Thank you for purchasing the Spelling Tutor (SA-50).
HOW TO USE THE SA-50
Battery Installation: Open the battery compartment lo-
cated 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:
. 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
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 dic-
tionary which is edited and maintained by Merriam-
Webster. 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
ON/OFF
INFO
spelled word. Type
tough
.
Press
. 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
to return to the
“Ready” screen.
Type
tuf
and then press
.
The message “Working...” flashes and then the mes-
sage “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 sym-
bols: a “?” (Letter Detective) and an “
✽
” (Fragment Find-
er).
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:
ENTER
CLEAR
ENTER
Now press
. 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
to type it in. The “
✽
” sym-
bol represents zero or more characters.
Let’s try it now. Press
. Type the letters
oa
.
Press
. Your screen should look like the one be-
low:
Press
. 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
. Type in
ment
and then press
.
You now see:
ENTER
WILDCARD
WILDCARD
WILDCARD
ENTER
WILDCARD
ENTER
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