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Method and apparatus of simulating and stimulating human speech and teaching humans how to talk

  • US 20050154594A1
  • Filed: 01/09/2004
  • Published: 07/14/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A children'"'"'s play method for creating the appearance of teaching a toy character to progressively learn a language, said method comprising the steps of:

  • defining a target word;

    receiving by the toy character the target word zero or more times over a first period of time defined by one or more predetermined criteria;

    speaking and/or displaying by the toy character during the first time period of one or more protowords related to the toy character but not to the target word;

    then receiving by the toy character the target word zero or more times over a second period of time defined by one or more predetermined criteria;

    speaking and/or displaying by the toy character during the second time period of one or more metawords related to the target word, or a combination of one or more such protowords and one or more such metawords;

    then receiving by the toy character the target word zero or more times over a third period of time defined by one or more predetermined criteria; and

    speaking and/or displaying by the toy character during the third time period of one or more target words, or a combination of one or more target words and one or more such metawords, or a combination of one or more target words and one or more such protowords, or a combination of one or more target words and one or more such protowords and one or more such metawords.

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