word into the microphone 14 at the end of five seconds the audio pronunciation of the word is stored in memory and is linked to the corresponding typed version of the immediately preceding typed word each of the terms u201c scroll u201d and u201c select u201d used at steps 31 33 and 34 above and elsewhere herein should be understood to refer to steps in which the device either provided the choices one at a time for selection by the editor or provides the choices simultaneously on the screen 11 requiring the editor to scroll to the item to be selected there is a hint function as part of the edit mode when the editor completes word addition and deletion as shown in fig3 the editor has the option of pressing the hint key 23 in step 30 a and then proceeding in steps 31 a and 32 a to duplicate the steps of 31 and 32 then at step 33 a the editor scrolls to the word selected for a hint and presses the enter key 17 at step 34 a the terms u201c audio u201d and u201c text u201d are provided on the screen 11 and at step 35 a the editor selects one of those two options if the editor selects u201c text u201d then at step 36 a types in the hint through the keyboard 1 w and then presses the enter key step 37 a to establish the hint in memory associated with the word entered at step 34 a if the editor selects u201c audio u201d then at step 38 a presses the enter key 17 and for step 39 a speaks the word 39 s pronunciation through the device 39 s.