Meter with audible read-out

Claim 1

A meter with means for audible read-out comprising: a. a range selection unit responsive to an input signal and operative to provide a standardized output first signal, and a second signal to decimal point positioning logic circuitry; b. a series of latch circuits, each fed with digital information representative of one digit to be read out, and each latch circuit including a gate which allows the digital information to pass through when a control pulse arrives at the latch; c. a decimal point positioning logic circuit fed with said second signal from the range selection unit and connected to said latches to process the digital information therefrom; d. a programmable shift register connected to the decimal point positioning logic circuit to receive the processed digital information therefrom; e. a series of gate circuits connected to the programmable shift register; f. a decoder circuit connected to the outputs of said gates to convert Binary Coded Decimal information into decimal; g. a series of audio-frequency (A.F.) gates connected to said decoder circuit and also to a magnetic pick-up head to select recordings recorded on a magnetic medium; h. an A.F. amplifier stage connected to said A.F. gates to drive a loudspeaker; i. a photo-electric device connected into a monostable circuit to sense the position of the magnetic medium and operative to produce a pulse which is fed To the programmable shift register to indicate that the magnetic medium is in a ''ready to read out'' position.