Patent ID: 6890180
Filing Date: 2005-05-10
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling a first person who speaks a first language to communicate with a second person who speaks a second language but not the first language, comprising: providing a phonetic transliteration card display that includes a plurality of display cards and a display card holder, the display card holder being configured to support at least one of the plurality of display cards, each display card having a background color that corresponds to a particular subject or category and further having displayed thereon a plurality of phrases that relate to a single subject or idea, the plurality of phrases including: phonetic transliteration being located proximate to the source phrase; identifying by the first person a phrase or idea to be communicated to the second person; selecting by the first person a display card from the plurality of display cards that has a source phrase that corresponds to the identified phrase or idea; and verbalizing by the first person the phonetic transliteration on the selected display card, whereby the first person who speaks the first language communicates the identified phrase or idea to the second person who does not speak the first language.