Electronic audio-visual timepiece

An electronic audio-visual timepiece which incorporates a synthetically produced voice of a character to audibly tell the time and an animated display of the character so that the character's body movements visually indicate the time and may be in sychronization with the character's voice, said electronic audio-visual timepiece comprising:

• a. a housing having a face plate;
• b. time updating means for producing updated time information and for generating an updated time output signal, said time updating means being disposed in said housing;
• c. processing means for processing said updated time output signal and for generating an audio drive input signal and a visual drive input signal, said processing means being disposed in said housing;
• d. speech generating means for generating the synthetically produced voice of the character in a predetermined speech pattern in order to audibly tell the time in response to said audio drive input signal, said speech generating means being disposed in said housing;
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• d. visually displaying means for visually displaying the character's body movements in order to visually indicate the time in response to said visual drive input signal, said visually displaying means being disposed in said housing, wherein the character's body movements may be in sychronization with the character's voice.