Customer Reviews
Inferior Product 
2008-08-27
I have a Wordmaster, also manufactured by Franklin. It's about 15 years old, and far superior to this Spelling Ace. I did a random test for synonyms, using the words "heard", "bury", "relish" and "wonder".
The Spelling Ace produced a total of 19 synonyms for these 4 words. My 15-year-old Wordmaster gave me me a total of 80.
I'm sorry I wasted my money on this product, but fortunately, I still have the old one
A great spell checker!! 
2008-01-20
The Franklyn spelling ace is really nice. It's much bigger than the others. I purchased it for my Father-in -Law because his was too small & he had a hard time reading it. This one has a big read-out that you can see. The buttons are much bigger also. I liked the one I got him so much that I bought one myself. At first the buttons can be a little confusing. I've had to re-set mine 3 times. Now that I know what I'm doing it works great!! The one problem I see is that there is an = sign on the enter key & if you push that when you are looking up a word, it blanks out. You have to push it on the left side of the enter, not on the whole bar because it will go blank & it will have to be re-set. What I also really like is after you find the correct spelling it will tell you what the word means. It truly is a great little spell checker!!
Very happy with purchase 
2007-12-28
I bought this item for playing scrabble and it is very good for that, but it is hard to get it out of game mode. The instructions are not clear either. I am happy with it though. It may be a user problem on my end.
Amazon couldn't get the order right! 2007-12-23
I ordered a model SA-206 Spelling Ace and received an SA-209. I called to try to get the mixup corrected and was told that I would have to take care of it on line. I went to the online return system and half-way through it decided that it wasn't worth the trouble and logged off. The system took my "half-way" efforts and made a duplicate shipment (corrected?). Yes, I got another SA-209. I called again and was told that I would receive an email on the next day with details concerning availability and how to correct the now-duplicated wrong order. I never heard from anyone. I decided to keep both units and will certainly be charged for both; but now I have two more gifts for under the Christmas tree.
9 year old speller likes 
2007-08-29
Big fonts, and it is helping 4th grader spellcheck. Travels to school and back well.
Large Display , Helpful Product . 2007-05-13
The Spelling Ace with Thesaurus is a portable dictionary and thesaurus for when you need the right word at the right time -- and that's just the start of its abilities! 16-character scrolling display Adjustable contrast and auto-shutoff Context-sensitive help text for beginning users Dimensions - 5-1/4 x 3-1/2 x 1 Requires 4 AAA batteries (not incl.)
Better spelling 2007-05-13
I purchased four of these spellers for my fifth grade classroom, I had two older models of the Franklin spelling ace and thought I would give this new version a whirl.
Good Points:
They are small and fit on the top of a student's desk without interfering with the writing space.
The batteries are behind a cover that screws shut - read: no flying batteries during our writing sessions.
The thesaurus is terrific.
Bad Points:
The cover is hard to open and is another step in getting to the tool.
The Spelling Ace is not intuitive - you must read the directions closely in order to have the speller work properly. Reading directions, remembering directions and following directions are not skills that most adults have mastered let alone fifth graders.
This last bad point is my fault and one that I had not thought about before purchasing...I wish that I had purchased one with audio - my students who use these need that sound/letter correlation in order to remember how to spell the word they are looking up (and recognize the word when they see it).
A must have for bad spellers in a hurry!!! 2007-04-16
I've had one of these for over 14 years now, when they first started coming out. My brother has the original one I got freshman year in high school, and I have one I got junior year. This item is still very much the same as it was 14 years ago, just a little sleaker and smaller. Very easy to use, turn on, type the word, and search. It still has thesaurus and games, and as reviews below mention, occasionally still brings up entertaining words if you are as bad of phonetic speller as I am. This item is excellent to save you from digging through pages of a dictionary in search of just a spelling, and not the definition. A must if you can't even get the first 3 letters square like I do looking up words. Most of these models will also play hangman with you, amongst a few other games to try and work with your spelling skills. The spelling ace my brother still has actually contained many definitions. These little machines are worth their weight in gold for highschoolers and college folks writing paper, even with spell check on the computer.
Franklin Spelling Ace 2007-03-10
I have priced this in stores and the price here can not compare. This is a great tool for office and home, also great for use when playing word games!
Spelling Ace Review! 2007-03-08
I had gotten this speller for my Birthday and I love it! I like the games, there really fun! My favorite game is the hangman and jumble! It's great beacuse it features a theasarus ( so you don't always have the same words), Games (so you never get bored!), List ( make your own personal word list!)and much much More! This is the best product to buy on the market so, buy it! Parents if your looking for a really good speller, buy THIS! I guarenteed you and your child will love it! Buy it NOW!
