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Apparatus for interactive language training
Assignee: BURLINGTON EDUCATION L TD
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Filing: 1996-07-11
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Granted: 1998-06-16
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Expires: 2016-07-11
Abstract
Abstract Apparatus for interactive language training including a trigger generator for eliciting expected audio responses by a user; an expected audio response reference library containing a multiplicity of reference expected responses, the multiplicity of reference expected responses including a first plurality of reference expected responses having acceptable pronunciation and for each of the first plurality of reference expected responses having acceptable pronunciation, a second plurality of reference expected responses each having different pronunciation errors; an audio response scorer which indicates the relationship between the expected audio response provided by the user and the reference expected responses; and a user feedback interface which indicates to the user the pronunciation errors in the expected audio responses provided by the user.
Inventors
- 👤 Zeev Shpiro
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 05:03
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B7/00; G10; G10L; G10L15/00; G10L15/06; G10L15/063; G09B19/00; G09B19/04; G09B19/06; G09B5/00; G09B5/06; G09B5/065; G10L2015/0631; G10L15/22; G10L2015/225
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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Apparatus for interactive language training comprising: a trigger generator for eliciting expected audio responses by a user; an expected audio response reference library containing a multiplicity of reference expected responses, the multiplicity of reference expected responses including a first plurality of reference expected responses having acceptable pronunciation and for each of said first plurality of reference expected responses having acceptable pronunciation, a second plurality of reference expected responses each having different pronunciation errors; an audio response scorer which indicates the relationship between the expected audio response provided by the user and the reference expected responses; and a user feedback interface which indicates to the user the pronunciation errors in the expected audio responses provided by the user.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
Apparatus for interactive language training comprising: a trigger generator for eliciting expected audio responses by a user; an expected audio response reference library containing a multiplicity of reference expected responses, the multiplicity of reference expected responses including a first plurality of reference expected responses having acceptable pronunciation and for each of said first plurality of reference expected responses having acceptable pronunciation, a second plurality of reference expected responses each having different pronunciation errors; an audio response scorer which indicates the relationship between the expected audio response provided by the user and the reference expected responses; and a user feedback interface which indicates to the user the pronunciation errors in the expected audio responses provided by the user.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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Apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said user feedback interface also provides instruction to the user how to overcome the pronunciation errors.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said user feedback interface indicates to the user each pronunciation error immediately following each expected audio response.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said feedback interface provides audio and visual indications of said pronunciation errors.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said trigger generator comprises an audio specimen generator for playing audio specimens to a user.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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Apparatus according to claim 5 and wherein said audio specimen generator is operative such that the expected audio response is a repetition of said audio specimen.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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Apparatus according to claim 5 and wherein said audio specimen generator is operative such that the expected audio response is other than a repetition of said audio specimen.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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Apparatus according to claim 5 and wherein said audio specimen generator is operative such that the expected audio response is an audio specimen which may be chosen from among more than one possible expected audio responses.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
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Apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said trigger generator comprises an visual trigger generator for providing a visual trigger output to a user.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
Apparatus according to claim 1 and wherein said expected audio response library comprises an expected audio response reference database.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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Apparatus according to claim 10 and wherein said expected audio response reference database comprises a multiplicity of templates.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
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Apparatus according to claim 10 and wherein said expected audio response reference database is speaker independent.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
105 words
A method for interactive language training comprising: eliciting expected audio responses by a user; providing an expected audio response reference library containing a multiplicity of reference expected responses, the multiplicity of reference expected responses including a first plurality of reference expected responses having acceptable pronunciation and for each of said first plurality of reference expected responses having acceptable pronunciation, a second plurality of reference expected responses each having different pronunciation errors; indicating the relationship between the expected audio response provided by the user and the reference expected responses; and indicating to the user the pronunciation errors in the expected audio responses provided by the user.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
105 words
A method for interactive language training comprising: eliciting expected audio responses by a user; providing an expected audio response reference library containing a multiplicity of reference expected responses, the multiplicity of reference expected responses including a first plurality of reference expected responses having acceptable pronunciation and for each of said first plurality of reference expected responses having acceptable pronunciation, a second plurality of reference expected responses each having different pronunciation errors; indicating the relationship between the expected audio response provided by the user and the reference expected responses; and indicating to the user the pronunciation errors in the expected audio responses provided by the user.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 13 and also comprising providing instruction to the user how to overcome the pronunciation errors.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 13 and also comprising indicating to the user each pronunciation error immediately following each expected audio response.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 13 and also comprising providing audio and visual indications of said pronunciation errors to said user.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 13 and wherein said step of eliciting audio responses includes playing audio specimens to a user.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 17 and wherein said expected audio response is a repetition of said audio specimen.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 17 and wherein said expected audio response is other than a repetition of said audio specimen.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 17 and wherein said expected audio response is an audio specimen which may be chosen from among more than one possible expected audio responses.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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A method according to claim 13 and wherein said step of eliciting comprises providing a visual trigger output to a user.
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