Patent ID: 6697602
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A combination comprising:a talking book component with a sound synthesizer, a memory operably coupled with the synthesizer and containing at least some speech data, and a speaker operably coupled with the synthesizer to reproduce sound including speech; a talking toy figure component with a sound synthesizer, a memory operably coupled with the synthesizer and containing at least some speech data, and a speaker operably coupled with the synthesizer to reproduce sounds including speech; at least a first one of the talking book and the talking toy figure components of the combination including a processor configured to generate at least a first speech control signal to at least initiate speech generation by the first component and at least a second speech control signal to initiate speech generation by a remaining, second one of the talking book and the talking toy figure components; and a communications link between the first component and the second component, each second speech control signal generated by the processor for the second component being transmitted over the link from the processor to the second component; wherein the book comprises a plurality of leaves pivotally connected together and at least one leaf position indicating switch coupled with the processor and responsive to a position of at least one of the leaves of the book.