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Talking electronic learning aid for improvement of spelling with operator-controlled word list

  • US 4,749,353 A
  • Filed: 05/13/1982
  • Issued: 06/07/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A talking electronic learning air comprising:

  • memory means for storing digital data therein including digital speech data from which synthesized speech in a human language may be derived concerning a plurality of requests in synthesized human speed for an operator to spell respective words in a human language, the appropriate operator responses comprising the correct spelling of the respective words, and comments reflecting upon the appropriateness of responses made by an operator as proposed spellings corresponding to the respective requests to spell respective words;

    control means operably associated with said memory means for selecting a word spelling problem derivable from digital speech data stored in said memory means;

    speed synthesizer means operably associated with said control means and said memory means for generating analog signals representative of human speech from digital speech data stored in said memory means and corresponding to the selected word spelling problem as selected by said control means;

    audio means coupled to said speech synthesizer means for converting said analog signals into audible human speech for audibly requesting the operator to spell the word selected by said control means;

    operator input means for receiving an input from the operator indicative of a proposed spelling of said selected word spelling problem as presented audibly;

    said control means including comparator means operably associated with said operator input means and said memory means for determining the appropriateness of the input received by said operator input means from the operator with respect to said word spelling problem selected by said control means and providing an output indicative thereof;

    said operator input means including at least speech input means for translating operator generated speech into speech synthesis control data and for receiving operator generated characters associated with the operator generated speech; and

    said memory means being operably coupled to said at least speech input means for storing said speech synthesis control data and said operator generated characters corresponding thereto as generated by an operator in the form of digital speech data from which respective words and the correct spelling thereof as input by said operator via said at least speech input means may be derived for subsequent testing of the spelling skills of the operator or another person.

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