US 5,631,883 A · Combination of book with audio device

Abstract

A combination of a book with an audio device includes a book and an audio device attached to the back cover of the book for audibly reproducing predetermined text printed on the pages. Different identification labels are attached to the end edge of the pages. These labels are composed of an insulation tape with an U-shape conductive stripe printed thereon which is different for each page. The audio device includes a ROM memory having the spoken messages corresponding to the printed text on the pages pre-stored therein in digitized form. Other electronic components for audibly reproducing the spoken message are included. A contact plate pivotally secured on a lower section of the audio device contacts the identification labels on the book pages. A plurality of parallel disposed conductive stripes on the inner surface of the contact plate connect to the respective electronic components of the audio device. Transient engagement of the contact plate with the identification label will trigger an identifying trigger signal to extract a spoken message from the ROM memory corresponding to the printed text on an open page. The spoken message is audibly reproduced through a speaker so that the user can hear with he is reading.

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Dependent claims

A combination of a book with an audio device for audibly reproducing predetermined texts printed on a book page, comprising:

a book having a hard back cover extended outward to define an extension, said book further including a plurality of pages, each carrying a printed text and an identification label attached along an end margin of the page, wherein the identification label is composed of an insulation tape having printed thereon an U-shape conductive stripe for identifying the page;
an audio device attached to the extension of said back cover, said audio device including a rectangular housing having a battery chamber, a control circuit, an address generator, a ROM memory, an audio generator and a speaker interrelatedly disposed therein, and a contact plate pivotally secured to a lower inward edge of said audio device, said contact plate arranged to precisely engage with said identification label on said book pages;
wherein a transient engagement of said contact plate with said identification label creates a trigger signal corresponding to an identified address for extracting a spoken message from said ROM memory, wherein the spoken message corresponds to the printed text on said page, said spoken message being then connected to said speaker for audibly reproducing said printed text on said page.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Combination of book with audio device

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