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Electronic dictionary

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Entering characters using the handwriting pad
Parts and functions
The handwriting pad is set to enter characters when the cursor is in any part of
the character entry area.
[ Single-frame pad ]
Candidate list display area
Automatic/manual
recognition indicator
Character entry type
indicator
button
Backlight button
Handwriting area (frame)
Pressing the
button switches the single-frame pad to the dual-frame pad.
Entering characters using the single-frame pad
Example: Enter a Japanese word "
" from a Japanese-English dictionary.
1
Press
.
The
&
entry/selection screen appears.
The handwriting pad is set to the English character entry mode.
2
Press
to move the cursor to the Japanese entry area.
The handwriting pad is now switched to enter kanji and kana.
Conversation assistant function
This function searches for an example Japanese sentence using keywords
and provides pronunciation of the corresponding Chinese or English
sentence. The text is read using TTS (Text-to- Speech: Synthesized voice).
Example: Conversation sentences using "
" and "
" are searched for and pronounced in English.
1
Press
The entry screen is displayed.
• The language mode can be
changed by using
. (In
this example, "
"
(Japanese -to- English) is
selected)
.
2
For example, enter "
"
into the keyword text fi eld.
The candidates for the keywords
and conversation sentences are
displayed.
• Use the handwriting pad to enter katakana and kanji characters.
3
Select the keyword "
" by using
or
,
and then press
.
The cursor moves to a candidate in
the conversation sentence fi eld and
the sentence and its translation are
displayed together under the fi eld.
3
Use the stylus to draw " " in the handwriting area.
The character shown in the candidate list display area
is also placed in the entry area so that the dictionary
search can proceed.
• When the manual recognition is used or when you
want to have the entry recognized soon after you
finished writing, press
button
button
button
4
If the character in the entry area is not the one you desired,
button
use the stylus to touch and select the desired character in
button
the list.
The character in the entry area changes.
• If you cannot fi nd the character in the list, touch
to erase it and redraw it on the pad.
5
Likewise, enter " " in the entry area.
• When you start drawing, the previous entry is confi rmed
and then erased.
6
Press
.
The details screen appears.
4
Touch
on the handwriting pad (or press
) to display the additional entry screen.
Enter "
" in the same
way as steps 2 and 3, select
the keyword and then press
.
The cursor moves to the conversation sentence fi eld
5
Select the desired
conversation sentence by
using
or
, and then
press
.
The conversation sentence single display screen is displayed.
6
Press
to mark the English conversation sentence with
color.
7
Press
to hear the pronunciation of the
sentence using TTS.
After the reading has fi nished, press
sentence single display screen.
Using the
Appearance of the
mark on the details screen indicates more information related to the entry is
available, such as example sentences, explanations, notes, illustrations, diagrams,
tables, and videos.
.
By pressing
in screens where this mark is displayed, the mark will
display inverted.
When there are multiple marks, move to the desired mark by using
, or
. By pressing
To exit, press
twice.
Listen to audio
When the
mark appears, audio of the displayed information can be played
back.
Press
to select the fi rst mark, and the color of the mark is inverted.
Press
,
,
, or
press
to play back the contents.
or press
Example: Play back the audio using "
".
1
Press
select "
use
to select "
Press
details screen is displayed.
S-jump function
You can search through the contents for the defi nition or meaning of a word on the
details screen.
Example: Use S-jump from the
1
Press
The entry/select screen for
.
2
Press
to select Japanese
entry fi eld, type "
aisatsu" and then press
.
The "
" screen of the
Japanese-English Dictionary is
displayed.
3
Press
The cursor
appears.
to return to the conversation
2
Press
mark on the screen
becomes inverted (
,
,
,
,
, or
Each time you press
plays.
If several
,
,
the desired mark and press
, the contents are displayed.
By highlighting an English word and pressing
up the word in English-Japanese dictionary and play back the audio.
Press
of
Use
to the desired level.
to move the highlight to the desired mark and
Adjusting the audio playback speed
After audio playback, the audio playback speed setting button shown below is
displayed on the handwriting pad. You can change the audio playback speed by
touching the desired button
, use
to
", and then
(The playback speed is set to "
".
until the
4
Move the cursor using
word.
• English words or the word indicated by the jump mark (
selected in whole. Each time you press
screen.
English word, skipping Japanese.
.
• To select a Japanese word, you must fi rst mark the start and end
points.
is displayed.
Example: Marking the word "
Move the cursor " " to the starting point " " and press
/
press
one letter word, you do not have to mark the end point.)
5
Press
A list of candidates appears in the
jump window.
• If the word is indicated with
.
there is only one match, the details
screen appears in the jump window.
6
Select the desired word and then press
The details screen appears in the jump window.
7
Press
The details screen of the selected word appears.
• To return to the previous screen, press
and the mark
).
, the audio
marks appear, press
or
to move the cursor to
.
, you can look
to stop the audio during play. Press
and the color
reverts to non-inverted.
or
to fi rst set the volume to low, then adjust it
.
(normal)" in the default setting.)
,
,
, or
to the desired
) are
, you can jump to an
"
. Then
to move the cursor " " to the end point " ". (If you wish to mark a
.
or
.
to jump the screen.
.

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