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Electronic toy for forming sentences

US5495557A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 23, 1994
Grant dateFeb 27, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 23, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10L13/027
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electronic toy which enunciates words or phrases corresponding to sentence parts and a complete sentence by enunciating sounds corresponding to words of phrases selected from a plurality of addresses of a first memory representing audio data corresponding to such words or phrases arranged in each of a plurality of categories. The selected words or phrases correspond to different parts of speech, such as subjects, verbs, adjectives, direct objects and prepositional phrases. The selections are assembled in the second memory and enunciated. The toy may resemble a book in appearance and has printed lettering and color graphics corresponding to the words or phrases.

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