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7614880 |
Method and apparatus for a phoneme playback system for enhancing language learning skills
Certain aspects of the invention may be found in a method and apparatus for aiding language pronunciation. In an aspect of the invention, based on at least one triggering event, an audio enabled...
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7603505 |
Interactive electronic device with digital and analog data links
An interactive electronic device having a master integrated circuit, an analog audio output device and a bus having a single-conductor digital data link and a single-conductor analog data link and...
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7603278 |
Segment set creating method and apparatus
A segment set before updating is read, and clustering considering a phoneme environment is performed to it. For each cluster obtained by the clustering, a representative segment of a segment set...
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7563099 |
Multi-media method and apparatus for teaching language
An apparatus and method for teaching early receptive language, especially to infants, young children, the learning disabled, and hearing impaired, comprises a multi-media medium for displaying a...
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7548231 |
Devices having input controls for efficient input of data
Embodiments of the subject invention relate to systems, methods, and devices providing a reduced number of selectable inputs that enable efficient communication. One aspect of what is disclosed are...
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7470126 |
Methods and systems for education and cognitive-skills training
Methods and systems are provided for educational and cognitive-skills training. A method of educating a user includes an act of organizing a plurality of clues in a book. At least one search...
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7407384 |
System, method and device for language education through a voice portal server
A method of teaching pronunciation is provided which includes communicating by a voice portal server to a user a model word and detecting a response by the user to the voice portal server. The...
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7402042 |
Electronic learning device for an interactive multi-sensory reading system
An electronic learning device configured to receive in a predetermined orientation a book having an arrangement of selectable mode icons, selectable content and a page identifier. Non-volatile...
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7367807 |
Method for improving word processing skills using visual flash stimuli
A computer system provides a series of visual flash stimuli to a user and then requires that the user process the visual stimuli to produce a verbalization that corresponds to the visual stimuli...
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7351062 |
Educational devices, systems and methods using optical character recognition
Educational devices, educational systems, and methods of teaching and learning reading are provided. The devices, systems, and methods can include an indicium reader, such as an optical character...
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7321360 |
Systems, methods and devices for efficient communication utilizing a reduced number of selectable inputs
Embodiments of the subject invention relate to systems, methods, and devices providing a reduced number of selectable inputs that enable efficient communication. One aspect of what is disclosed are...
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7281928 |
Method and apparatus for conducting a competition using a divided literary work
The invention provides a method of advertising by conducting a competition using a literary work that is divided into a plurality of distinct parts and formed into playing pieces, each piece...
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7249950 |
Display apparatus for teaching writing
Apparatuses and methods are provided directed at teaching writing, such as printing, cursive, and calligraphy, to users of all ages. Typically, the embodiments are directed toward teaching children...
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7246064 |
Single control message device
A message device records and plays messages. In a first aspect, actuation is effected by way of a single control. The control generally corresponds to the whole cover. Relatedly, in a second aspect...
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7238024 |
Method and apparatus for performing a transaction without the use of spoken communication between the transaction parties
An electronic device capable of displaying a computer application that allows the use of a method for performing a transaction without the use of spoken communication is disclosed. The method...
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7220125 |
Multi modal speech cueing system
The present invention is a speech cueing system that incorporates a multi modal (auditory, visual, tactile-kinesthetic) approach to teaching speech sounds and an accompanying apparatus. The system...
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7217135 |
Electronic educational toy having a contact-sensitive display screen
An electronic educational toy designed to teach letters, words and numbers and stimulate the development of a child's mind using audio feedback, the educational toy including an enclosure enclosing...
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7214066 |
Computer software and portable memory for an electronic educational toy having a contact sensitive display screen
Computer software and portable memory for an electronic educational toy designed to stimulate the development of a child's mind using audio feedback, the educational toy including an enclosure...
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7182600 |
Method and system for teaching vocabulary
A method using a spatial-temporal software game for both teaching math concepts to a child and for scoring the child's proficiency in these math concepts. These scores are compared with the child's...
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7168953 |
Trainable videorealistic speech animation
A method and apparatus for videorealistic, speech animation is disclosed. A human subject is recorded using a video camera as he/she utters a predetermined speech corpus. After processing the...
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7167822 |
System from preparing language learning materials to teaching language, and language teaching system
Learning materials of an Ueda Method can be distributed to teachers and learners through a computer network, and a teacher can effectively teach a language using the distributed learning materials...
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7165972 |
System and method for second language instruction
A system and method for teaching a speaker of a primary language the basic tools necessary to communicate with a speaker of the a secondary language in an accelerated and concise manner, including...
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7160112 |
System and method for language education using meaning unit and relational question
Disclosed herein is a system and method for language education using a meaning unit and a relational question. The system for language education includes an information provider apparatus and a...
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7154415 |
Celestial body communication techniques
In a communication technique using the apparent distribution of stars and other celestial bodies visible from the earth to generate codes corresponding to communication characters such as the...
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7153139 |
Language learning system and method with a visualized pronunciation suggestion
A language learning system and method with a visualized pronunciation suggestion is disclosed. A sound wave corresponding to a sample voice output is used to suggest the user to make corrections...
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7125255 |
Puzzle
A puzzle comprising a plurality of pieces wherein each piece comprises an elongated member having a longitudinal axis, a first surface and an opposite second surface. A plurality of symbols are...
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7104798 |
Language teaching method
A method of teaching students a language utilizing a coded medium through verbal and nonverbal communication. The students unconsciously learn the structure of the language through color, sound,...
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7101185 |
Method and apparatus for automated training of language learning skills
A computer program for execution on a computing device is provided to cross-train students in language development skills such as letter-word correspondence, word recognition, vocabulary, and...
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7080982 |
Information display media with concealable portion
A flash card or other type display member is disclosed in which one or more display surfaces are provided for displaying a first indicia, preferably educational indicia. A flap is provided on...
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7063535 |
System and method for facilitating early childhood brain development
The present invention provides caregivers with pragmatic systems and methods for implementing current knowledge of early childhood brain development and for facilitating meaningful interaction with...
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7059860 |
Method and tools for teaching reading for test-taking
Teaching reading for test-taking is included where a reading passage and questions are displayed. The questions include an evidence set and a thinking set, where the evidence set includes one or...
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7058354 |
Learning activity platform and method for teaching a foreign language over a network
Described are a system and method for encouraging communication over a network between participants engaged in a learning activity. A communication channel is opened over the network between...
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7052278 |
Automated language acquisition system and method
The present invention provides a system and method for language teaching that involves training to an automatic level a set of core vocabulary items, and then presenting learned items in...
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7044741 |
On demand contents providing method and system
A system for providing customized audio content, based on a client-server communication network, includes a means for producing a plurality of audio content with different attributes; and a...
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7031922 |
Methods and devices for enhancing fluency in persons who stutter employing visual speech gestures
Methods, devices, and computer program products display visual choral speech to a patient who stutters or has a speech impediment or impairment as a visual stimulus for the patient to enhance the...
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7018213 |
Electronic educational toy teaching letters words, numbers and pictures
An electronic educational toy having a housing for teaching letters, words, numbers or pictures comprising a toy housing supporting a substantially planar work platform on which a child can make...
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6994556 |
Electronic educational apparatus incorporating the detection of objects
An apparatus is provided for determining the identification of selected objects for use in connection with an electronic children's toy, which apparatus includes a plurality of objects, each of the...
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6979198 |
Learning method and apparatus
A method of learning and apparatus useful therein in which a card carrying a visual representation of a concept to be learned in displayed through a window carried on a common-use article, such as...
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6952196 |
Methods and systems for providing programmable computerized interactors
A computerized interactor system uses physical, three-dimensional objects as metaphors for input of user intent to a computer system. When one or more interactors are engaged with a detection...
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6890181 |
Methods and systems for multimedia education
Methods and systems for delivering multimedia learning modules to one or more students in a computer based education environment. The multimedia education system includes a host server,...
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6890180 |
Phonetic transliteration card display
A phonetic transliteration card display includes a display board to which a plurality of display cards can be secured removably. The card display enables a person who speaks a first language, but...
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6884075 |
System and method for communication of character sets via supplemental or alternative visual stimuli
The present invention relates generally to the representation of a characters or language constructs via supplemental or alternative visual stimuli. The present invention may be utilized to augment...
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6869286 |
Language learning system
A language learning system is provided. The language learning system typically includes a set of fictional characters, each character being associated with a predetermined phoneme of a language,...
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6863535 |
Personal mnemonic generator
An apparatus and method of generating acrostic mnemonic devices from finite data sets of customized areas of specific interest provided by the user to assist in improving the memory of the user....
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6859211 |
System and method for generating an online interactive story
A system and method for generating an interactive story is provided comprising a system that prompts an individual with a image or photograph and provides a set of active and descriptive words...
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6808392 |
System and method of developing a curriculum for stimulating cognitive processing
A system and method for developing a curriculum for stimulating cognitive processing. In one embodiment the system includes an objective subsystem configured to obtain at least one goal, objectives...
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6796798 |
Dynamic reading instruction
The present invention is a method of associating visual symbols with verbal expression including the steps of preselecting a language having both verbal and written expressions, establishing an...
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6755655 |
Electronic educational toy appliance and a portable memory device therefor
An electronic toy appliance for use with interchangeable graspable objects such as blocks or tiles, the toy appliance designed to stimulate the development of a child's mind using audio feedback.
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6739874 |
Electronic educational toy appliance teaching letters words and numbers
An electronic educational toy designed to teach letters, words and numbers and stimulate the development of a child's mind using audio feedback, the educational toy including an enclosure enclosing...
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6736641 |
Teaching method and learning aid(s) to speak any foreign language
This teaching method uses this one-two-sided learning aid, called the ONE-PAGE-BOOK, a combination of two languages in which the syntax of the target language is set up to allow the student to...
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