Casio E-A10 Operation Manual

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RJA537168-001V01　　　MO1706-B　　　PrintedinChina

CASIO Japanese Language Learning Tool Operation Guide ( )

Before using this product, be sure to read and observe the separate “Operating Precautions”. Be sure to keep all user documentation handy for future reference. This Operation Guide provides you with general information you need to start using your Japanese Language Learning Tool.

The scre

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→ Quick Palette 【】 button

Load the two AA-size batteries that come with the Japanese Learning Tool before trying to use it.

Remove the battery

Load two batteries.

Replace the battery cover.

Remove the stylus

Unfold the Japanese Learning Tool.

On the 言語設定 (language

Use the time setting screen

en shots and product illustrations shown in this manual may be diff pro

duct. Also note that some keys and screen

indicators are

shown in simpliﬁed form.

erent from those of the actual

Example: → 、

Loading Batteries for the First Time

cover.

While pre

• the two shown in the illustration, slide the battery cover in the dire the arro

Load each battery with

• the minus (–) pole facing as shown in the nearby illustration. With the battery on top of

• the ribbon, pre on the plus (+) end of the battery. Make sure

• ends are and that the spring is pre

from the side of the Japanese Learning Tool and use it to press the RESET button.

Do not use a

• toothpick, lead pencil, or other object with a bre

Recording microphone

This causes the 言語設定 (language selection) screen to appear.

selection) screen, use and to move ● to 英語 (English) and then press

This causes the time setting scre

•

to conﬁgure time settings.

Use

• the stylus to highlight the setting you want to change, and then use the on-scre number keys to change the setting. To

• 24-hour format timekeeping. When you are

• you need to touch before To

• settings, touch

ssing down on

locations

ction indicated by

ws.

ss down

the (+) and (–)

facing correctly

ssed straight down.

RESET button

akable tip.

Display

(Enter).

en to appear.

, , , and or

uch 【12/24】 to toggle between 12-hour and

using 12-hour format timekeeping,

【AM】 (a.m.) or 【PM】 (p.m.)

setting the time.

display the HOME screen without changing time

【中止】 (Cancel).

Stylus

Keyboard

Arrow keys

Number keys

Press .

Altern

atively, you also

• could touch (Save) on the time setting scre This displays the

• HOME scre To

avoid misplacing the stylus, always be sure to

• re

turn it to its storage slot in the side of the Japanese Learn using it. Yo

u can assign dictionaries you want to the HOME

• scre information, see “ Dictionaries to the HOME Scre to the right).

【保存】

en.

ing Tool whenever you are not

en so they are available for selection. For more

Assigning Often-used

Turning Power On and Off

Power turns on and off automatically whenever you open or close the Japanese Learning Tool panels

u also can use the

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following key operation to turn

power on or off.

Press the key to turn on power.

Power also turn

• mode key.

Press again to turn off power.

s on when you press a dictionary/

Dictionary/ mode keys

General Guide

Display

You can touch the screen to select an on-screen item, swipe it to scroll to another screen, or input characters by handwriting them on the screen.

Quick Palette icons

You can quickly perform various operations by touching icons with the stylus. The Quick Palette icons along the left side of the display depend on the function being used.

①

② ③

④

⑤

① Dictionary/mode keys

Toggle between the initial screens of the two dictionaries/modes assigned to each key.

② (Power) Key

Toggles power on and off.

③ Earphones Jack (Side)

Connect commercially available earphones.

④ USB Cable Connector (Side)

You can use a speciﬁed USB cable to connect to a computer for power.

⑤ (Shift) Key

To input (?) or (*) or to use a function marked with the same type of frame as this key, Release and then press the desired key.

⑥ (Scroll) Keys

Scroll screen contents up and down.

• While a deﬁnition or explanation screen is displayed,

• pre

ssing and then a scroll key scrolls to the

previous or next screen.

⑦ (Text Size) (Volume Level (+)) Key

Changes the size of the displayed text.

• Also pre

•

ss to raise the pronunciation volume level. If

no pro

nunciation is being output, press ﬁrst.

⑧ (History) (Volume Level (-)) Key

Accesses history data.

• Also pre

•

ss to lower pronunciation volume level. If no

pro

nunciation is being output, press ﬁrst.

⑨ (Jump) Key

Jumps from a deﬁnition or explanation to a related item in the same dictionary, displayed scre

en in a different dictionary.

⑩ (Audio/Guide) Key

Press to play native speaker or synthesized

• pronunciation or to compare your pronunciation with native speaker pro Pre

ss after to view guide information.

•

nunciation.

⑪ (Back) Key

Back-steps through previous operations.

Quick Palette buttons

You can quickly perform various operations by touching buttons with the stylus.

⑫⑪⑩⑨⑧⑥ ⑦ ⑬

or looks up a term on the

en” (in the column

(Power)

ﬁrst press .

⑫ (Enter) Key

Applies input characters or the item selected on the scre

en.

⑬ Arrow Keys

These keys move the selection highlighting or cursor up, down, left, or right.

⑭ (Setup/Delete) Key

Deletes the character to the right of the current

• cursor location. Pre

ss after to display a screen for changing

• the setup of the Japanese Learning Tool.

⑮ Card Slot (Side)

Use this slot to view photo data.

⑯ Letter Keys

Use these keys to input characters.

⑰ (HOME) Key

Displays the HOME screen.

⑱ 【戻る】 (Back)

Performs the same functions as the ⑪ (Back) key.

⑲ 【決定】 (Enter)

Performs the same functions as the ⑫ (Enter) key.

⑳ 【ノート】 (Note)

Touch to use the ノート (Note) function. ( page 2).

󰼼 【さらに検索】 (Search Again)

Touch this button when performing split screen searc

h*1, reﬁne/speciﬁc word order search *2, or

spelling/original form searc

h.*3

󰽇 【音声】 (Audio)

Performs the same functions as the ⑩ (Audio/ Guide) key.

󰽈 【ジャンプ】 (Jump)

Performs the same functions as the ⑨ (Jump) key.

󰽉 【トレーニングジム】 (Japanese Training Gym)

Touch to display the initial screen of the Japanese Tr

aining Gym.*4

󰽊 【】 (HOME)

Performs the same functions as the ⑰ (HOME) key.

1 While a deﬁnition or explanation screen is

displayed, you can display a deﬁnition or explanation screen from another dictionary in the lower half of the display.

2 On a PHRASE (Phrase Search) or EXAMPLE

㉕㉔㉓㉒㉑ ⑳ ⑲ ⑱

⑰

(Example Search) list screen, you can add terms and specify the word order to reﬁne a search.

3 Inputting characters for HEADWORD (Headword

Search) with a dictionary that has FUZZY SEARCH (Spell Check) and then touching 【さらに検索】 (Search Again) will display a term whose spellings resemble your input or a term that is thought to be the spelling original form of your input.

4 Content to help improve your Japanese ability.

You can select a learning plan, which is a combination of recommended content. Or you can select from among Vocabulary/Grammar,

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Listening, and more to work on a speciﬁc area.

Display Items

The following explains the meanings of the different items (indicators, icons, buttons) that appear on the display.

This: Means this:

(Comment)

(Phrase)

(Example)

(Native Voice)

(Reading)

(Pronunciation

Search)

(English)

(Language)

(Jump)

(History)

(Enlarge)

(Guide)

(Display All)

(Word Order)

(Continuous)

A deﬁnition or explanation continues off the top, bottom, left, or right of the

en. Use the arrow keys to scroll

scre

en.

the scre

There is an explanation for the word

the indicator is located.

where

There is a phrase that uses the term

looking up.

you are There is an example that uses the term

looking up.

you are Native speaker pronunciation is

available for the contents to the right or below this indicator.

Native speaker pronunciation is available.

Synthetic voice reading is available.

Pro

nunciations are available for the

English term on the scre

The language whose pro applied for pro

adings.

re There is related information for the

term you are looking up in the current dictionary.

Jump function is in use.

History function is in use.

Zoom function is in use.

Guide function is in use.

Indicates the display method when using Example Searc Searc

nunciations and

en.

nunciation is

h or Phrase

Panel Touch and Text Input Tips

When performing a display

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scre

en touch operation, be

sure

to support the back of

the display with your hand.

Stro

ng pressure is not

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quired when performing display scre operations.

oid applying excessive pressure during touch

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operations and input. Stro cracking or bre For stylus input, be sure

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comes with your Japanese Learn When using your ﬁnger for input, do not tap with your

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ﬁngern

en touch

ng pressure can cause

aking of LCD panel.

to use only the stylus that

ail.

Display

ing Tool.

Keyboard Input

To input numbers, touch the on-screen number keys.

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For information about Thai input (searc

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“Specifying the First Letter of a Thai Te

Pattern 3】 : Searching step-by-step through a series

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of titles”

(in the column to the right).

h), see rm” under

Inputting Japanese Characters

Use alphabetic characters to input Japanese.

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To input this: Type this:

いんかんさんぽ or きょうらっこ or えーる

Inputting Alphabetic Characters

To input this: Type this:

intern

Input of a question mark (?) and asterisk (*) is not

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supported for a HOME scre When entering a noun that is normally accompanied by

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an article, enter the noun only without the article. To look up “

■

Input Vietnamese using characters without tone

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symbols and blank spaces.

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the Beatles” for example, input “beatles”.

Inputting Vietnamese

xample: “bác sĩ” → “bacsi”

ur Japanese Learning Tool does not support input of

etnamese characters (ặ, đ, ể, etc.)

en search.

Inputting Chinese Characters (Pinyin)

1 2 3 4

Numbers are not actually printed on the keyboard

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keys.

To input this: Perform this operation: ming2tian1

明天)

(

To input one of the four tone symbols ( , , , ) or

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the neutral tone symbol ( ), press , use and to select the desired symbol, and then press . To

input “ü”, press V.

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Inputting with the Japanese Syllabary

When the Quick Palette【Kana Key】 icon is displayed during text input, touching it displays a Japanese syllabary keyboard, which makes text input easier.

Example: スーパー大辞林 3.0 (Japanese Dictionary) To

uching the Quick Palette

【Kana Key】 icon displays a

Japanese syllabary keyboard.

To delete a character, use and to move the cursor

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to the left of the character to be deleted, and then touch

input a small character while the Japanese syllabary

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scre then touch Katakana and hiragana keyboard

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Use 【

uching closes the Japanese syllabary screen.

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Keyboard

Japanese syllabary keyboard

【Delete】.

en is displayed, input the desired character and

【Small】 (Small Letter).

Kata】/【Hira】 to toggle between them.

s are both available.

Handwriting Input

Use the stylus to write the character on the screen.

uch the Quick Palette 【Hand】 (Handwriting) icon to

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display character input cells. Write a character into a cell and then touch 【Recog.】

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(Recognize).

Character Input Mode

The indicators described below appear on the screen to show the current input mode.

Indicator

The number of cells that appear on the screen depends

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on the type of characters that can be input.

Supported

Input

Characters Hiragana Katakana Kanji

Indicator

【Recog.】 (Recognize)

【Rewrite】

【Delete】

Correcting Character Input

The example here uses the screen (character input

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cells) that are touched.

Example: If you write 喜怒哀楽 but it is mistakenly recognized as 喜怒衰楽

Touch the character

( 衰 ) in the input ﬁeld.

This displays up to

• 10 possible candidates for the character.

If you ﬁnd the correct

character among the candidates, touch it.

If you do not ﬁnd the

• corre touch re and then touch

【Recog.】 (Recognize).

• blank (nothing input) will delete the character curre

displayed after 【Hand】 (Handwriting) is

Input ﬁeld

ct character,

【Rewrite】 ,

write the character

uching 【Rewrite】 while the character cells are

ntly in the input ﬁeld.

Touch Screen Operations

To select a dictionary

■

Touch the Quick Palette 【】 (HOME) button

to display the HOME screen.

Touch .

Touch a category.

uching a category

• selects it. The currently selected

• category or dictionary will be indicated by a green cursor (■ or

Touch a dictionary

(icon).

This displays the initial

• scre

en of the

dictionary.

To select a headword or screen item

■

Enter characters. On the list that appears,

touch the term or screen item you want.

This highlights the term or item.

•

Touch the highlighted term or item again.

This displays the deﬁnition or explanation in the

• case of a term, or the next scre scre

en item.

Scrolling the Screen

■

If there are pages following the currently displayed

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page, you can scro Swiping quickly will scro

•

panel to stop the scro

en in the case of a

ll to them by swiping the panel.

ll at high speed. Touch the

lling.

Supported

Input

Characters

Simpliﬁed Chinese

Alphabetic

Indicator

Assigning Often-used Dictionaries to

HOME Screen

the

You can assign up to six often-used dictionaries to the HOME screen for quick and easy recall whenever you need them.

To assign a dictionary to the HOME screen

■

Press to display the HOME screen.

Touch .

Touch and hold the dictionary you want to

assign for about one second.

Dictionaries are

• ord

er they were assigned, from left to right. To change the arrangement of dictionaries, delete the ones curre

To select a dictionary

■

While the HOME screen is displayed, touch

the dictionary you assigned to the HOME

displayed on the screen in the

ntly registered and register them again.

screen.

To remove a dictionary

■

While the HOME screen is displayed, touch

and hold the dictionary you want to remove for about one second.

Use and to select a dictionary removal

option, and then press .

remove only the selected dictionary, select

•

“Delete the selected content (1)”.

remove all dictionaries you assigned, select

•

“Delete all contents”.

Launching a Search from the HOME Screen

You can input Japanese, alpha characters, or Chinese to perform a Multi-Dictionary Search from the HOME Screen.

Press .

This displays the

• HOME scre

Touch the search

method you want to use: JAPANESE, ALPHABET, EXAMPLE, PHRASE,

en.

Search method

Handwriting/

Keyboard

CHINESE.

This causes the cursor ( l ) to appear in the searc

• term input box. As long as nothing is contained in the searc select a diff To

• handwriting input cells. For information about handwriting input, see “Handwriting Input” column to the left). To

• displays the Japanese syllabary keyboard information about Japanese syllabary keyboard input, see “Inputting with the Japanese Syllabary Keyboard

Enter the term you want.

• entere of EXAMPLE (Example Searc (Phrase Search), enter the characters you want and then pre Each term also includes an indicator showing its

• dictionary.

Use and to move the highlighting to a

dictionary and term combination, and then

h term input box, you can touch and

erent search method, if you want.

uching or (Handwriting) displays the

(in the

uching (Japanese syllabary keyboard)

. For

” (in the column to the left).

rms starting with the characters you have

d appear in a list on the display. In the case

h) and PHRASE

ss .

press .

This displays the deﬁnition scre

•

en.

Launching a Search from a Dictionary

You can use any one of the four patterns shown below to search for terms and sentences.

【Pattern 1】: Entering the initial

characters of the term you want to ﬁnd

The displayed list of search results changes as you enter characters of the term you want to ﬁnd. Example: To look up the meaning of “美しい” (beautiful) ( スーパー大辞林 3.0 (Japanese Dictionary))

Use and to highlight HEADWORD

(Headword Search).

Enter the term you

want.

As you enter each

• character, terms is updated accord When entering a

• headword use the following wildcard

Character Represents ? A single unknown character

Use and to move the highlighting to a

term, and then press .

This displays the deﬁnition scre

•

the list of

ingly.

, you can

characters.

A series of multiple unknown characters of unknown length

en.

【Pattern 2】: Entering all of the terms

you want to ﬁnd

Enter the entire term you want to ﬁnd and then press

Example: To ﬁnd the phrases that use the words “go” and “to” ( ウィズダム英和辞典 (English-Japanese Dictionary))

Use and to highlight PHRASE (Phrase

Search).

Highlight EXAMPLE (Example Searc

• an example.

Enter the term.

When inputting multiple word

• a space. Enter a space using the

Press .

This displays a list of

• all phrases that contain the terms.

Use and to move the highlighting to a

phrase, and then press .

This displays the detailed information scre

•

s, separate them with

【Pattern 3】: Searching step-by-step

through a series of titles

With some dictionaries, you need to perform successive select and execute (by pressing ) operations until you arrive at the information you need. Example: To look up the counter for rabbits ( 例解学習

) (Japanese Dictionary)

国語辞典

After the initial 例解学習国語

( 第十版 ) (Japanese

辞典

Dictionary) screen appears, perform the following procedure to display the explanation screen:

「APPENDIX」 → 物 ( もの )

を数 ( かぞ ) えることば

(Counters of things) → 生 ( い ) き物 ( もの )・体 ( からだ ) (Counters of living things) → ウサギ (Rabbits)

Specifying the First Letter of a Thai Term

■

After displaying the Thai Soft Keyboard, you can input characters to recall terms that begin with them.

Example: To look up the meaning of “ 愛情 ” (affection) (Portable JP-TH-EN)

Use and to

select THAI, and then press .

This displays the Thai

• Soft Keyboard

Touch the key of the

ﬁrst character of the term you want.

This will display a list

• of terms that start with the character whose key you touched.

Repeat the headword select and execute

operations until the explanation screen of the term you want to look up is displayed.

When a selection item has a letter next to it, you

• can pre item. If a selection item has

• press before pressing the applicable letter key.

ss the applicable letter key to select that

next to it, you need to

(Continued on other side.)

h) to search for

(Space) key.

en.

Pattern 4】: Narrowing down the search

【

using multiple conditions

With this type of search, you can input multiple keywords, terms, or other conditions. Example: To look up the kanji 志 in 新漢語林 (Japanese Kanji Dictionary)

First enter 心 to specify the radical of 志 , and then

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specify 7 for the total number of stro information is used to look up the character.

Use , , and to highlight RADICAL

STROKE.

In the RADICAL

STROKE column,

kes. This

enter 4 for the number of strokes in the radical 心 .

Use the number keys

• that appear on the scre

en to input a

number.

Press .

This displays a list of

• radicals that satisfy the radical conditions.

Use , , and

to highlight 心 ,

and then press .

If a selection item has

• a letter at the beginning, you can pre

ss the

corre

sponding letter key to execute the selection dire above, for example, you could simply pre If a radical candidate has

• press before pressing applicable letter key. This displays the selected radical (

• for RADICAL STROKE and highlights GROSS STROKE.

Enter 7 for the total number strokes in the

character 志 , and then press .

This displays a list of characters that satisfy the

• conditions.

Use , , and to highlight 志 , and then

press .

This displays an explanation of the term.

•

ctly. In case of the

ss A.

next to it, you need to

心 in this case)

Other Searches

Jump Search

You can use jump search to jump to another location in the same dictionary or to another dictionary.

To jump within the same dictionary

■

When search results

show items with a jump indicator ( ), press .

appears and

• the ﬁrst word that is the jump targ highlighted. The highlighted jump range is one character in the

• case of Japanese and Chinese characters, and one word

Use the arrow keys to move the highlighting to

an item to the right of a jump indicator ( ), and then press to jump.

Instead of the above pro

• perform the jump by touching the term to the right of the jump indicator ( For some dictionaries, only re

• without (

To jump to another dictionary

■

Example: To look up “話” from the “tale” deﬁnition screen by jumping from ウィズダム英和辞典 (EnglishJapanese Dictionary) to スーパー大辞林 3.0 (Japanese Dictionary)

While the results of a search are displayed,

press .

Use the arrow keys

to move the highlighting to the term you want to look up, and then touch the Quick Palette【Select】 icon.

This displays a dictionary menu scre

•

Use and to

highlight a dictionary, and then press .

This displays a list of

• candidates.

et is

in the case of English.

cedure, you also can

d text is displayed

en.

Use and to move the highlighting to the

term you want, and then press .

After pre

•

ssing in step 1, tapping a single character or term or dragging the stylus across multiple characters or terms will searc headword or word for an Example Searc only the ﬁrst word for. If destination screen, you can play native speaker pro Pro

s that match the highlighted character(s)

(s). If you highlight multiple English words

h or Phrase Search jump,

you highlight will be searched

or an English term is shown on the jump

nunciation. For details, see “Native Speaker nunciation” (in the column to the right).

h for the

Displaying Detailed Information

Use the operations described here to view detailed explanations and other information about looked up words and terms.

Viewing Phrases

If in the upper right corner of the screen, it means that there is an idiom available for the term you are viewing.

Touch the symbol in the upper right corner of

the screen.

This displays a list of applicable candidates.

•

Touch the item you want to view to highlight it

and then press .

This displays the applicable details.

•

Viewing Examples and Explanations

If or is on the display, it means that example, illustration, explanation, or other information is available.

Touch an on-screen icon.

This displays the applicable details.

•

Using the Exercise Book (Workbook)

The Exercise Book lets you use handwritten text to further your language study. It lets you do many of the same things you can do with the paper version of a dictionary, such as highlighting important passages with a marker (Marker Vocabulary List), afﬁx comment tags (Color Headword Memo), and more.

The Exercise Book can be accessed from the HOME

•

scre

en Tools menu item.

Creating a Vocabulary List by Marking with a Marker

Vocabulary List lets you save headwords you want to remember.

You can save terms,

•

examples, or idioms as headword Yo

•

Quick Palette

icon is displayed.

Handwriting a Notebook

You can save screens that contain handwritten text to a built-in notebook or dictionary deﬁnition screen.

Touching Quick Palette

•

【ノート】 (Note) button

displays the menu scre

Afﬁxing a Tag to a Headword

You can afﬁx a handwritten tag to the deﬁnition or explanation screen of a headword produced by a search operation.

•

headword example sentence, idiom, etc. Tags can be afﬁxed while the Quick Palette 【MEMO】

•

scre viewed by touching Quick Palette

Creating a Memorizing Card (Memorization Card)

While viewing a dictionary deﬁnition or explanation screen, you can create a handwritten memorizing card and use it for memorizing terms and expressions.

•

pro Yo

•

icon displays the memorizing card

u can save items while

【Marker】 icon or 【Vocab.】 (Vocabulary List)

en.

gs can be afﬁxed to a

that is a term,

en is displayed. After a tag is afﬁxed, it can be

【MEMO】 icon.

u can save combinations of terms and

nunciations for Japanese or English.

u can also use it for handwritten dictation testing. uching Quick Palette 【M. Card】 (Memorizing Card)

Pronunciation

You can use your Japanese Learning Tool to listen to readings (using native speaker pronunciations or synthesized voices) of terms and sentences you look up, and to record your own reading and compare it with built-in readings by a native speaker.

The pro

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Native Speaker Pronunciation

When or an English term is on the display, it means that native speaker pronunciation is available.

1 2

•

Recording Your Reading to Compare with Native Speaker Reading

While or an English term is displayed, you can compare your reading with a native speaker reading.

1 2

nunciation sounds from a built-in speaker.

Press .

On the Quick Palette,

touch the 【Listen】 icon.

was on the

• display when you performed the above step, it will become highlighted ( English term for which native speaker pro

nunciation is available will become highlighted.

u can specify the number of repeats by pressing

• the

【Repeat】 icon on the Quick Palette and then

selecting the number of repeats you want: 1 (once), 3 (thre

e times), 5 (ﬁve times).

). If was not displayed, an

Press .

This will play the pro

• example sentence next to or under currently highlighted English term. If there

•

are multiple indicators or English terms, use the arrow keys to highlight the one you want and then pre

nunciation of the term or

, or of the

ss .

To exit pronunciation, press .

You also can play a pronunciation by touching . Note the following precautions concerning English terms.

Proper pronunciation will not be produced for

–

language other than English. The pro

–

nunciation produced by your Japanese Learning Tool may not be correct if there are multiple pro

nunciations for a term.

Using the Recording microphone

Recording microphone

You should be about 20 to 30 cm away from the

•

microphone when recording. Clear recording may not be possible if you are too close or if you are in a noisy area. Any of the following can cause digital noise while

•

recording: nearby electronic devices, ﬂuorescent lighting, cell phones, etc., moving away from the microphone. Do not allow the microphone to be exposed to

•

strong wind or water. Facing th

•

After you are ﬁnished, immediately press

•

end recording.

e micro

phone, enunciate clearly.

Press .

On the Quick Palette, touch the【Compare】

icon.

This causes

• highlighted. If there

•

are multiple indicators or available English terms on the display, use the arrow keys to move the highlighting to location of the indicator or term you want to use for pro comparison.

or an English term to become

nunciation

Press to play

the native speaker reading of the term.

After playback is complete and “Recording”

appears on the screen, read the same term or sentence into the microphone.

After you ﬁnish re

• Record

•

ing time is two minutes. Recording stops

automatically after two minutes.

cording, press .

Use and to highlight “Compare with

Native Voice”, and then press .

The native speaker re

• re

corded will play back in succession.

stop playback, press .

• If you want to play them back again, re

• of this pro To

• and perform the pro

cedure.

re-record pronunciation, select “Speak again”

ading and the reading you

peat step 5

cedure from step 3.

Use and to highlight “Do not compare”,

and then press .

Exiting a comparison operation will automatically

• delete the re Pre

ssing returns to the deﬁnition screen.

•

ading you recorded.

Synthesized Voice Readings

Synthesized voice readings of terms and examples are available in six languages: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, and Japanese (headwords only for Japanese).

Some dictionaries/modes do not support synthetic

•

voice re

adings.

While a deﬁnition or explanation screen is

displayed, press .

On the Quick Palette,

touch the 【Listen TTS】 icon.

The ﬁrst term or

• example on the scre

en for which a

pro

nunciation is available will be highlighted.

Use and to highlight the term or example

whose pronunciation you want to hear.

u can also highlight a term or example by

• touching it.

Press .

This will play the pro

• example.

To exit pronunciation, press .

nunciation of the term or

Using Speech Training

The Speech Training feature is a great way to practice for a speech contest, etc. You can select a time limit, and record and play back speeches accordingly.

Available time limit settings are from one to ﬁve

•

minutes, settable in one-minute units. You can have up to ﬁve speeches stored in memory.

•

Speech Tr

•

scre For information about re

•

“Using the Record

the left).

aining can be accessed from the HOME

en Tools menu item.

cording precautions, see

ing microphone” (in the column to

To record a speech

Display the HOME screen. With the Tools

menu item, select Speech Training and then press .

This displays the Speech Tr

•

Use and to select Record.

Use and to select the time limit you

want, and then press .

Select or touch .

This displays the message “

• the Japanese Language To your speech. After ﬁnishing the speech, pre

• Yo

u can playback or re-record a speech without

• saving it. To

save a recording speech and ﬁnish recording,

• select “

Quit after saving” and then press .

Next, select a storage location and then press

exit recording without saving, select “Quit” and

• then pre

ss .

aining screen.

Recording”. Facing

ol’s microphone, recite

ss or touch .

To play back a speech

Display the Speech Training screen and then

use and to select Play.

Use and to select the speech you want

to play back, and then press .

This starts playback of the speech.

• To

delete a speech, select it and then press .

• Next, select the speech delete option, and then pre

ss .

Conﬁguring Settings

There are two ways to conﬁgure settings.

While the HOME screen is displayed, touch “Setup”

•

(HOME Settings) While a menu scre

•

pre

ss and release , and then press

(Dictionary Settings)

HOME setting and dictionary setting items and procedures are different from each other.

Setting Items

You can conﬁgure the setting items described below.

You can return settings to their initial defaults if

•

necessary.

“Initialize”

•

m the HOME screen or menu screen to

Start fro conﬁgure Settings.

Language Settings and Common Preview

en or dictionary screen is displayed,

For information about how to do this, see

(in the column to the right).

Meanings of setting item marks

•

: Item can be conﬁgured during HOME setting

procedure only.

: Item can be conﬁgured during dictionary setting

procedure only.

HOME screen → Setup screen

and to change the category.

Use

Settings

Use and to select an item and then press

, or press the key that matches the letter to

the left of the setting item.

In some cases, the same setting has a diff

•

in the HOME settings and the dictionary settings. The tables below show dictionary setting item names.

Pronunciation Settings

■

Item Description Pronunciation Speed Speciﬁes the speed of the native

nunciation

Pro Language Settings

lume Use and to adjust the

Micro

phone

Sensitivity Setting

Memorizing Card

n. Setting

Pro

Conﬁguration

■

Item Description

ne Enables or disables the key input

Key To

Auto Power Off Speciﬁes the Auto Power Off

HW Recog. Settings Speciﬁes the handwriting re

Language Settings Selects the language used for scre

view Setting Speciﬁes the display position of the

Pre

Layout Setting

User Name For changing the user name

HOME Wa

Date/Time

Common Pre Set.

•

Item Description Brightness Setting Speciﬁes display brightness (1/5 to

Illumination Duration Setting

LCD Panel Contro

llpaper For changing the wallpaper of the

view

Pre (All History)

view (Phrase)

Pre

view (Example)

Pre

LCD Panel Settings

■

Priority Settings

■

speaker and synthesized voice

adings.

•

ximate speeds (Normal =

Appro 100%): 130%, 120%, 100%, 85%, 75%

Speciﬁes one of six languages for the displayed dictionary, or disables

nunciation.

pro

volume (16 levels: 0 to 15).

•

A setting of 0 mutes output.

Speciﬁes one of three input levels for

phone to suit voice

the micro loudness and/or the re

nment.

enviro

•

As you face the micro speak, select the input level at which a gre Finally,

Speciﬁes the language (English Pro or Japanese Pron.) of a pronunciation

ading to be registered to a

re memorization card

tone.

time.

method.

messages, titles, icons, etc.

list screen preview.

Speciﬁes the display layout of detail screens (deﬁnition or explanation scre

•

Only the scre displayed by the dictionary whose settings you are shown.

displayed on the HOME scre menu scre

HOME screen.

For details about this item, see the steps starting from step 7 under

“Loading Batteries for the First Time”

( page 1). These items specify the display

position of the all dictionary history, idiom searc searc

5/5). Speciﬁes how long the display

mains illuminated (30 seconds,

re 1 minute, 3 minutes).

•

Speciﬁes the time of non-used before

l Calibrates the stylus with the screen.

•

Calibration is necessary when the location where is diff location on the display.

•

To calibrate, use the stylus to touch the center of each of the cro that appear in the four corn the display. will disappear automatically after you touch all four cro

en bar is displayed.

press .

ens).

en, and OFF screen.

h, and example sentence

h screen previews.

the display dims.

erent from the resulting

The calibration screen

erent name

cording

phone and

trigger

cognition

en types that can be

conﬁguring will be

en,

you touch or write

sses

ers of

sses.

You can use this setting to specify which dictionary’s (mode’s) example sentences or idioms should be given priority when performing a HOME screen

“EXAMPLE” or “PHRASE”, or a “Japanese Example”

of a “Other Searches”.

Initialize

■

Except for Language Settings, User Name, and Date/ Time, returns all other HOME settings to their initial default settings.

While the HOME screen is displayed, touch

Setup.

Use and to select Initialize.

Use and to select Yes and then press

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