Patent ID: 8113842

Claim:
A method of teaching reading comprising: providing a list of words; using a computer processor to provide an autophonic structure that is divided into multiple cells, wherein the autophonic structure comprises: a first edge that is associated with a plurality of initial sounds occurring in the list of words, wherein each of the initial sounds corresponds to a plurality of cells of the autophonic structure; a second edge that is associated with a plurality of final sounds occurring in the list of words, wherein each of the final sounds corresponds to a plurality of cells of the autophonic structure, and wherein the second edge is disposed substantially perpendicular to the first edge; and a third edge that is associated with a plurality of middle or vowel sounds occurring in the list of words, wherein each of the middle or vowel sounds corresponds to a plurality of cells of the autophonic structure, and wherein the third edge is disposed substantially perpendicular to both the first edge and the second edge so that at least one word in the list of words corresponds to a cell in three dimensions of the autophonic structure representing component sounds of the at least one word in the list; and matching an identified word that has been identified by a user with a specific cell of the autophonic structure corresponding to constituent sounds of the identified word.