Low-cost sound related trainer
First Claim
1. Apparatus that provides sound related training by using sounds that have been recorded in the environment in which they occur, to school trainees in the direction, identification and interpretation of sounds that in their environment normally do not occur enough to be reliably used for training, or if they do occur enough, the environment in which they occur is not convenient for training, comprising:
- a recording of sequential sounds;
means for indexing said sounds by digitally recording samples of said sounds in temporary storage;
means for subsequently detecting selected sounds by their indexes and presenting in response thereto a graphical display that corresponds to the indexes, comprising a programmed processor; and
,means for providing an audible output of the selected sounds;
such that the graphical display presented corresponds to the sounds provided.
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Abstract
An interactive and programmable tone generator with scenarios is disclosednd described as a training device. Sounds are recorded as they are heard in their actual environment. The recording then can be combined with a coded track that triggers a graphics demonstration previously prepared from notations taken during the recordings that describe the actual environment that corresponds to the respective sound. Also, selections can be taken from the recording that present a best example of a sound to be learned, looped for repetition, and then rerecorded digitally onto micro-floppy diskettes. When played-back the diskettes provide challenging interactive training for the novice and expert alike in a variety of available modes using both computer generated graphics and sounds reconverted from digital storage.
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1. Apparatus that provides sound related training by using sounds that have been recorded in the environment in which they occur, to school trainees in the direction, identification and interpretation of sounds that in their environment normally do not occur enough to be reliably used for training, or if they do occur enough, the environment in which they occur is not convenient for training, comprising:
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a recording of sequential sounds; means for indexing said sounds by digitally recording samples of said sounds in temporary storage; means for subsequently detecting selected sounds by their indexes and presenting in response thereto a graphical display that corresponds to the indexes, comprising a programmed processor; and
,means for providing an audible output of the selected sounds; such that the graphical display presented corresponds to the sounds provided. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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