Education and demonstration – Language – Spelling – phonics – word recognition – or sentence formation
Patent
1998-11-05
1999-12-21
Nguyen, Kien T.
Education and demonstration
Language
Spelling, phonics, word recognition, or sentence formation
434156, 434178, G09B 500
Patent
active
060041358
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and a method for assisting a child to read a book having at least one visual indicia displayed adjacent one or more of the plurality of printed objects. Each of the at least one visual indicia is uniquely associated with the adjacent one of the plurality of printed objects. The device includes a user input device separate from the book having at least one touch-sensitive switch and at least one visual indicia displayed thereon for receiving a user command indicative of a user's selection of a visual indicia and for outputting a signal corresponding to the selected visual indicia. The device further includes a storage device for storing data representing speech associated with the printed objects adjacent the visual indicia. A controller receives the signal outputted from the user input device and selectively retrieves the data corresponding to the selected visual indicia. A sound generator then converts the retrieved data into speech.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3729836 (1973-05-01), Mayeda
patent: 4197661 (1980-04-01), Cook et al.
patent: 4337375 (1982-06-01), Freeman
patent: 4358278 (1982-11-01), Goldfarb
patent: 4439160 (1984-03-01), Krempel
patent: 4439757 (1984-03-01), Gross
patent: 4505682 (1985-03-01), Thompson
patent: 4549867 (1985-10-01), Dittakavi
patent: 4579533 (1986-04-01), Anderson et al.
patent: 4602152 (1986-07-01), Dittakavi
patent: 4752230 (1988-06-01), Shimizu
patent: 5114346 (1992-05-01), Fioramonti
patent: 5480306 (1996-01-01), Liu
patent: 5511980 (1996-04-01), Wood
patent: 5538430 (1996-07-01), Smith et al.
Trattner Burt
Truchsess Joseph
Nguyen Kien T.
Pragmatic Designs Inc.
LandOfFree
Reading tutor does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Reading tutor, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Reading tutor will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-499645