Franklin Electronic Publishers Inc claims to deliver unprecedented communications skills for the handicapped with its Language Master 6000SE Special Edition: a handheld fully-speaking electronic dictionary, thesaurus, spelling corrector and English language resource, it is designed for the blind, those with visual and speech impairments, learning disabilities, dyslexia and other handicaps; the Special Edition contains a dictionary and thesaurus from Merriam-Webster that provides over 300,000 definitions, 500,000 synonyms, spell check for over 110,000 words, and an electronic grammar handbook; full speech capabilities enable those with poor sight to hear everything that appears on the screen; additional features include a full speaking user interface that pronounces out loud every letter as it is typed, as well as every word, definition and help message that appears on the extra large liquid crystal display, adjustable speech speeds, a message key that enables up to 26 messages to be entered, stored and spoken at any time, a specially adapted keyboard, various fonts, capital letters only and assortment of games; the Language Master Special Edition weighs 11oz, measures 5.5 by 5 by 1 and will ship in May at $500.
