Patent Document ID: 5513269
Application ID: 08178147

Base Claim:
1. A device having a finite set of states, comprising: an actuator element for changing a state of said device from a present state to a destination state upon actuation of said actuator element by a user; a memory including audio information corresponding to a plurality of combinations of states and actuator elements; a generator for generating a plurality of non-speech audio information corresponding to a plurality of combinations of states and actuator elements; a detection circuit for detecting said present state and said activated actuator element; a selection circuit, responsive to said present state and said activated actuator element, for selecting, in a first mode, audio information corresponding to at least one of said activated actuator element and said present state and, in a second mode, non-speech audio information corresponding to at least one of said activated actuator element and said present state; and an output circuit responsive to said selection circuit for outputting one of said audio information and said non-speech audio information to said user.

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Claim 5:
5. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said generator generates non-speech audio information for a predetermined number of groups of combinations of states and actuator elements.