Patent ID: 6036498
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: G10H

Abstract:
A karaoke apparatus responsive to a request for producing a karaoke music piece to accompany a live singing performance of words of the karaoke music piece by a karaoke player, the karaoke apparatus comprising:first memory means for memorizing music data representing a plurality of karaoke music pieces;designating means operative upon a request for designating a karaoke music piece to be performed;producing means for retrieving the music data corresponding to the designated karaoke music piece from the first memory means so as to generate music tones of the designated karaoke music piece to thereby accompany the live singing performance;second memory means for memorizing speech data representing speech sounds of words of the karaoke music pieces; andprompting means cooperative with the producing means for retrieving the speech data corresponding to the designated karaoke music piece from the second memory means so as to produce the speech sounds of the words of the designated karaoke music piece to thereby provide an aural prompt for the live singing performance of the words by the karaoke player.