Education and demonstration – Means for demonstrating apparatus – product – or surface... – Household equipment
Patent
1993-07-06
1996-09-17
MacDonald, Allen R.
Education and demonstration
Means for demonstrating apparatus, product, or surface...
Household equipment
395 21, 395279, 434169, 369 10, G10L 300
Patent
active
055577067
ABSTRACT:
An improved user interface and related control subsystem for a recorder/player for use in flexible-practice pronunciation training is described. The interface/control subsystem lets the user activate a single switch to initiate and complete any of the following activities any number of times and in any order: select the next sample sound; listen to the currently selected sample sound; listen to the currently selected sample sound then record the user version of that sound; listen to the currently selected sample sound followed by the user version of that sound. Provision is also made for obtaining sample sounds from plug-in modules or by active recording with a means that is protected from inadvertent activation.
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Dorvil Richemond
MacDonald Allen R.
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