keyboard.

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You can adjust the shutoff time and

screen contrast of this book. The shutoff

time is how long your BOOKMAN stays

on if you forget to turn it off. Contrast re-

fers to how light or dark the screen is.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Use or to highlight the

Setup menu.

3. Press to highlight Set

Shutoff or Set Contrast.

4. Press

ENTER

5. Use or to highlight a

setting.

If you select

Set Contrast

, press

or repeatedly to make the

screen darker or lighter.

To leave the settings unchanged,

press

BACK

6. Press

ENTER

to select it.

Changing the Settings

Before you start using your new

BOOKMAN, you may want to see a

brief demonstration of what it can do.

When a book card is installed in your

BOOKMAN, simply select

View Demo

from the Setup menu to view the demo.

When no book card is installed in your

BOOKMAN, the demonstration will au-

tomatically appear after you turn the

unit on. To stop the demonstration,

press

CLEAR

. To disable it, press

and then select

Disable Demo

from

the Setup menu. To re-enable it, select

Enable Demo

from the Setup menu.

Viewing a Demonstration

➤ Help is Always at Hand

You can view a help message at vir-

tually any time by pressing

HELP

Press or

to read the help.

Press

BACK

to exit the message.

To read about how to use the keys,

select

Tutorial

from the Setup menu.

To get started, you can learn about the

main features of

Speak English!

reading its Introduction. Here’s how.

1. Press

CLEAR

Introduction

is already highlighted.

2. Press

ENTER

To stop the moving picture, press

any key.

3. After watching the moving pic-

ture, use to read the text.

Follow the directions to learn how to

hear the prerecorded voice, record

your own voice, hear both voices, and

see the phonetic analysis of words.

4. At the end of the introduc-

tion, hold

✩

and press

begin the lessons.

To learn more about the lessons,

read “Using the Lessons.”

Using the Introduction

To hear the correct pronunciation of high-

lighted words on the Word List and in the

lessons and games, all you have to do is

press the

HEAR

key. Try the following

example.

Note: In order to hear the word, you

must be wearing headphones. You can

control the volume with the dial located

near the headphone jack.

1. Press

CLEAR

2. Press to highlight the

Word List.

3. Start typing a word until it is

highlighted. For example,

type wrought.

Or press or repeatedly to

highlight a word.

4. Press

HEAR

(red) or

ENTER

hear the correct pronuncia-

tion of the highlighted word.

To hear the word again, press

HEAR

ENTER

again.

Hearing Correct

Pronunciations

➤ About the Word List

The words on the Word List are

representative of the different

vowel and consonant sounds used

in English.

➤ Follow the Arrows

The flashing arrows on the right

side of the screen tell you which

keys to press to see more.

Recording and Hearing

Your Voice

Perfecting your pronunciation of En-

glish words takes practice. With your

Speak English!

, you can record your

own voice and then play it back to hear

your progress. You can record for up to

16 seconds. Here’s how.

1. Press

SPACE

to begin recording.

The electronic tone tells you that

Speak English!

is recording.

2. Speak clearly into the micro-

phone.

The microphone is located to the

left of the glass screen display.

3. Press

SPACE

again to stop re-

cording

The electronic tone tells you that

Speak English!

has stopped recording.

Note: After 16 seconds of recording, the

electronic tone sounds to tell you that

Speak English!

has stopped recording.

4. Press

SELF

(green) to hear

your voice.

5. Press

CLEAR

when you are fin-

ished.

➤Resuming Where You Left Off

You can turn off your BOOKMAN

at any time. When you turn your

BOOKMAN on again, the screen

that you last viewed appears.

Hearing Correct

Pronunciations

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