User manual FRANKLIN IC-157

[. . . ] The DIGITAL BOOK contains Franklin's confidential and propriety information which you agree to take adequate steps to protect from unauthorized disclosure or use. This license is effective until terminated. This license terminates immediately without notice from FRANKLIN if you fail to comply with any provision of this license. 1 Contents License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 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 the Speech Card's word list. Press SAY , ENTER , or SPEC to hear the word pronounced. To hear the word repeated, press SAY , ENTER , or SPEC . 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. Press SPACE to go to the next page of help. To exit the help text press BACK . 7 Pronouncing Words Using Punctuation and Capitalization · Apostrophes The Speech Card does recognize conjunctions: (e. g. The apostrophe is typed by holding SHIFT and pressing . 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. Mostly these are titles such as Mr. , Mrs. , and Ms. . · Hyphens The Speech Card recognizes words that require the use of a hyphen in the word itself: (e. g. fatherin-law, first-rate, cross-reference). The hyphen is typed by holding SHIFT and pressing , - . 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. [. . . ] 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. This warranty applies only to products manufactured by or for FRANKLIN. [. . . ]