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Press
. The Language Master pronounces "mice", the word that you typed
SAY
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" and presents its DPG screen.
Speaking Full Sentences
You can even make the Language Master speak sentences or phrases. Type
stopped by yesterday
If the Language Master doesn't recognize one of the words, a correction screen will
appear. After you select a correction, the words which you typed in will be spoken.
Some words also have more than one pronunciation. For example, there are two
pronunciations of "tear". Choose which version you want to pronounce and press
. The words you typed are now pronounced.
ENTER
A regular dictionary gives you the meanings of a word you look up. But sometimes
it's the word itself you want — you can't look it up because you've forgotten the
word.
The Language Master offers several tools for finding the word you want, just from
the meaning of the word or from pieces of it that you may remember.
CASE 1: You remember just part of a word or phrase
For instance, "There's a fancy kind of milk that you sometimes find in health stores,
it's good for you in certain way, ...something-something milk".
SOLUTION: Since you're sure of the "milk" part, you can use MatchMaker. Type
and press
milk
see a list of all the phrases that end with the word "milk". The one you want, "aci-
dophilus milk", heads the list. Press
CASE 2: You know a word that's similar in meaning to the one you've forgotten.
For instance, there's a fancy word that means 'prohibit', it's longish but you aren't
sure of enough of the word to use MatchMaker.
SOLUTION: Type in
. Press
REVERSE DICTIONARY
. (The "+" stands for the part you can't remember.) You'll
ENTER
prohibit
and look at its Thesaurus entry. Ah, there it is, "in-
ENTER
. The Language Master pronounces the
SAY
.
SAY
to look it up.
ENTER
.
BACK
. Notice that the word
we
+
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