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Franklin IC-157 User Manual
Summary of IC-157
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Electronic publishers digital book ic-157 electronic publishers f ♠ ♠ for use with the franklin digital book system ® fold user’s manual ® speech card.
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1 license agreement read this license agreement before using the 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...
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2 contents license agreement ........................... 1 contents ............................................ 2 introduction ....................................... 3 key guide ......................................... 4 installing the digital book .................. 5 viewing a demonstration ......
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3 introduction the dbs speech card’s purpose is to pronounce en- 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 functio...
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4 key guide *hold the gold key while pressing the other key. 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., eras...
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5 1. Turn off the digital book system. 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 highlig...
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6 viewing a demonstration 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 necessar...
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7 pronouncing words the most basic use of the dbs speech card is to type 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 m...
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8 pronouncing words ✓ using punctuation and capitalization • 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,...
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9 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. 1. Type the sentence that you wish to hear pro- nounced without sentence punctuation. 2. Press say , enter , or spec ...
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10 pronouncing words from other books you can send words from other digital books to the speech card to be spoken. This is very useful when used with oxford student's dictionary bilingual dictionaries. You can look up words in another language, see the english translation, and hear the english pronu...
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11 using the digital book system ® resetting the digital book system to reset the digital book system, either hold clear while pressing on/off , or press the recessed reset but- ton on the back of the digital book system. (read its basic operating guide for details.) warning: resetting the digital b...
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12 using the digital book system replacing the batteries the dbs-1 and dbs-2 use four 3-volt, cr2032 lithium batteries. The dbs-2d uses four 1.5-volt, aa batteries. 1. Have new batteries on hand. 2. Turn the digital book system off. 3. Slide the battery cover off the back. 4. Remove all the batterie...
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13 limited warranty franklin warrants to you that the digital book will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for one year from purchase. In the case of such a defect in your digital book, franklin will repair or replace it without charge on return, with purchase receipt, to the dealer f...
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14 model ic-157 • size: 2-1/4” x 1-1/4” x 1/4” • weight: 0.3 oz. Customer service if you have a problem with this digital book, refer to the limited warranty information. If you purchased this digital book outside the united states, contact the place of pur- chase to obtain warranty or repair inform...
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15 index about the screen illustrations 2 adjusting controls 6 screen contrast 6 volume 6 apostrophes 8 audio system 3 auto-resume feature 5 batteries, replacing 12 capitals 8 cleaning 11 copyrights 14 customer service 14 demonstration, viewing 6 digital book system cleaning 11 protecting 11 resetti...
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16 index phrases 9 pronouncing sentences 9 words 7 pronouncing words from other books 10 protecting and cleaning 11 replacing the batteries 12 resetting the digital book system 11 resuming use of digital book (auto-resume feature) 5 screen illustrations 2 sentence, limitation 9 sentences, pronouncin...
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Electronic publishers digital book ic-157 electronic publishers f ♠ ♠ for use with the franklin digital book system ® fold user’s manual ® speech card.