Adjustable recognition system

Claim 1

A SOUND PRINTING SYSTEM COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: FIRST MEANS FOR TRANSFORMING VOCAL SOUNDS INTO REPRESENTATIVE ELECTRICAL SIGNALS, SECOND MEANS COUPLED TO SAID FIRST MEANS FOR PRODUCING FIRST AND SECOND OUTPOUT SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIRST AND SECOND FORMANTS OF SAID VOCAL SOUNDS RESPECTIVELY, THIRD MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SECOND MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND FORMANT SIGNALS FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT SIGNALS, SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS BEING MODIFIED COMBINATIONS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND FORMANT SIGNALS ARRANGED AS LINEAR FUNCTIONS DEFINING THE RELATIONSHIP OF SAID VOCAL SOUNDS WITH RESPECT TO SEPARATE PHONEME REGIONS, LOGIC MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS FROM SAID THIRD MEANS REPRESENTATIVE OF SAID BOUNDARY DEFINING FUNCTIONS FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF SEPARATE PHONOMES CONTAINED IN SAID VOCAL SOUNDS, PRINTING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS FROM SAID LOGIC MEANS FOR TRANSLATING SAID OUTPUT SIGNALS INTO PRINTED INDICIA REPRESENTATIVE OF SAID PHONEMES, AND ADJUSTMENT MEANS HAVING ONE SIDE THEREOF COUPLED BETWEEN THE OUTPUT OF SAID THIRD MEANS AND THE INPUT OF SAID LOGIC MEANS AND THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF COUPLED BETWEEN THE OUTPUT OF SAID LOGIC MEANS AND THE INPUT OF SAID PRINTING MEANS AND RESPONSIVE TO THE OUTPUT SIGNALS FROM SAID LOGIC MEANS FOR MODIFYING THE OUTPUT SIGNALS FROM SAID THIRD MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE OF THE SEPARATE PHONEMES.