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Method and device for enhancing the recognition of speech among speech-impaired individuals

  • US 6,413,093 B1
  • Filed: 09/19/2000
  • Issued: 07/02/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing prerecorded stories to an individual who is language learning impaired so that the individual can better understand the stories, the stories having words, the words having phonemes with consonant and vowel portions, the method comprising:

  • providing the prerecorded stories to a computer;

    elongating the consonant portion of the phonemes without elongating the vowel portion of the phonemes;

    truncating selected vowel portions of the phonemes so that the elapsed time of the processed stories does not exceed that of the prerecorded stories; and

    recording the processed stories onto an audible medium so that they are listened to by the individual.

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