Lexibook DC510i1 - Manuel (Page 19)

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Rules of the Game
Rules of the Game
The first 5 games are dictation games. The Listen & Spell Master will speak a dictation out loud,
and you must type in what you hear, making sure you pay attention to spelling, punctuation and
letter spacing. Press
when you have finished typing and the Listen & Spell Master will show
you if you have spelt any words wrong! Press after this to see how well you’ve done with a
score out of 20!
Helpful keys
Use these buttons to control the speed of the dictation and to help you find the answers.
PAUSE key – pause the dictation at any time by pressing the PAUSE key once.
• The cursor will stop flashing indicating that the speech is paused.
• Press PAUSE again to re-start the speech from where you left off!
REPEAT key – listen again to any words you may have missed.
• Press the REPEAT key at any time during the dictation to hear the last phrase again.
• Press the SHIFT key and the REPEAT key at the same time, to hear the entire dictation
repeated.
• Press the REPEAT key when you hear the unit say “end of the dictation”, to hear the entire
dictation without any pauses or phrase repetition.
• Your Listen & Spell Master repeats each phrase of the dictation activities twice before moving
onto the next phrase. You can turn off this feature by pressing the SETTINGS key > Dictation
Repetition > Off.
DICTIONARY key – press to view a word in the dictionary.
• Press when writing or editing a dictation to view the dictionary. If the dictionary contains a word
from your dictation it will be highlighted. Press
to see the dictionary’s description.
Press or to return to the dictation. Careful though! If you choose to look at a dictionary
word to find out the spelling, one point will be deducted from your score!
• Press the DICTIONARY key at any time to enter the dictionary. Type a word or use the ARROW
keys to find a word and then press
to view the description.
ANSWER key – let Listen & Spell Master help you with the tricky words.
• When playing the activities 1 to 4, press the ANSWER key at any time during the dictation to
find out how a word is spelt correctly. Use the ARROW keys to move the highlight to the word
you want to check and press the ANSWER key again to display the word with the correct
spelling. Remember, if you choose to display the answer, one point will be deducted from your
score! To exit the Answer key mode, simply press
and return to your dictation. Listen &
Spell Master will pick up where you’ve left off!
• When playing the activities 5 to 10, press the ANSWER key to display the correct answer at
once.