Educational 911 training device

An educational training device for teaching children how to respond to 911 emergency procedure using a telephone comprising:

• a telephone housing replicating an operable telephone including a cradle for receiving a telephone handset;
• a telephone handset carried by said telephone cradle having at least an operable speaker;
• a machine associated with said telephone housing operatively connected to said speaker;
• a machine readable medium which embodies a program containing a series of questions to be asked to said child by a voice simulating a 911 operator;
• a voice converter operatively connected to said machine and said receiver for converting said program into human speech so that said machine generates a voice output which expresses said questions through said handset speaker;
• an activation input actuated by said child for activating said machine to generate said voice output through said speaker held by said child in a realistic manner for soliciting answers from said child in response to said questions;
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• a monitor for monitoring and recognizing correct answers from said child in response to said questions output through said handset speaker.

A method for training a young child to respond to a 911 emergency comprising the steps of:

• providing a telephone housing replicating an operable telephone including a cradle for receiving a telephone handset, a keypad having a plurality of depressible numeric key buttons, a telephone handset carried by said telephone cradle having at least an operable receiver, and a machine associated with said telephone housing operatively connected to said receiver;
• providing a program containing a series of questions to be asked to said child and simulating a 911 emergency embodied in a machine readable medium which is readable by said machine;
• actuating an input for activating said machine to read said program;
• converting said program into a voice output as read by said machine in a manner that said series of questions are audibly reproduced through said receiver held by said child in a realistic manner to a voice of a 911 operator for soliciting answers from said child in response to said questions;
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• monitoring and recognizing correct answers from said child in response to said questions in said voice output through said handset receiver.