Education and demonstration – Language – Spelling – phonics – word recognition – or sentence formation
Patent
1992-09-25
1995-02-28
Apley, Richard J.
Education and demonstration
Language
Spelling, phonics, word recognition, or sentence formation
434185, 434308, 381 51, 36441903, G09B 500
Patent
active
053932366
ABSTRACT:
An interactive speech pronunciation system for teaching pronunciation and reducing the accent of a user includes a memory for storing a plurality of presequenced lessons, an input interface for allowing a user to select predetermined ones of the presequenced lessons, a processor for executing program steps corresponding to the lessons selected by the user, and a monitor for displaying visual indicators to the user of the system. The speech pronunciation system further includes an audio input device, for recording sounds spoken by the user, an audio output device for transducing signals fed thereto to pre-recorded sounds and a speech processor for providing stored signals to the audio output device.
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Blackmer Elizabeth R.
Ferrier Linda J.
Apley Richard J.
Cheng Joe H.
Northeastern University
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