JPS59140477A - Language learning apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a voice output device which operates on, for example, a microcomputer, has a display device, and uses a voice synthesis method.

English learning machines etc. that have input/output devices such as input devices.

In particular, it relates to the display function of the display device and the output function of the audio output device.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the external configuration of a conventional English learning machine disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 55-12989. In FIG.
(3) is a speaker for audio output.

Conventional English learning machines are configured as described above. For example, when learning words or displaying the correct answer to a word given by a microcomputer in a drill format, the word is displayed on the display device (ftttl) as shown in Figure 3. The following characters were displayed.

However, when only the spelling letters of a word are displayed in the word display as described above, the only thing that is visually memorized is the spelling letters of the word, and it is not possible to know where the accent is. Accent has an important meaning when pronouncing words, but conventional English learning machines have not been able to adequately learn this accent.

The present invention was made with the purpose of improving this drawback, and is a language learning machine for English and other languages that can visually memorize accents by displaying the spelling of words as well as the position of the accent. This is a proposal.

The configuration and operation example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the external configuration of an English learning machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing its display device, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration for English learning. It is.

In Fig. 5, αυ is an LCD display device, α2 is a key human power device s (131 is a speaker for audio output, αno is a microcomputer for control, Q powder is a voice synthesizer, α0
is an LCD driver. This English learning machine has a microcomputer that simultaneously sends internally stored output English word digital data to the I, CD driver (I9) and speech synthesizer α0 in learning modes such as English mask and drill, and the LCD driver (lυ). It is configured to output and control the accent display and alphabetical spelling display to the LCD display device, and to utter the English word from the speech synthesizer tt!19 through the speaker U.The operator uses the key human power device t (from 13K It is structured so that you can input the answer and other commands.

In an English learning machine configured as above.

A display example of the display device is shown in FIG. 4, and an operation flowchart thereof is shown in FIG. 6 for explanation. First, when the operator selects the master mode, a predetermined word is selected in step (61). The word data selected here is “to”
mato”.

This data is transferred to the LCDCD driver in step (62), and in step (63), the spelling "tomatoJ" as shown in Figure 4 is displayed, and the symbol "1" is displayed above the alphabet a. This shows that the accent of t and omato is on a. Next, the word data selected in steps (64) and (65) is transferred to the speech synthesizer O! 9, and immediately after this display, pronunciation that matches the accent position is performed. In this case, say [time1tou].

Although an LCD display board is used as the display device of the present invention, it may be replaced with another display device such as a fluorescent display tube. Also, the accent is indicated by the symbol “
1”, but this can be replaced by other symbols, or the display can be blinking,
Alternatively, the information may be displayed in a brighter manner.

As explained above, according to the present invention, if the position of the accent is displayed along with the spelling letters of the word, and the function of immediately after that performs the pronunciation that matches the accent, it is possible to You can also learn accents at the same time.

As a result, significant effects can be expected.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic form of a conventional microcomputer applied English learning machine, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic form of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing only a conventional display section, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart in the master mode of the present invention. In the figure, 2I is an LCD (liquid crystal) display device, α2 is a key input device, (13) is an audio output speaker, 04 is a microcomputer, a is a voice synthesizer, and Qf9 is an LCD.
)" Fiba. Note that the same reference numerals in Figure 1 indicate the same or equivalent parts. Agent Shin Kuzuno - Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 6

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A language learning machine that is controlled by a microcomputer or the like and has an input/output function such as a display device, a voice output device that outputs synthesized speech, and an input device, the display device being 1. A language learning machine characterized by displaying an answer entered by an operator using a key-powered device in response to a word question, and displaying the spelling of the word and the accent position as the correct answer to the question. (2) After displaying the spelling of the word and the position of the accent, it has means for synchronously outputting the accent display data and the address data of the speech data memory corresponding to the accent display data to the speech synthesis output device. A language learning machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: