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Interactive speech synthesizer for enabling people who cannot talk but who are familiar with use of picture exchange communication to autonomously communicate using verbal language

  • US 20060020470A1
  • Filed: 07/13/2005
  • Published: 01/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An interactive speech synthesizer for enabling people who cannot talk but who are familiar with use of picture exchange communication to autonomously communicate using verbal language, comprising:

  • a) a housing;

    b) a microcontroller;

    c) at least one encoded tag;

    d) at least one tag reader; and

    e) an audio output device;

    wherein said microcontroller, said at least one tag reader, and said audio output device are disposed at said housing;

    wherein said at least one encoded tag is replaceably attached to said housing; and

    wherein said at least one tag reader reads data from an associated encoded tag, which has been replaceably attached thereat, to form a coded signal and transmits said coded signal to said microcontroller that looks up a sound bit file corresponding to said coded signal and sends said sound bit file to said audio output device to convert into sound, thereby allowing a sound corresponding to said selected tag to be produced to thereby generate, automatically and sequentially, unique audible information associated with said data of each encoded tag.

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