Phonic engine

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1995-06-07

1998-08-25

Hudspeth, David R.

Data processing: speech signal processing, linguistics, language

Linguistics

704 10, 704 3, 704 5, 434156, 434167, 434169, 434176, G06F 1720, H02B 500, G09B 500

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057992673

ABSTRACT:
A method of accessing information in a database of text entries is provided. The user may be prompted for an initial sound of the information to be accessed, by providing a menu of symbols, each symbol representing a respectively different sound. The initial sound is received. A sound other than the initial sound for the information to be accessed is also received. A subset of the text entries in the database is associated with the initial sound and the other sound. The associated text entries are searched by a searching method that may include sequential search. The associated text entries are provided as the accessed information, and the meaning of a selected one of the text entries is indicated in a manner which would be understood by individuals who cannot read, such as sound and pictures, or sound and animation.

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