Franklin SA-50 User Manual

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

HOW TO USE THE SA-50

Battery Installation: Open the battery compartment located 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: ON/OFF . 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 INFO 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 dictionary which is edited and maintained by MerriamWebster. 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

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spelled word. Type tough.

Press ENTER . 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 CLEAR to return to the “Ready” screen.

Type tuf and then press ENTER .

The message “Working...” flashes and then the message “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 symbols: a “?” (Letter Detective) and an “ ” (Fragment Finder).

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:

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Now press ENTER . 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 WILDCARD to type it in. The “ ” symbol represents zero or more characters.

Let’s try it now. Press WILDCARD . Type the letters oa. Press WILDCARD . Your screen should look like the one below:

Press ENTER . 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 WILDCARD . Type in ment and then press ENTER . You now see:

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You could even use the Fragment Finder to find all of the SA-50’s words that begin with “con” by typing in the letters con, pressing WILDCARD and then pressing

ENTER .

NOTE: Sometimes, words seem to run right off of the screen. Simply use to see the rest of the word, and to go back to the beginning of the word.

THE FUN WAY TO BETTER SPELLING!

Your own personal spelling list (called the User List) of up to 50 words may be stored in the SA-50. Practice these words by using them in the SA-50’s educational word games. This makes learning fun and takes the drudgery out of learning spelling. While playing the games, any words which are causing you trouble will be repeated more often. The more you see and practice the word, the faster you’ll learn it!

You can even edit the user list. Take some or all of the words out and put new words in.

Here’s how to add your weekly spelling words:

At the “Ready” screen, press LIST . The message “List is empty” appears for a short period of time.

Let’s add a word to the User List. Type the word farmer. Press ADD . The message “Word added” flashes and you are taken back to the screen where you typed “farmer”.

Let’s try another word. Type ninja. Press ADD . The message “Not in book” appears for a short period of time and then the screen below appears:

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The above screen appears because the word “ninja” is not in the SA-50’s list of words. You have three options at this screen:

1.Pressing the letter “Y” will add “ninja” to the User List.

2.Pressing “N” will not add “ninja” to the User List and will take you back to the screen where you typed in the word.

3.Pressing “?” will correct the spelling of the word.

Another reason for this screen to appear is if you misspell a word you are trying to add to the User List. It is a good idea to double-check the spelling of the word you are trying to enter if this screen appears.

Since we know that “ninja” is the correct spelling, press the letter “Y”. “Ninja” has now been added to your User List. The “U” next to the word indicates that it is a User list word only, and not a word from the SA-50’s main list.

Press LIST . The message “User list 2” (letting you know that 2 words are in the list) flashes and the screen below appears.

The words are presented in the order in which they were added. “Farmer” is first, “ninja” is second in the list.

To remove a word from the User List, use the arrow keys

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until the word you want to delete from the list is on the screen. Use until the word “ninja” is on the screen.

Press - . The message “Word removed” appears and

“farmer” is left on the screen.

To remove all of the words from the User List. Press the letter “C”. The screen below appears:

If you press “Y” the entire User List will be erased. If you made a mistake, and didn’t really want to press the letter “C”, press “N” and the User List will not be erased.

Since we want to delete the whole User List, press “Y”. The message “List is cleared” appears.

GAMES

The games in the SA-50 are educational and help make learning to spell fun. To play, press PLAY at the “Ready for word” screen. The screen below appears:

Press to view the other games in the menu. The list of games is as follows:

AFlashcards

BSpelling Bee

CHangman

DUser Hangman

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