Voice Recognition Language Apparatus
First Claim
1. An electronic language aid device comprising:
- a housing, said housing being of sufficient size so as to be easily portable;
a display screen;
a central processing unit, said central processing unit being disposed within said housing, said central processing unit containing the necessary electronics to store, receive, transmit and manipulate data;
at least one memory device, said at least one memory device operably coupled to said central processing unit;
a keyword database, said keyword database being stored in said at least one memory device, said keyword database being programmed with all of the reference words of a single language;
a language database, said language database being programmed with all of the words present in the keyword database, said language database further including keyword parameters for each of the words programmed therein; and
wherein the electronic language aid has a first mode and a second mode to receive an inputted keyword.
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Abstract
An electronic language aid device that is operable to provide the definition of an inputted keyword to a user in the programmed language of the device. The electronic language aid device is a portable device having a display screen and an input keypad. The device further includes voice recognition software that allows the desired keyword to be input onto the device via oral instructions in addition to using the input keypad. The electronic language aid device utilizes a keyword database and a language database wherein the words listed therein have an alphanumeric string assignment. Subsequent a desired keyword being entered into the device and being identified in the language database, the electronic language aid device provides the word and phonetic pronunciation via the display screen and further provides the definition to a user via an audio speaker.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic language aid device comprising:
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a housing, said housing being of sufficient size so as to be easily portable; a display screen; a central processing unit, said central processing unit being disposed within said housing, said central processing unit containing the necessary electronics to store, receive, transmit and manipulate data; at least one memory device, said at least one memory device operably coupled to said central processing unit; a keyword database, said keyword database being stored in said at least one memory device, said keyword database being programmed with all of the reference words of a single language; a language database, said language database being programmed with all of the words present in the keyword database, said language database further including keyword parameters for each of the words programmed therein; and wherein the electronic language aid has a first mode and a second mode to receive an inputted keyword. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic language aid device operable to provide the definition of an inputted keyword comprising:
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a housing, said housing being of sufficient size so as to be easily portable; a display screen; an audio microphone, said audio microphone operable to receive an inputted keyword; a keypad; a central processing unit, said central processing unit being disposed within said housing, said central processing unit containing the necessary electronics to store, receive, transmit and manipulate data; at least one memory device, said at least one memory device operably coupled to said central processing unit; a voice recognition software, said voice recognition software operable to convert a spoken word into text format so as to be processed by said central processing unit; a keyword database, said keyword database being stored in said at least one memory device, said keyword database being programmed with all reference words of a single language, wherein the programmed known words are further allocated with a string assignment; a language database, said language database being programmed with all of the reference words present in the keyword database and wherein the words present in the language database further include the string assignment, said language database further including keyword parameters for each of the words programmed therein; wherein the electronic language aid is operable to receive an inputted keyword in both a first mode and a second mode. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A portable electronic language aid device that is operable to receive an inputted keyword and provide a definition to a user for the inputted keyword comprising:
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a housing, said housing being of sufficient size so as to be easily portable; a display screen; an audio microphone, said audio microphone operable to receive an inputted keyword; a speaker; a keypad; a central processing unit, said central processing unit being disposed within said housing, said central processing unit containing the necessary electronics to store, receive, transmit and manipulate data; a memory chip, said memory chip operably coupled to said central processing unit; a voice recognition software, said voice recognition software operable to convert a spoken word into text format so as to be processed by said central processing unit; a keyword database, said keyword database being stored in said at least one memory device, said keyword database being programmed with all reference words of a single language, wherein the programmed known words are further allocated with a string assignment; a language database, said language database being programmed with all of the reference words present in the keyword database and wherein the words present in the language database further include the string assignment identical to the string assignment associated with each word of the keyword database, said language database further including keyword parameters for each of the words programmed therein; wherein the electronic language aid is operable to receive an inputted keyword in both a first mode utilizing the keypad and a second mode utilizing the audio microphone. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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