System and method for computer-assisted language instruction
First Claim
1. A method of providing language instruction through oral production of phrases by a user, the method comprising:
- receiving a spoken input from a user into a language instruction system;
recognizing the spoken input as being one of alternative permitted input phrases in a database of the language instruction system, thereby determining a predetermined meaning for the spoken input; and
performing a system analysis of the spoken input and identifying a departure of the spoken input from a desired oral production of the permitted input phrase.
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Abstract
A system provides language instruction through oral production of phrases by a user by receiving a spoken input from the user and recognizing the spoken input as being one of multiple permitted input phrases having a predetermined meaning, and analyzes the spoken input so as to identify a departure of the spoken input from a desired oral production of the permitted input phrase. A system response to the spoken input may be implemented in accordance with the predetermined meaning of the permitted input phrase. The system response may be implemented according to the phrases that the system knows the user was trying to say, even while the system recognizes the departure of what the user said from the input phrase the user was attempting to say.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of providing language instruction through oral production of phrases by a user, the method comprising:
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receiving a spoken input from a user into a language instruction system;
recognizing the spoken input as being one of alternative permitted input phrases in a database of the language instruction system, thereby determining a predetermined meaning for the spoken input; and
performing a system analysis of the spoken input and identifying a departure of the spoken input from a desired oral production of the permitted input phrase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26)
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23. A language instruction system comprising:
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a presentation system that produces output that can be perceived by a user;
a microphone that transduces spoken input from the user and produces an audio output representation corresponding to the spoken input;
a processor that receives an audio output representation of the spoken input from the user and recognizes the spoken input as being one of alternative permitted input phrases in a database of the language instruction system, thereby determining a predetermined meaning for the spoken input, and performs a system analysis of the spoken input and identifies a departure of the spoken input from a desired oral production of the permitted input phrase.
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24. A computer-assisted language instruction system comprising:
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presentation means for producing a system output that can be perceived by a user;
a microphone that transduces spoken input from the user and produces audio data corresponding to the user'"'"'s spoken input;
input processor means for receiving the audio data and determining if the spoken input corresponds to a permitted input phrase in a database of the language instruction system, thereby determining a predetermined meaning for the spoken input; and
analysis means for analyzing the spoken input and identifying a departure of the spoken input from a desired oral production of the permitted input phrase.
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