Franklin Spelling Tutor SA-50 Operating Instructions

Thank you for purchasing the Spelling Tutor (SA-50). 

HOW TO USE THE SA-50

Battery Installation: Open the battery compartment lo-

cated on the underside of the unit by sliding the cover 

off toward you. Be sure to position 4 AAA batteries (not 

included) according to the polarity markings (+-) inside 

the compartment. We recommend the use of alkaline or 

high quality rechargeable batteries.

Turn the SA-50 on by pressing: 

. You see: 

Important: If the screen is too bright or too dark, use 

 to brighten the contrast or 

 to darken the con-

trast.

The Spelling Tutor has an automatic shutoff feature 

which extends battery life. See the games portion of this 

manual if you want to set a longer shutoff time.

NOTE: Pressing 

 at the “Ready” screen brings up 

general operating instructions. Pressing the info key at 

other screens brings up information relevant to the 

screen you are viewing.

SPELL CORRECTION

The SA-50 contains a 50,000 word spell-checking dic-

tionary which is edited and maintained by Merriam-

Webster. Type in a word the way you think it is spelled 

and the SA-50’s Spellblaster II correction technology 

brings you a list of corrections.

Let’s see what happens when you enter a correctly 

ON/OFF

INFO

spelled word. Type 

tough

.

 Press 

. The message “Correct!” flashes to let 

you know that you have spelled the word correctly.

If you make a mistake typing in a letter, use 

 to erase 

the last one you typed.

Pressing 

 will add a space.

Now let’s try a misspelling. Press 

 to return to the 

“Ready” screen.

Type 

tuf

 and then press 

. 

The message “Working...” flashes and then the mes-

sage “List size 10” appears for a short period of time. 

The screen below then appears:

The down arrow indicates the availability of more words. 

Use 

 to see them.

MATCHMAKER

Your SA-50 has an amazing way to look up words. It’s 

called Matchmaker. There are two Matchmaker sym-

bols: a “?” (Letter Detective) and an “

✽

” (Fragment Find-

er).

Let’s try using them now! Make sure that you are at the 

“Ready” screen. Type 

e??y

. Your screen should look 

like the one below:

ENTER

CLEAR

ENTER

Now press 

. The screen below appears:

Use 

 and 

 to see every four letter word from the 

SA-50 which begins with “e” and ends in “y”. This is a 

great feature if you like playing crossword puzzles.

The next Matchmaker symbol we’ll try is called the 

Fragment Finder. Use 

 to type it in. The “

✽

” sym-

bol represents zero or more characters.

Let’s try it now. Press 

. Type the letters 

oa

. 

Press 

. Your screen should look like the one be-

low:

Press 

. You now see:

Let’s try a different way of using the Fragment Finder. 

Let’s suppose that you want to find all of the words in the 

SA-50 that end in “ment”.

Press 

. Type in 

ment

 and then press 

. 

You now see:

ENTER

WILDCARD

WILDCARD

WILDCARD

ENTER

WILDCARD

ENTER

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