Franklin IC-157 Operation & User’s Manual

Digital Book System® User’s Manual ® Speech Card ...

DIGITAL BOOK. YOUR USE OF THE DIGITAL BOOK DEEMS THAT YOU ACCEPT 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 DIGITAL BOOK AND YOUR PURCHASE PRICE WILL BE REFUNDED. DIGITAL BOOK me ...

Contents ............................................2 Introduction .......................................3 Key Guide .........................................4 Installing the Digital Book ..................5 Viewing a Demonstration ..................6 Pronouncing Words...........................7 Pr ...

glish 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 cor- rect pronunciation of English words and phrases. The three main functions you will perform with the Speech Card are the following ...

Function Keys SAY Pronounce the typed word, phrase, or sentence. (Not all Digital Book Systems have this key.) ENTER Pronounce the typed word, phrase, or sentence. SPEC Pronounce the typed word, phrase, or sentence BACK Back up (e.g., erase a typed letter). CARD Exit the selected digital book. CLEA ...

2. Install the digital book into a slot on the back. 3. Press ON/OFF . 4. If needed, turn the wheel on the side of the Digi- tal Book System to adjust the screen contrast. If the screen is still blank, check the batteries. 5. Press CARD . 6. Press or to highlight the DBS Speech Card icon, if needed. 7. Press ENTER to ...

When you start the DBS Speech Card, you will be shown a brief demonstration on how to use the prod- uct. First time users should view the whole demonstra- tion to see how the Speech Card works. 1. Press ON/OFF to turn on. 2. Select the Franklin Speech Card icon, if necessary. 3. If you wish to stop demo, press CLEAR . 4. Type DEMO ...

a word to hear its pronunciation. 1. Type the word you wish to hear pronounced. The Franklin Speech Card does not spell-check your entries. 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 ...

• Apostrophes The Speech Card does recognize conjunctions: (e.g. can’t, wouldn’t, it’s). The apostrophe is typed by holding SHIFT and pressing . ’ . However, the Speech Card does not pronounce possessives us- ing an apostrophe, like woman’s, players’, their’s. • Periods There are s ...

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. 1. Type the sentence that you wish to hear pro- nounced without sentence punctuation. 2. Press SAY , ENTER , or SPEC to hear the sentence pronounced. 3. To hear the sentence re ...