Education and demonstration – Audio recording and visual means – Visual information in book form
Patent
1998-04-27
2000-05-16
Cheng, Joe H.
Education and demonstration
Audio recording and visual means
Visual information in book form
434169, 434308, 434362, 345901, G09B 500
Patent
active
060648554
ABSTRACT:
A voice book system includes a sound generating device equipped with at least a voice book. The voice book includes a front cover, a back cover and a plurality of page sheets. The voice book further contains an information storing device for storing a plurality of sound messages with respect to the content of each of the page sheets and a book connector for electrically communicating the information storing device with the sound generating device. The sound generating device includes a housing, a book holder provided on the housing for holding the back cover of the voice book on the housing, an audio device for converting the sound messages from the voice book to speaking sound, at least a speaker for boardcasting the speaking sound, a device connector for electrically connecting with the book connector when the voice book is held on the housing by the book holder for transmitting the sound messages stored in the information storing device to the audio device, and a detecting device which is electrically communicated with the audio device for detecting which page sheet of the voice book is turned in so that the audio device will select the particular sound messages with respect to the content of that turned in page sheet which is then converted to the speaking sound to broadcast through the speaker.
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Chan Raymond Y.
Cheng Joe H.
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