Patent ID: 7035583

Claim:
A talking book comprising: a hinge pin; a plurality of book leaves, the leaves including a front leaf, a back leaf, and at least one leaf therebetween, wherein at least two of the plurality of leaves are pivotably engaged with the hinge pin at one end of each leaf, each pivotably mounted leaf being movable between two positions on first and second lateral sides of the hinge pin; a processor configured to generate at least a first control signal and a second control signal to at least initiate speech generation by the talking book; at least a first leaf position indicating switch operably coupled with the processor and responsive to a pivotal position of at least a first one of the pivotably engaged leaves with respect to the hinge pin, wherein the at least first leaf position indicating switch indicates whether the first one of the leaves is on one of the first and second lateral sides; at least first and second mode switches operably coupled with the processor; a memory operably coupled with the processor and containing at least some speech data; and a speaker operably coupled with the processor to reproduce sound including speech.