METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTIVE LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION
First Claim
1. A system for interactive language instruction for a user comprising:
- a first module configured to convert input text to audible speech in a selected language, the audible speech being patterned after a model;
a user interface configured to receive utterances spoken by a user in response to a prompt to replicate the audible speech; and
, a second module configured to recognize the utterances and provide feedback to the user as to a precision at which the user replicates the audible speech in the selected language based on a comparison of the utterances to one of the audible speech and the model.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for interactive language instruction is provided that displays text files for processing, provide key features and functions for interactive learning, displays facial animation, and provides a workspace for language building functions. The system includes a stored set of language rules as part of the text-to-speech sub-system, as well as another stored set of rules as applied to the process of learning a language. The method implemented by the system includes digitally converting text to audible speech, providing the audible speech to a user or student (with the aid of an animated image in selected circumstances), prompting the student to replicate the audible speech, comparing the student'"'"'s replication with the audible speech provided by the system, and providing feedback and reinforcement to the student by, for example, selectively recording or playing back the audible speech and the student'"'"'s replication.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for interactive language instruction for a user comprising:
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a first module configured to convert input text to audible speech in a selected language, the audible speech being patterned after a model;
a user interface configured to receive utterances spoken by a user in response to a prompt to replicate the audible speech; and
,a second module configured to recognize the utterances and provide feedback to the user as to a precision at which the user replicates the audible speech in the selected language based on a comparison of the utterances to one of the audible speech and the model. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a first module configured to convert input text to audible speech in a selected language, the audible speech indicative of a model;
a second module synchronized to the first module, the second module producing an animated image of a human face and head pronouncing the audible speech;
a user interface positioned to receive utterances spoken by a user in response to a prompt to replicate the audible speech; and
,a third module configured to recognize the utterances and provide feedback to the user as to a precision at which the user replicates the speech in the selected language based on a comparison of the utterances to one of the audible speech and the model.
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17. A method for voice interactive language instruction comprising:
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converting input text data to audible speech data;
generating audible speech comprising phonemes based on the audible speech data;
outputting the audible speech through an audio output device;
generating an animated image of a face and head pronouncing the audible speech;
synchronizing the audible speech and the video image;
prompting the user to replicate the audible speech;
recognizing utterances generated by the user in response to the prompting;
comparing the audible speech to the utterances; and
,providing feedback to the user based on the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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