Franklin BOOKMAN SSA-840 User manual

License Agreement

READ THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT BEFORE USING ANY BOOKMAN ELEC-

TRONIC 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

BOOKANDYOURPURCHASEPRICEWILLBEREFUNDED.BOOKMANELEC-

TRONIC BOOK means the software product, hardware, and documentation found

in this package and FRANKLIN means Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.

LIMITED USE LICENSE

All rights in the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK remain the property of FRANK-

LIN. Through your purchase, FRANKLIN grants you a personal and nonexclusive

licensetousetheBOOKMANELECTRONICBOOKonasingleFRANKLINBOOK-

MAN at a time. You may not make any copies of the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC

BOOK or of the preprogrammed data stored therein, whether in electronic or print

format.Suchcopyingwouldbeinviolationofapplicablecopyrightlaws.Further,you

may not modify, adapt, disassemble, decompile, translate, create derivative works

of, or in any way reverse engineer the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK. You may

not export or reexport, directly or indirectly, the BOOKMAN ELECTRONIC BOOK

without compliance with appropriate governmental regulations. The BOOKMAN

ELECTRONICBOOKcontainsFranklin’sconfidentialandproprietyinformationwhich

you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use.

This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately with-

out notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license.

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

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.

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.

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.

✩

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.

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.

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.



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

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

, 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

. Then use

to highlight Setup and press

ENTER

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

to read the help.

Press

BACK

to exit the message.

To read about how to use the keys,

select

Tutorial

from the Setup menu.

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.

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

and its last letter is

enter

?h??w

to see possible answers.

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

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.

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

SPELL

to hear the

letter or number pronounced.

9. Hold

✩

and press

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

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.

▼

Table of contents

Other Franklin PDA manuals

Franklin

Franklin Crossword Puzzle Solver CWM-108 User manual

Franklin

Franklin Crosswords Puzzle Solver CWP-100 User manual

Franklin

Franklin PHM-3022 User manual

Franklin

Franklin Crosswords Puzzle Solver CWQ-106 User manual

Franklin

Franklin Crosswords Puzzle Solver CWP-200 User manual

Franklin

Franklin SpringboardTM Module PDR 2000 User manual

Franklin

Franklin BOOKMAN QTS-2040 User manual

Franklin

Franklin SA-207A User manual

Franklin

Franklin KJV-450 User manual

Franklin

Franklin BOOKMAN BFS-840 User manual

Franklin

Franklin EBC-530 User manual

Franklin

Franklin TPQ-200 User manual

Franklin

Franklin Next Century QC-10 User manual

Franklin

Franklin IC-162 User manual

Franklin

Franklin BOOKMAN Writer BW-10 User manual

Franklin

Franklin IC-163 User manual

Franklin

Franklin NEXT CENTURY CPS-100 User manual

Franklin

Franklin Spellmaster QES-90 Manual

Franklin

Franklin BOOKMAN STK-2032 User manual

Franklin

Franklin CrossWords Puzzle Solver CW-50 User manual

Franklin

Franklin bes-2110 User manual

Franklin

Franklin SMM-106 User manual

Franklin

Franklin MED-SPELL SME-106 User manual

Franklin

Franklin BOOKMAN SSA-2045 User manual

Popular PDA manuals by other brands

SPOT

SPOT SPOT user guide

Palm

Palm handheld Getting started guide

Winmate

Winmate E500QK user guide

Getac

Getac PS236 Specifications

Sharp

Sharp CE-1600P Operation manual

HTC

HTC PHAR100 user manual

Mindeo

Mindeo M40 Reference manual

Acer

Acer n30 manual

ASCOM

ASCOM 9D24 EX brochure

Unitech

Unitech PA520BTNF user manual

HandHeld

HandHeld Nautiz X3 user manual

Casio

Casio PALM manual

Sharp

Sharp TM-20 Software guide

Atid

Atid AT870 quick guide

AML

AML M7225 user guide

Audiovox

Audiovox Maestro Quick start card

Casio

Casio PV-750 Plus Function guide

Unitech

Unitech PT630 Programming reference guide