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- Page 13 ADVANCED THESAURUS FEATURES The thesaurus in your Language Master offers meaning statements, synonyms, antonyms and compares. The meaning statements precede the other information and help you choose the correct set of synonyms, antonyms, etc. The Language Master includes “antonyms” and “compares” in its thesaurus infor- mation.
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Page 14: Grammar Guide
The LM-6000 comes equipped with a complete Grammar Guide. You can access the Grammar information at any time by pressing entry, from the thesaurus, or from the typing screen. To see the complete list of Grammar topics, press You can now move the highlight down through this table of contents using either or Shift- . -
Page 15: Grammar Quiz
GAMES Speech is a powerful teaching tool with the LM-6000. You may actually listen to the word you are viewing. The Language Master has a Dynamic Pronunciation Guide (DPG) which will pro- nounce the individual sounds of the word you listened to. - Page 16 The screen you are now viewing is called the Dynamic Pronunciation Guide™ screen, or DPG screen for short. Notice that the “y” in the words “yachting” and “you” are highlighted. This is to illus- trate the first sound in the word “yachting.” Press to hear the first sound: y.
- Page 17 Press . The Language Master pronounces “mice”, the word that you typed in, and the DPG screen for “mice” appears. To return to the dictionary response screen for “mice”, press To hear the headword “mouse” pronounced, press “mouse” is highlighted. Now, press word “mouse”...
- Page 18 terdict”. To verify that this word has the shade of meaning you want, highlight it and press ENTER CASE 3: The word has no synonyms but you know another word likely to be classed with it in some way. For instance, there’s an animal whose name you can’t recall but it’s rather like a clam.
- Page 19 You can type more than one word at a time to search on. For instance, get the Search menu again and type “chinese vegetable” in the space provided, then press . You will see the first entry whose definition contains both the words “Chi- ENTER nese”...
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Page 20: User List
The “Conf” icon is now in bold font, indicating the availability of “Confusables”. until the following screen appears: Each of the “Confusables” is followed by a one-word description which will differ- entiate between them. The descriptions will help you choose the correct word. If you want to look at a more in-depth definition for one of the words, simply “pick”... - Page 21 The first command is “View the list”. When this command is highlighted and is pressed, you are taken into the User List. There you may view the list ENTER and/or edit it. Press . The message “List is empty” appears because there are no words ENTER in the User List yet.
- Page 22 Press . Type the word CLEAR . The screen below appears: The above three messages represent the three choices you have if the Language Master doesn’t recognize the word which you are trying to add to the User List. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the word is wrong, only that the word “ninja”...
- Page 33 the Language Master flashes the message “Already used!”. If you’re having a dif- ficult time guessing some anagrams, press this helps you get more anagrams. When you’ve typed in every possible anagram, the Language Master flashes “Correct” one last time. Press the next round.
- Page 34 3 Word Builder — This exercise asks you to type in a word or group of letters and then builds a list of words that are made up of the letters that you typed in. Press to reveal the games menu. Select the game by pressing GAMES .
- Page 35 to see what the word was. Press 6 Memory Challenge — The object of the game is to memorize an expanding word list by studying the list and then typing them in the order they were given. Press to reveal the games menu. Select the game by pressing GAMES ENTER Next, you’ll need to set the game options.
- Page 36 8 Word Blaster — The object of the game is to guess the mystery word before all of the hidden letters are revealed. Press to reveal the games menu. Select the game by pressing GAMES ENTER Next you’ll need to set the game options. Please refer to the beginning of the games section on how to set the options.
- Page 37 ENTER Franklin’s Deduction is a logic game rather than a word game. In this example ver- sion, the game options have been set like so: SIZE: 4, LETTERS: 6, TRIES: 10. The Language Master makes four selections at random from the six letters “ab- cdef”.
- Page 38 The “Misplaced 1” means that one of the letters you guessed, in this case “f”, is among the letters in the secret code (caaf) that the Language Master picked, but that the letter occurs in the wrong position in your guess. If you guess “eaae” the screen will show: Perfect 2 Misplaced 0 Both “a”s are correct letters in correct position.
- Page 39 headings on the Word Deduction “game options” screen: WORDS, SIZE, TRIES. Please refer to the beginning of the games section on how to set the options. Press when all of the options have been set. ENTER The game now begins! Press and then reselect the Word Deduction game.
- Page 40 We now press the ENTER key to register our first attempt. The following screen appears: The first line now indicates (by the “1” to the left of “read”) our first attempt. The “Perfect 1” to the right of the word indicates that 1 letter is in Perfect position, that is, one letter is exactly where it is supposed to be.
- Page 41 sition. Notice also that the number to the left of “road” is a two, indicating that “road” is our second attempt. Let’s make our third attempt. We know that the “e” from the first attempt was in per- fect position. We also know that two letters exist in the word out of the letters “r”, “a”, “d”.
- Page 42 as an introduction. The game is, however, much more difficult when the mystery word is really a mystery word. Try it again; only this time let the Language Master pick the mystery word for you. Oh, good luck. Press at the end of a round to go on to the next round. During the game, SPACE if you become frustrated, you may press You may also change the options which are being used by pressing...
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Page 43: Function Key Guide
This section of the manual contains miscellaneous information which you may find useful. In dictionary mode, REV browses back to the previous dictionary entry. In thesaurus mode, REV browses back through synonym groups. In dictionary mode, FWD browses forward to the next dictionary entry. In thesaurus mode, FWD browses forward through synonym groups. -
Page 44: Technical Specifications
— Merriam-Webster Dictionary — Merriam-Webster Thesaurus — Franklin Classmates — Context sensitive help Microprocessor: 16-bit V20 with a Franklin proprietary master control chip ROM (Read Only Memory): 2.5 Megabytes RAM (Read/Write Memory): 32 Kilobytes LCD Display: 80 x 240 continuous pixel Keyboard: 61 keys with permanent molded legends Size: 14.3 cm x 14 cm x 2 cm... - Page 45 DC adaptor jack for use with a 9-volt 200-300 milliamp adaptor. The above international symbol applies to the AC/DC adaptor that you purchase for your Franklin product. It indicates that the inner core of the plug should be negative and that the outer portion of the core should be positive.
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Page 46: Cleaning Instructions
Cleaning Instructions To clean the surface of the Language Master, use a mild household glass cleaner. Spray the cleaner onto a paper towel and gently wipe the surface of the Language Master. IMPORTANT: Never spray a cleaner directly onto the Language Master. In Case of Trouble The Language Master is designed to provide many years of reliable service. - Page 47 AC adaptor 42 anagrams 28 antonyms 11 Battery low warning 1 blink speed 26 choosing text 10 cleaning instructions 43 compares 11 contrast, screen 2 crossword correction 5 customization 24 deduction 35 default font 25 DPG 14 Dynamic Pronunciation Guide 14 flashcards 32 font, default 25 font, large 25...
- Page 48 user list, change name 24 user list, clearing 21 user list, combining 24 user list, erasing 21 user list, labeling 23 user list, naming lists 23 user list, select list 24 user list, separating 22 user list, split list menu 23 warranty 46 wild card correction 5 word blaster 34...
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Page 49: Patents Pending
Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. This manual is copyrighted 1991-1992 and the compilation of and certain programs resident in the product are copyrighted 1986-1992 by Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc., Burlington, NJ 08016-4907. All rights reserved. © 1986-1991. All rights reserved. Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc.
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