Electronic Reading Device
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1. An apparatus for assisted learning, comprising:
- receiver operable to receive a user input character sequence;
retriever operable to retrieve a word from a stored word database matching the user input character sequence;
a display operable to displaying the retrieved word;
a sound outputter operable to outputting sounds related to components of said displayed word from a stored audible representation of the word; and
a highlighter operable to highlight word components in said displayed word as the sounds are output, wherein said highlighting includes distinctly displaying a current component of the displayed word to visually indicate that sound related thereto is being output.
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Abstract
An electronic device is provided which can be used, for example, by a user who is learning to read, to input a word in question and be provided with visual and audio output of the phonetic components of the query word, thereby assisting the learning of pronunciation of the word. The electronic device includes a plurality of word databases corresponding to different predefined classification, such as reading level, age group or reading syllabus.
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18 Claims
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1. An apparatus for assisted learning, comprising:
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receiver operable to receive a user input character sequence; retriever operable to retrieve a word from a stored word database matching the user input character sequence; a display operable to displaying the retrieved word; a sound outputter operable to outputting sounds related to components of said displayed word from a stored audible representation of the word; and a highlighter operable to highlight word components in said displayed word as the sounds are output, wherein said highlighting includes distinctly displaying a current component of the displayed word to visually indicate that sound related thereto is being output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of assisted learning using an apparatus, the method comprising:
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receiving a user input character sequence; retrieving a word from a stored word database matching the user input character sequence; displaying the retrieved word; outputting sounds related to components of said displayed word from a stored audible representation of the word; and highlighting word components in said displayed word as the sounds are output, wherein said highlighting includes distinctly displaying a current component of the displayed word to visually indicate that sound related thereto is being output - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions, that when executed perform the method of
receiving a user input character sequence; -
retrieving a word from a stored word database matching the user input character sequence; displaying the retrieved word; outputting sounds related to components of said displayed word from a stored audible representation of the word; and highlighting word components in said displayed word as the sounds are output wherein said highlighting includes distinctly displaying a current component of the displayed word to visually indicate that sound related thereto is being output.
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